9 March 2009 Photo(s): Footprints In My Heart

Cheesecake Factory March 2009 (above)

My Wedding Shower Summer 2005 (below)

I had a trip to Boston coming up for work and Kathy and I had planned to get together. I had recently connected with Jackie again on facebook. And it had been too long since I had seen Heidi. So we started the ball rolling. It has been almost 4 years since all four of us were together and this night, the stars aligned and the reunion happened.

These three women have been part of my life almost forever. They have seen me through the good times and bad, the rediculously funny times and moments when my heart would never seem to mend. We have all had our battles over the years some of which we were there for each other and some we sadly fought alone but when I think of my closest girlfriends from back in the day in Westerly...these are the 3 faces that pop into my head (and my heart).

I know two of these are not photos I took but it had to make the blog.

"Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart." - Eleanor Roosevelt

28 January 2009 Photo: The Facebook Phenomenon

Are you part of the craziness they call Facebook? I actually had joined FB years ago when I worked at Cornell and then promptly forgot about it. It was not until a former student that worked in our office found me on my newest email address, that I remembered I had an account. He said I "facebooked" you and didn't hear from you. Facebook? I don't have a facebook account. Well when I went to the site and did a search, I found...myself. By some miracle I remembered the password and so began the addiction! Thanks Bryan! So now I too use facebook at a verb...poke people...write on people's walls...and update my status WAY TOO OFTEN! Imagine if we traveled through life the way we do on facebook. Check out this video spoof from a BBC show.

All that being said, it has been a wonderful way to reconnect with old friends, family and colleagues. I had dinner with an old friend from when I worked in Vermont. As mentioned before my job has me traveling to locations far and wide and so these FB connections sometimes become face to face re-connections. Here is a photo of Nicole, Christine and Ollie the puppy. Nicole was a student at Johnson State College when I was a Resident Director there. She was one of the amazing students who made my time in this sleepy little town in northern Vermont a memorable time in my life. I have worked in higher education for the almost 18 years and have interacted with thousands on students and Nicole is one that I made special bond with but we lost touch. Through the magic of FB, we are found.