Finding Old Friends

I have been thinking a lot lately about the friends I had long ago. In fact, today is my best friend from high schools birthday. It's funny how I still remember that. I remember how we were inseparable our senior year. In the HS I went to, Junior were able to create their own schedules for senior year, and I did both of ours, insuring we were in all the same classes. A few years after graduating, I moved from NY to SC, and we lost touch for a while.

My sister still lives up north, and about a year ago, she ran into a mutual friends husband, and he told her that my old friends parents had both died in the last year. I was so sad to hear that, because I loved her parents. I decided it was time to find her again, if for no other reason than to offer my condolences for her loses.

I checked with MyLife, and was able to find out that she was still living in NY. In case you don't know, My Life is a pretty cool site where you can search for people from your past, like lost friends or first loves. You can search for free, but to get all the good details and view that person's profile, you have to become a premium member. You should try it if you are looking to reconnect with someone from your past. It worked for me; like I said, I was able to find out that my friend still lived in the area we grew up in. I decided to send a letter to her old address, on the off chance that she still lived there.

She did. Turns out she bought her parents house when her mom died, and her and her new husband are living there. I was so happy to hear from her, and even happier to know she was doing well. We now keep in touch with emails and Christmas cards, and I can not wait until I can make a trip up north to get to see her again.