little bitty girl

Sometimes, you simply have to love Facebook. In many instances, Facebook can be weird and lurky, acquaintances or strangers trying to be your "friend" but overall I've had a fairly positive experience with it. I tend to only add people whom I either had real connections with in the past and genuinely would like to stay in touch or people who really are in my every day life.

Last month, a very happy, happy coincidence happened on Facebook. A very old and dear friend contacted me. Leeana and I were very close high school friends. If Stefan and I were not in the midst of packing right now, I would totally try to dig up my old pictures of us as young, fresh faced grade 9ners.

We shared so many things in common - our love of reading, laughing, shared family experiences; we were in so many ways such kindred spirits. For various reasons, we had lost touch shortly after high school. It wasn't for any reasons of discord or love lost between us. These things just sometimes happen.

And I would think about her for the next thirteen years. The first few years of the lost connection were more painful than the later years. And I always wondered where she was, what she was doing, hoping she was happy wherever she was. And to my delight, one day in September, I got a message from her on Facebook.

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And it can really be said, that moment felt like something I had been waiting for, for so long. Even if I had not really realized it at the time. It didn't take long for us to write reams and reams of emails and messages to one another daily. It was as if we were both trying to catch up on all the years missed.

We finally connected for dinner last week. It was such a joyful, happy meeting. The moment did not in any way feel awkward, we simply picked up from where we had left off. She's still the same Lee (she looks the same but more sophisticated, we all should be so lucky) - with her big smile, her wicked wit, her propensity to just exude happiness. Words kept tumbling as wine kept pouring. We were at dinner at around 6:45 p.m and the restaurant essentially had to kick us out. I feel like we have just touched the surface.

The best part? She lives very close to our new place. I can't wait for many more dinners, introductions of spouses and catch ups to come. I am excited to have her back in my life.