I squealed in my head. Literally. My long lost friend from 8th grade had been located!! Over the last thirteen or so years I had often thought about that friend that I lost. The one that moved away. Every time that I came to Colorado to visit my sister I wondered... where's Arvada? That's all I knew about Lindsay's whereabouts. When I was in 8th grade she moved away to Arvada. Arvada may as well have been a black hole... an abyss to an 8th grader living in a small town in New Mexico. Turns out that Lindsay was not lost at all. She was simply in Arvada, Colorado doing the same thing as me... being a teenager.
Present Day:
I found Lindsay on Facebook! What would we do these days without social networking powerhouses such as Facebook? We'd all be living our lives without knowing where long-lost friends from 8th grade ended up, I guess.
After writing several novels back and forth to one another via FB Lindsay and I met up in Vegas while she was in town for a business trip. We got to meet each others' husbands, and torture them to a lunch filled with us talking about... well... the last 13 years.
Now here I am in Colorado helping my sister get a website put together, and I got to meet up with Lindsay and her family again! Could life get any better? No! We spent a quick morning roaming the streets around their GORGEOUS neighborhood. The little guy was hard to catch, but hopefully we got a few good ones since he turns 1 year old in just a few days!
You know what's great about friends like Lindsay (and her wonderful husband)? Thirteen years can fly by, and when you see each other again it is as though we have all been the best of friends since 8th grade.
Bernums' :: Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to get to spend a bit of time getting to know you! I had a blast, but only wish that there was more time to spend. I hope you like your photos, and I hope that the recital went off without a hitch!!
Here are a few shots from the day...
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