Cox internet has been pretty spotty of late. Today I got an email notification that there was an Angela W. requesting to be my friend on Facebook.
I’m not very active on Facebook. Most of the friends I have on facebook are scrapbooking friends and family. When I saw this Angela W request come in I thought it was another in my scrapbooking group…until I read the name of the street I grew up on. She is one of the kids I grew up with on Murietta Ave! I was so elated to get her friend request.
Angela also mentioned another friend from our street. Roxanne grew up on my street, but her Dad and she moved away after Roxanne’s Mom passed away. I was able to keep in touch with her until about the time she got married then we lost track.
Part of what precipitated losing contact with these people was the fact that we moved. When my Nana died, she made a provision in her will that allowed my Mom and Dad to buy her house at a significant discount. Which they did. But we didn’t sell our old house on Murietta right away. In fact I don’t think the house sold until about November or so. My Dad was worried about leaving our old house empty so he stayed there. I really thought my parents were going to end up getting divorced…moving into that house caused some dischord between Mom and Dad. So there was a lot of “limbo”…didn’t quite feel like we had totally moved because we were at the old house at least every weekend.
So I moved into Nana’s house with Mom and Porter. Meantime others from the neighborhood moved too. And we all lost touch. It’s now at the age of 41 that I am really sorry I wasn’t a better caretaker of those relationships. I’m thrilled for the possibility to reconnect with Ang and Roxanne!
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