Over recent weeks I have had the lovely pleasure of rekindling an old friendship that has totally blown me away.
Tina and I met around the age of 17 when we worked together as nursery nurses in a private Day Nursery and we were instantly friends, skip forward a few years and some ex boyfriends and Tina and I found ourselves being single Mums at the same time although there being around a year between the girls.
During our early 20’s we were pretty much inseparable and with having no support from the ex men folk we became our own chip eating, support team and I would have been lost without her in those very early years of parenthood.
As single parents we faced life with limited budgets, depression and anxiety and I honestly believe that our friendship kept me sane, Ok there maybe a foot banging over the insanity part but on the whole Tina kept me grounded.
Life rolled on and over the years we both married and we drifted apart.
I have missed Tina and her beautiful daughter Natalie no end over the last 7 years and have often wondered how they were both doing, but found no way to contact them and get back in touch.
Skip forward till a few months ago whereby I tracked Tina down on Facebook after she recently joined and there you have it one reconnected friendship
We have had the pleasure of getting to catch up on a whole lot of years over recent weeks and its been fantastic that someone who has truly seen me at my lowest ebb is now back in my life to share some of my life that is one of the most amazing chapters of my life too.
Last weekend we took the kids to Ruffed park to get out and about and to get some fresh air.
Although having met a couple of weeks ago the girls who were firm friends from year dot till their early school years could not remember each other, however this did not seem to make the slightest bit of difference and in fact showed a massive amount of similarities between them.
They even drove each other nuts .. but that only went on to prove to me just how similar they were!
I can see a beautiful friendship brewing and one that I hope gives them both as much fun, joy and support as mine and Tina has over the years …
Going back needed to happen for me to realise what I missed!
this is when facebook comes into its own. Well done on tracking down your friend and meeting up, it looks like you had plenty to catch up on and the girls too.
aww thanks Fiona, it was amazing to finally find her on there!
That is so great. Just this week I also got in touch with a long lost friend. I had no idea facebook had an “other” folder and found she had messaged me over 6 months ago. We lost touch years back and it’s great to know she is well and to start re building that friendship that I held so dear.
I wish you all the luck in the world rebuilding your friends lovely x
Aww what a lovely post! It’s lovely to rekindle a friendship that was so precious to you. Thank goodness for facebook hey?! #magicmoments
thanks Lisa it sure is 🙂
How lovely to be able to rekindle that friendship! It just shows that with good friends a gap in time doesn’t matter.
it sure does 🙂
How lovely! The photos say it all. I love the story behind them too. #magicmoments
aww thanks lovely
How brilliant that you’ve reconnected! I think you need to prepare yourselves for your girls having late night chip-eating sessions too!!
lol i have no doubt that will be the case Carrie!
Lovely post. It’s wonderful to rekindle a friendship and how great that the children are loving it too. x
they are loving getting know each other x
Lovely to have rekindled an old friendship that means so much to you. And to find your children sharing this in their own ways too. Good friends are wonderful xx
Awww I think those are the bestest friendships ever. The ones where drifting apart for a bit doesnt matter and where, when you get in touch again its as if you were never apart! It looks like a special friendship is growing between your girls too x
Awww this is such a lovely post, really nice to read =)
How fantastic that facebook allowed you to reconnect =)
Amazing parallels here hon, I’m pleased the reunion went well. It’s incredible to think that so much time can pass yet nothing changes – the ultimate sign of a true friendship! Good old Facebook xx
This is such a wonderful story! I’m so happy you tracked down your long-time friend and reconnected. There’s nothing like catching up with a long-time friend after a stretch of absence. It goes to show how strong your friendship truly is 🙂 Thank you so much for sharing and for hosting this week’s #magicmoments!
That’s lovely! That is what I love about Facebook!
Such a lovely post about friendship! I love those photos, Jaime!
aw that is so lovely you found your friend again. such a lovely post
This is such a lovely read Jaime, so glad that you found your friend and that meeting up went so well. A sign of true friendship x
Oh what a lovely story – I’m so happy for you that you got the chance to reconnect! You do sometimes drift apart with people don’t you but good friends always find their way back to each other and you pick up conversations like there was no time apart. How positive! How lovely too that your girls can start their own friendship now 🙂