I have recently been inducted into a complex society of online chatting and picture posting. It's quite something. Every day I eagerly await any sort of communication from any number of people who I may or may not respond to. I've found it to be the highlight of my day to turn on my computer and see that someone has posted some horrid picture of me for all of the online world's amusement, or to hear that someone across the country, who I haven't talked to in 20 years, is making lunch or enjoying a sunny day or going for a bike ride. I just love starting my day with silly comments made by guys who I remember from middle school who still make me laugh, and I can't tell you what it meant to me to chat with the boy who used to live across the street from me when I was ten. What a neat thing to be able to reconnect for a brief moment and just say hello, I remember you. I'm happy to have this tie to my youth, this connection to my roots that reminds me of younger days, and it's somehow comforting to find that even though it seems that everything has changed, some things remain the same.
You're right. It's nice to take time to remember people who were a part of your life at one time. It's fun to remember the way things were and to realize that though time changes the physical, personalities often remain a close version to what they were.
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