Yesterday I posted about my first crush on Jimmy. I did a search on FaceBook for him but came up with over 500 Jimmy’s that I didn’t feel like surfing through. So I decided to once again search for my childhood friend, Kathy. She was my best friend from fourth through seventh grade until my family moved to California. We did EVERYTHING together and I have a lot of fun memories of hanging at her house after school, earning quarters winding reels for her fisherman father, and hearing her mother’s cries of “proper decorum!” as we’d race out to go find trouble.
I’ve been looking for her for at LEAST 15 years or so, and I did once find her parents’ telephone number but thought it would be weird to call, so I never did. So imagine my surprise when I saw Kathy’s name pop up on FaceBook, showing that she lived in Washington. That was a good sign that it might be her. What was weird though – this Kathy was also listed as a friend of one of MY friends, a girl I worked with at the investment bank in NYC from 2000-2005. Small world, right?
So I emailed the Kathy I found on FaceBook and heard from her today – it was my Kathy! I couldn’t believe it!
I’m so thrilled to be back in contact with her. It has been almost 30 years since we last spoke, but it matters not!
Oh, and yes, I did look at her friends list and yes, I do believe she is still in contact with Jimmy. Crazy, right?