Today’s blogging prompt is a challenge to describe what your imaginary childhood friend’s life would be like now. I didn’t have an imaginary friend, but there was one childhood friend who moved away in second grade. I never saw her again. So for no particular reason, I googled her and up popped a Facebook profile – I knew as soon as I saw the photo. We chatted and she confirmed that it was her. She lives about 10 minutes from our childhood neighborhood. That is a small world.
I’ve been using Facebook since June 2007 so I’ve had quite a few of these moments of reconnection. Some have led to friendships in real-time, grown up life. Others remain online, but are still “real” and others are fleeting – good, but fade away. I should say that the awe has worn off, but that’s untrue – I still find it pretty cool and exciting to reconnect with someone who I had a positive relationship with in the past.
I have only had two “old friends” who didn’t want to even exchange greetings – both were college friends and so that was a little disappointing. But sometimes it isn’t about reestablishing relationships so much as knowing that people are okay and hopefully happy.
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My friend seems to be fine 35 years later. And what an awesome birthday gift to hear from her today.
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