About two months ago, I got an email titled, "think way back". It was from a woman I knew when we were both in the 6th grade in 1956. We were good friends for a few months, when I briefly attended school with her. We bonded and became very close in the 3 or 4 months that I knew her. I remembered her well, because when we were both about 14 (my family had moved away) she became friends with a JW girl, and became a witness. I heard about it, from relatives who attended that congregation, and I would see her once in awhile at big conventions. A few years later, I heard she had been disfellowshipped. Occasionally I would wonder about her.
She was on one of Randy Watter's web pages recently, and found the story I wrote about my late cousin, Sharon. She knew Sharon quite well, years ago, and was very surprised to learn she was not only not one of JW's anymore, but had passed away. My email is on that story, so she sent me the email, I mentioned above.
We have emailed quite a lot and talked on the phone one night for about an hour, catching up, and sharing stories. It's been a lot of fun chatting with her about our shared memories, even though we were only close for a few months when we were about 11 years old, and are both 57 or so now. She still lives in the Seattle area, but on an island, so isn't easy to visit........but we will one day soon.
She lurks here, so I would love it if she would post. So, "S', if you see this, respond. You can join the "Mulan dynasty".
Edited by - mulan on 1 February 2003 23:22:21