Today one of the oldest and dearest friends of my life found me on facebook. As a child I lived on a tiny street in New York with only three homes. The three homes had three families. The three families were like one family. Us kids were so close that we all felt like family to each other. Our parents moved to a magical block, and us kids were the beneficiaries.
Every year we had an enormous block party that lasted all weekend and us kids earned prizes at games, there was tons of food and everyone, at one point, got thrown into the pool at my house.
Today, my childhood babysitter who was always a big sister to my sister and me and still is today contacted me on facebook. Without hesitation I accepted the friend request.
Then, her youngest daughter contacted me and asked to friend me. WOW! Am I really that old? Little Stephanie used to be my shadow and she would sit on my lap and color in her coloring book. Little Stephie was, I must admit, my favorite of the three children of my friend.
Today I saw her on facebook and she is a beautiful, mature, grown woman about to get married. We've exchanged some emails and she's quite the amazing woman.
I am so happy for her, but WOW I feel old.
