Looking forward to doing more with Murphy Connections.

Now, however, following several surgeries, I'm starting to feel better. I have six months of chemotherapy ahead of me and hope to be feeling much better within the next year.

I'm still a long way from being recovered, however. I am weak and get tired very easily, but I am making very good progress.

Since I expect to still be around a year from now, I'm starting to think more about what we can do with Murphy Connections and ways we can tie it in with Facebook, Twitter, and maybe some other social networking services.

I would like for what we do here to reach as many people in the Murphy area as possible, and to people who are interested in Murphy, NC regardless of where they live.

One way you can help, if you're active on Facebook, is to visit our Murphy Connections page on Facebook and click the like button. That way, you'll get updates there when things are happening here.

I am open to any suggestions you may have on ways we can do more to spread the word about what we're all doing in the area.

I'm looking forward to getting to know you better and hope we'll find ways to help each other get more of what we want out of life.

All the best,

JD