It wasn’t until I found a note written by Shannon that got me looking for her online… there are millions on MySpace.<\/p>\n
I actually found her.\u00a0 Amazing what a Google search and some time can do.\u00a0 And then, a MySpace search from what I learned from Google…<\/p>\n
Sounds like Shannon is doing well.\u00a0 Married with a 2 year old.\u00a0 Happy.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 The Office Depot days, specifically at store 369 on Memorial Parkway… we had a lot of fun, but also a lot of work.\u00a0 Somehow, we knew how to balance it.\u00a0 Of course, a day didn’t go by that I didn’t piss off a customer or two!\u00a0 Haha… Shannon is just one whom I have found online that worked there.\u00a0 Samantha and Sheila (who I think only worked at store 69 but I also knew her from Food World, too.)… and my friend Roger, who’s on my friends list, too.<\/p>\n
So, I went through some old emails and started looking for other old friends… and I found Becca.\u00a0 Oh, how I loved her back in the day.\u00a0 The distance was too great like most… She in Oregon.\u00a0 I was in Alabama.\u00a0 I was just 21 and in school.\u00a0 She was 18 and in school.\u00a0 We chatted on these old TELNET programs called “EW-TOO” talkers… chatrooms, in other words.\u00a0 I am so glad to have found her again.\u00a0 Now living in Ohio.\u00a0 She’s a doll.\u00a0 I only wished that she lived down here in GA… I am happy that she is coming for a visit soon… how soon?\u00a0 Probably not soon enough!\u00a0 Heck, she might not want to go back! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
And then, I looked for another friend fro mthe talker days.\u00a0 Shana.\u00a0 I remember visiting Shana and her best friend Carrie in Knoxville in 96 (thank goodness I kept my old DayRunner for just such an occasion).\u00a0 Another Google search and I found her at UGA… That’s not too far from here.\u00a0 After some brief emails, she has some bad news for me.\u00a0 Carrie had died in early 2006 of leukemia… I have such fond memories of not only the trip to Knoxville but also a trip to Nashville where we met up with my high school friend, Joseph… She was such a fun and beautiful person.\u00a0 I am very saddened by this news.\u00a0 But there is more, Shana’s 2 brothers were killed in a car accident recenly… I can only imagine her loss.\u00a0 On the bright side, however, she’s engaged and will be relocating to TN very soon.\u00a0 I am very happy for her but also feel for her and her loss.<\/p>\n
Such highs and lows that the last 24 hours have been.\u00a0 My heart goes out to Shana and her family.\u00a0 It also goes out to Carrie’s family including her young daughter she left behind.<\/p>\n
Almost decade has gone by since the “talker” days… and remembering the friends that I had online that also became friends offline… I have kept up a few friendship from those days.\u00a0 Stephanie S., and Amy L. (now married) from the talkers.\u00a0 And Heather M. from INN\/TSN are all that I had kept up with.\u00a0 But now, I have found 2 more.\u00a0 MySpace might be a technical nightmare from time to time, but the fact that it has helped me reunite with some old friends is powerful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It wasn’t until I found a note written by Shannon that got me looking for her online… there are millions on MySpace. I actually found her.\u00a0 Amazing what a Google search and some time can do.\u00a0 And then, a MySpace … Continue reading