Around the time I was in 5th grade I had a pen pal.

I had some teeny bopper magazine and in it there was an ad for pen pals. You filled out a brief synopsis of your likes and dislikes and they paired you off with a writing companion with your similar interests.

So this girl and I wrote letters back and forth for a couple years, talking about crushes, family, school, etc., etc. We  even exchanged photos. As with most friendships as you get older ours seemed to diminish. Fewer and fewer letters seemed to be sent to each other, until one day there were none.

Every now and then I would think “I wonder whatever happened to my old pen pal?” but never thought of actually tried to search for her.

Then a couple days ago I just happened to check Facebook and low and behold who sent me a message? My old pen pal! It’s weird to think that no matter how small that you may impact on someone’s life, even a person that you have never met in person. It was just weird to think that she thought to actually look me up.