A Tale of Two Debbies

Once upon a time in a small town in Ohio, there lived two young girls.

Their houses were in the same neighborhood, they attended the same school,

and rode the school bus together...many times, sharing the same seat.

Not only did they share these things, they also shared the same name...well almost.

One Debbie spelled her name with an "ie" at the end...the other Debby with a "y".

During their junior high and high school years,

the Debbies became good friends.

They enjoyed talking, laughing and doing what teenage girls do best...

...being quite silly at times! 

When the Debby with a "y" was a senior,

she began to attend a different high school and didn't see Debbie with an "ie" as often.

 Debby with a "y" became involved with new friends from her new school...

...and slowly, began losing touch with Debbie with an "ie".

Time passed.

More time passed.

Months became years and years became decades.

During these years, Debby with a "y" married a man named Jim and they had a son.

Soon they moved to Kentucky where they had another son,

and several more years later, moved even further south to North Carolina.

Life had gotten very busy for Debby with a "y"...

...as it most assuredly did as well for Debbie with an "ie"...

...unintentionally letting their friendship slip through the cracks.

Yes, it slipped right through the cracks of time.

After many more years had passed,

 the invention of a strange thing called the internet became available to nearly everyone.

Oh, it was a really strange thing, alright...

...it gave a person the ability to communicate without wires...

 ...and find out all kinds of useful things...even the ability to find long lost friends...

This became a way of life for many.

They called it Facebook.

 

One day, out of the blue, Debbie with an "ie" sent Debby with a "y" a friend request...

...yes, you can actually request a friend with just one click.

This made Debby with a "y" very happy and right away accepted her request.

Then one day, after catching up a bit,

Debbie with an "ie" posted these photos on Debby with "y"'s page.

(Yes, that's a skinnier version of me...the one with the shorter hair.)

This put a big smile on the face of Debby with a "y".

She remembered these two young girls goofing off in that photo booth.

She also remembered that you got four photos for a quarter...
...and that she had kept the other half of them.

She also knew exactly where she had kept them all these years.

So very promptly, she posted them to Debbie with an "ie"'s page...

...so she could share the joy!

The End

Actually, I hope it's not the end, but just the beginning of our resurrected friendship!

Debbie with an "ie" still lives near our hometown.

The next time I visit my family in Ohio, I plan to look her up :)

What a blessing this has been for me!