Remember Whensday
Me on the left, Donna on the right in 1995
I met my friend Donna, in 1964 or 65, when we were in the 8th grade. I was the new kid, having moved from Austell to Douglasville, Georgia, after school had started for the year. We were inseparable in our early teens, spending almost every weekend at her house. We helped each other through our first marriages, having our children, and through the divorces that followed.
We visited as often as we could over the years, but it never seemed like often enough. The photo above was taken in May of 1995, when we drove to San Antonio, Texas together to take a bassinette to my son and his wife for their firstborn child. We decided that since we were close enough, we would just drive down to Mexico for one day before returning to Atlanta.
Donna bought a longhorn steer skull, with a horn span of what seemed like six feet. If it had been one more inch, we would have had to have driven all the way with the rear windows rolled down so they could stick out. A few years later, when I hit the road for my life as a gypsy, I lost track of her. We haven’t seen each other in almost 10 years, maybe more. But, I found her on Facebook this week! I hope we can get together when I go home to Douglasville over the winter.
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What a funny photo! Looks like you were good friends. Isn't facebook great for reconnecting?
Hopefully you'll get to meet up with her and make some more memories.
I love that you two drove into Mexico. I guess FB is good for finding people from our pasts, and keeping up with the Now.
It was great you found her again. Would it be a tearful event when you see Donna again?
This was a neat story- At least you have those memories to savor.
Great to see friends after many long years apart. I found a penpal in Malta after losing touch for over 30 years.
Talina: Yes, Facebook has gotten my back in touch with some real friends I thought I would never see again.
Gaelyn: Yes, we drove across the border. it was nerve wracking driving Nuevo Laredo, but oh, how I love to shop in Mexico
Evelyn: No, I don't think I will cry, I will will be very happy to see her again.
my Seester…see, it isn't a "Fake Friend" locater after all is it. I'm glad you found Donna…I hope you do get to visit with her when you come back this way….do you remember the day we rode our bicycles to her house…all the way from Terry Lane??? By the end of that ride, I was so glad to be home again.