The Bashful Blogger

I’ve recently had the privilege of making contact online with students from my very first class back in 1995 (Year 7s)!  The first one made contact with me through the Old Friends site which I registered on many years ago for the purpose of tracking down people I had gone to school with.  This contact with “Alana” quickly led me to my Facebook account where I’m now “friends” with around half of that class and I’ve had updates on many of the others.  I cannot express how exciting this has been for me!  Like many primary school teachers, my first class was the most special for me and I remember them all very well.  I’ve kept their photo on my wall in all my classrooms and offices over the years.  It has been delightful to see what they have all been up to and hear their memories of year together – I’ve laughed out loud at some of the messages especially the one askng me if I’m still obsessed with ABBA!  It has been immensely rewarding for me to make contact with these young adults whose lives I touched briefly and has given me many warm fuzzies …

On a similar vein I was also recently contacted via www.oldfriends.co.nz by a woman I went to primary school with and haven’t seen for 35 years!  We met at St Lukes for morning tea last Sunday and it was amazing.  We both turned up with photo albums and spent a fascinating 90 minutes catching up on each other’s lives and swapping memories.  We both remember some events the other one did not so it was lovely to fill in a few gaps from those early years.

Both these events have had a very positive impact for me and simply would not have been possible were it not for sites like Old Friends and Facebook.  If you are not already registered I urge you to get onto it today!