A RANDOM THOUGHT
So I have CNN on right now, watching the huge crowds in Cairo, who all are apparently awaiting the coming departure from the presidency of Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's long-time authoritarian leader.  It's basically a revolution in action, folks.

And it really is striking, this incredible pace of change...in Egypt and, seemingly, throughout the world, affecting everything.  Think about it.  Just a couple of weeks ago, things in Egypt chugged along like normal, as they had for the past thirty years (how long Mubarak has been in power).  Now...not even two weeks later...everything is changing.  And really, in our world...the world of Moebius Syndrome and facial difference...things have changed rapidly, too.  Two decades ago there hadn't ever been a Moebius Syndrome Conference.  Nobody imagined having a Moebius Syndrome Awareness Day.  Most people who had Moebius, most families who were affected by it, didn't know each other and had never been in contact with each other.  When I was growing up, the notion of meeting someone else with Moebius didn't even occur to me.  I never considered it a possibility.  Maybe I thought there simply wasn't anyone else like me.

But now of course, that has all changed.  And to a degree it's changed because of the same kind of factors and influences that have led to change in Egypt.  There's been a lot of hard work by people too numerous to mention at the grass-roots level--creating organizations and connections, bringing people together.  But there's also been computers and the internet:  e-mail, online social networks like Facebook, helping people get connected and stay connected.  (Meanwhile, in Egypt, protests and meetings have been organized through texts and e-mail).  And so all of this has led to the creation of a support network for those with and affected by Moebius Syndrome, a network that, not that long ago, simply didn't exist.

What does it all mean?  To a degree, it means that the world as a whole, and our little corner of it, is changing faster than ever before.  We can look forward to it---it can be a good thing.  We need to be ready for it.  We have to be careful; not all change is always good---change simply for change's sake, isn't necessarily what we want.  But the world is moving faster than ever before.  I guess we shouldn't be surprised at what is happening in Egypt.  We've seen it in our own world of Moebius Syndrome and facial difference.  It sure is exciting these days!!