- Reunion Weekend - Tuesday, February 15, 2005 As I mentioned, this passed weekend I was reunited with an old friend from 2nd grade that I haven't seen in almost 10 years. Thanks to the power of Google, my friend Mandy found me and informed me that she lived a mere 70 miles north in Chico, CA. It's hard to believe we went from this... San Jose, CA - 1994 to this... Chico, CA - 2005 I drove to Chico, and as I drove up to her house, I called her on her cell phone. "April Shirshac?" she says on the other end. "I'm outside your house, Mandy!" I told her and I could see her bolt out her front door. The first thing you want to do is give this person a massive hug, but initially all we could do is look at each other in awe. How much has she changed since 14 years old? How much have I changed? After the shock, we went to a little coffee house nearby in attempt to fill each other in on nearly a decade of events. She went on to college and will be graduating this May, and I didn't even know where to start when filling her in on this "Apolo Ohno" thing, lol. All the exciting things in our lives, and here we were - sharing them as if we'd never missed a beat. I never knew what a healing experience it would be to see this friend from my childhood. When you lose a close friend because of circumstance and not by choice, it leaves an empty feeling in your heart, one that I simply had to learn to except over the years. On the car ride back to Sacramento, we talked - went to Downtown Sac for lunch, we talked some more. I was blessed with the opportunity to finally tell her what's been on my heart since we suddenly parted ways, and we cried - something that I never thought I'd have the chance to do. I feel like a big hole in my past has been filled - complete, now. I've since this moment taken the internet and it's power for granted...you just never know who will come back into your life again.

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