Every now and then Facebook helps bring about a moment where you think okay, this site has a lot of faults but this is why I put up with them.
Someone I knew from back in the day casually mentioned a first name of her friend and a moment of their shared history in the context of I don’t even remember what, because I was just sitting there stunned–wait–do you mean..?! Where do I find…?! I have wanted for SO long…!
And there she was. I sent her a note.
Twenty-four years after our younger daughter’s birth I finally got a chance to tell this person my husband and I both so much admired growing up the news that we had named our child after her because we wanted our daughter to be as kind a person as she is.
About time.