for the love of facebook

ok, so i could never get myself into the myspace thing, but i've fallen for facebook...fallen hard...but it's ok because something amazing has happened because of it!! i've reconnected with a lot of people...old sorority sisters, former co-workers from the disney college program, and high school classmates that i haven't talked to since...well, high school. but last night, i received a friend request from a very special person in my life from a long time ago...my pen pal that i had from elementary school, rebecca - and even john agreed at that point (after seeing my total excitement at reconnecting with her), that facebook is a good thing!!

rebecca is the granddaughter of my pastor of my church (now retired) from when i was growing up. we began a friendship (back in the 80's) during one of her visits to see her grandparents. she, her mom, dad and two brothers lived in hawaii. we kept in touch for years on paper (to this day i still have her parents home address in hawaii memorized - and anyone that knows me knows i have trouble memorizing anything!) and visited when she would come East to visit her grandparents. through college we lost touch, but she was never far from my mind, and the first person i asked about when i ran into pastor and mrs. harding.

she has a beautiful family of her own now with a daughter only about 6 months or so older than anthony! although she no longer lives in hawaii, she is still not real close (now in california), so for now, we'll have our blogs, email and facebook to keep us back in touch with each other...a far cry from the cute stationary and fun colored pens we used to use "back in the day"...but a heck of a lot quicker than the snail mail we used to rely on!