The Wonders of Facebook

Last night just before midnight, I clicked on facebook out of boredom. In my email box was a message from Barbara Martinez, not a familiar name - but the subject was familiar. It was an address just up the street from my childhood home. I opened the email, and I was surprised to see a photo I instantly recognized as my best friend from grades K-4, all grown up.

She wondered if I remembered her... how could I forget? We played endlessly with Barbies, troll dolls, Dawn dolls, paper dolls, we explored the wilds of the backyards and the wild area behind our houses, even coming up on a skunk once! I still remember our mothers introducing us to each other at the Kindergarten orientation at Ladera School. She moved away to a house in another part of town, but we kept in touch until we were about 12, I think.

Forty years have gone by since I first met Barbara Lotz. I've told my kids about the girl who used to pick out her Christmas presents from the Sears catalog, then weigh the gifts under the tree to see what she was getting... and now I can talk to her again. So cool.