Wasn't sure where to piggyback this, so I'll just create a new post.

[OneGrassRoot]

I had quite a momentous occurrence late this afternoon.

I had a dear friend in high school, Jim. He was like my brother. We did everything together. He escorted me at homecoming, and he was even an usher at my wedding in '87. Then we lost touch with one another.

I've been searching for him for the last 10 years in earnest. Even with The Google, I haven't been able to find him. Facebook changed that. :) HE wasn't on Facebook, but someone who knew where to find him was, and put us in touch.

He's in Germany. He called me and we chatted for quite a while.

I can't explain it, but finding him and actually connecting is like some sort of....completion. I have missed him soooooooo very much all these years. So very, very much. Just connecting and knowing he's well, and knowing we can continue to interact and learn how the last 23 years have played out makes me extraordinarily grateful this evening.

Very, very, very special gift for me today, so I wanted to share that, especially given the energies at play.

:)

[JanusAscending]

1. You are so lucky to have found him!

There is someone I would love to find too, but haven't really tried that hard yet. (through "the google"as well) Maybe I'll try facebook if I can get the courage! He was best friends with my late cousin's husband when we were all in High School. He and they in New York state, and me in Ct. We dated one summer.

[OneGrassRoot]

3. I encourage you to try....

I tried for a long time. It feels so good to have found him. Like a treasure hunt! LOL

:hug:

[northernlights]

2. that's so wonderful

I'm glad you were able to get back in touch with your special friend. Makes me want to cry a bit (in a good way). :D :hug:

[OneGrassRoot]

4. I've been oddly weepy, too.

I don't even know how to describe it. It's bittersweet, I suppose. I'm delighted to have found him and know he is well; of course it triggers sad thoughts of time lost, and realizing how friggin old we are. LOL. ;)

Mainly, I feel relief. An "ahhhhhhh" feeling. Deep breath. A completion.

Very interesting. Perhaps I'll have a guidance dream tonight. :)

:hug:

[Kind of Blue]

5. All I can say is Facebook is Great!

I joined last week and I so agree with you that it is a sense of completion. I'm so glad you had opportunity to experience that with your friend. It's beyond fun. It's like what connected you two in the first place never dissipates. That's so cool.

[JanusAscending]

6. If it wasn't for Facebook,

I wouldn't be able to keep up with all my kids, and the grandkids. Especially those away at college, and serving in the military. I also met up with one very special person from ASAH, who shall remain "unamed" for now!! Still wouldn't know her if I met her on the street though; she's very mysterious!!;)

[Kind of Blue]

7. Aww, that's really touching.

FB helps make keeping in touch with family easy.

And who would have ever thought of being a friend of Edgar Cayce in this day and age? It's so trippy!

My first few days on it was filled with a lot of laughter meeting with even grade school friends, and tears upon hearing the news of some of us who have passed. One of them, a boy who used to tease me mercilessly until I learned how to give it back in equal measure, I ran into at a bookstore when we were in our 20's. We were genuinely happy to see each other, like all of our hatred in grade school never happened. He was obviously military and I lost it upon finding out that he died in a chopper crash during the first Gulf War :cry:

Another friend who did poorly in school and didn't give a damn back then, now is a teacher of autistic kids! So much to share finding out the baby my mom had in junior year of high school is autistic. My sister probably would not have been a high-functioning adult if it weren't for educators like her.

The stories go on and on but kudos to FB for bringing so many people together!

[MorningGlow]

8. Aw, congrats!

So glad you found your friend. I've been looking for a friend from long ago on the Google as well, but so far no luck. I worry. :(

[winyanstaz]

9. I am very happy for you....I got my own call this morning....

from one of my best friends that I had lost contact with about two years ago.
She had her first new grandbaby at the time, I was moving and my computer went down..and then I was in the accident and down for about six months.
I had left a couple of messages on her phone but she never returned my calls...so I thought she was just not interested.
She thought I had just moved on and was not interested and had not gotten my calls...
Turns out she had traded phone companies and I had been leaving messages on her old number..which wasnt hers anymore and when my computer went down..we had changed our phone carrier as well......:P
She was so happy and so was I that we got back in touch. She had gotten real busy with her life but took the time to track me down..and that makes me smile inside. :)
We have been good friends for about 20 years now and it had bothered me deeply that she didnt seem interested in being friends any longer.
I think we were both crying by the time we got off the phone this morning :)
We will be having lunch this coming week. :)

[JanusAscending]

10. I know it is going to be VERY SPECIAL

when you see her again for the first time!! I'm a little envious. I've lost so many of my best friends (crossed over, not really lost!) I still have a few in MA., but can only talk on the phone with them. One thing I've discovered about REAL friends, no amount of distance, or time really separate us. We always go back to how it's always been, as if we'd just seen each other yesterday!!!

[OneGrassRoot]

11. That is so true...

"One thing I've discovered about REAL friends, no amount of distance, or time really separate us. We always go back to how it's always been, as if we'd just seen each other yesterday!!!"


What a comfortable "coming home" feeling it is when reconnecting with an old TRUE friend. :)

winyanstaz, I'm so happy for you!!!!!!!

:grouphug:

[winyanstaz]

12. ty...I am very much looking forward to it :)