This weekend was fairly quiet. The youth volleyball season started and I put in some work over four youth games. I played my usual Saturday pick up basketball with my friends and did some shopping both on Saturday and Sunday. Got a chance to watch plenty of baseball and football as well!
The trend of this weekend was talking to people that I hadn't seen or talked to in a while. After playing basketball Saturday, I went to the mall to look at a few things. I had a gift card for a local sports store so I stopped by to see if there was anything I wanted to buy. It was at the sports store where a former high school classmate was there with his family. He actually saw me first and we chatted for a while. Turns out this former classmate lives in a complex where one of my close friends live. What a small world!
After chatting with the classmate, I wandered around the store a bit longer. As I prepared to leave the store, I ran into young lady I knew. The young lady, along with her two older brothers, had gone to the same grammar school I did. I had coached the young lady's oldest brother in basketball and watched both the other brother and her play during their time at the grammar school. Even though we were connected on Facebook, it had been years since I had seen her. We chatted for a little while and then we went on our way.
Then today, out of the blue, I received an email a bit of out of the blue from a married lady friend in Canada. This friend and I have a very interesting history. We actually "met virtually" when I was in college in the 1990s. We had emailed, chatted online and even sent some letters / photos. However, after I graduated from college, we lost touch. Several years ago (according my old emails, it was 2008), this friend crossed my mind. I still had an email address for her and decided to email her. Fortunately, she was still using the email address and we corresponded a few times
From my old emails that I have, after our talk in 2008, we didn't talk again until 2009. Of course, my friend decided to email me today. We exchanged a couple of emails today and I made sure I got her IM and phone number for future communication.. I feel blessed that we have managed to stay in touch despite the geographical distance between us. I'm quite thankful this friend decided to reach back out as I had done a poor job in doing so. However, like anything in life, you go through peaks and valleys. Perhaps today was a sign that it's time to renew this old friendship that I had. I'm a believer in having MORE friends than less.
In any case, the weekend wasn't the most exciting in terms of activity but connecting with people was a blast. Thanks to all the old friends I ran into this weekend.
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