Searching
We recently connected with a very dear long lost friend. I am not talking someone I knew for a while back in ninth grade, I mean this man was in our wedding. We considered him part of our families, and wanted to share that time with him. Unfortunately, as it does, time went by and we lost touch.
The internet is an amazing thing, and we were able to get in touch and very shortly there after get together. He hasn't changed at all, he is exactly the same sweet, amazing, caring, intelligent person that I knew him to be so many years ago.
This reunion of sorts prompted me to think about all of the people that meant something to you in your life, and why they are not currently a part of it. I grew up in a very small town, I knew everyone I graduated with. Aside from one or maybe two people in that tiny graduating class, I couldn't tell you where they are now. After my mom, I just stopped going back there. It was filled with far to many memories, people that knew her, the house that I helped her and her husband build. It was more than I could take, I was 23 years old and could never go home again.
For so many people, it is the goal from the time that you are little to get out and make something of yourself. I think it is even more prominent for those from small towns. For some reason it always felt so stifling to me. So when the time came for me to leave for college, I jumped ship and didn't look back.
Now, ten years after graduating I do wonder on occasion what some people are up to. I think back to the thirteen years, day in and day out you spend with these people. Is there anyone that you should know better? Even people who have been co-workers for that amount of time have some type of bond.
I do wonder some times what became of the Andy Zombecks of the world. I would hope, great things. Or the Brian Ficks, the Jennifer Starrings, even the Heather Stanbros (insane curiosity!). I would love to find out these things, but the reality of the situation is I don't know, and probably never will because I don't even begin to know where to find them. However Mr. Fantastic proved the impossible, I thought for sure we would never see that man again, so perhaps there is hope. So if you are wondering what happened to some of your classmates or college buddies or just old friends that you lost touch with, maybe you lucked out and you can find them easily on Myspace.com or classmates.com. Get out there and look a little, you never know who you are going to find.
The internet is an amazing thing, and we were able to get in touch and very shortly there after get together. He hasn't changed at all, he is exactly the same sweet, amazing, caring, intelligent person that I knew him to be so many years ago.
This reunion of sorts prompted me to think about all of the people that meant something to you in your life, and why they are not currently a part of it. I grew up in a very small town, I knew everyone I graduated with. Aside from one or maybe two people in that tiny graduating class, I couldn't tell you where they are now. After my mom, I just stopped going back there. It was filled with far to many memories, people that knew her, the house that I helped her and her husband build. It was more than I could take, I was 23 years old and could never go home again.
For so many people, it is the goal from the time that you are little to get out and make something of yourself. I think it is even more prominent for those from small towns. For some reason it always felt so stifling to me. So when the time came for me to leave for college, I jumped ship and didn't look back.
Now, ten years after graduating I do wonder on occasion what some people are up to. I think back to the thirteen years, day in and day out you spend with these people. Is there anyone that you should know better? Even people who have been co-workers for that amount of time have some type of bond.
I do wonder some times what became of the Andy Zombecks of the world. I would hope, great things. Or the Brian Ficks, the Jennifer Starrings, even the Heather Stanbros (insane curiosity!). I would love to find out these things, but the reality of the situation is I don't know, and probably never will because I don't even begin to know where to find them. However Mr. Fantastic proved the impossible, I thought for sure we would never see that man again, so perhaps there is hope. So if you are wondering what happened to some of your classmates or college buddies or just old friends that you lost touch with, maybe you lucked out and you can find them easily on Myspace.com or classmates.com. Get out there and look a little, you never know who you are going to find.
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