Education's Journey

After a year of being active in the online world, writing and publishing, blogging and networking; I recently had an old friend contact me via this here blog!!! I had just decided to step up my activity, post my blogs to search engines, and start building a name for myself in the cyber world. At the same time, I was convercing with my mom about old friends. I was positive that noone out there in the real world was searching me out. Since we moved around so much while growing up, I figured I had not ever had the time to make an impact on anyone. Even though, admitingly, I named off a few people who had an impact on me and would really love to reconnect.
Well, less than 1 full week later I wake up to this message in my inbox:

"Hi my name is Meri Hopkins, and I am looking for a lost friend of mine who shares your name...I am not sure if you are her or not, but if you are...well HOORAY! and please shoot me a line at m*******s@comcast.net if the name sounds familiar...if not, sorry to have bothered you!"

My response: OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH. Is that her? Is that the one friend I was just talking about with my mom? It couldn't be. This has got to be someone who has me confused with someone else. Right?
So I shoot her an email, and within a couple hours I had a reply.
IT WAS HER!!
Can you feel my excitement? I couldn't believe it. We emailed back and forth a few times o catch up on old times. Then she called me and we talked as if we'd never missed a beat. How cool is that?
I'd love to hear some more stories of reconnections over the internet. Do you have one to share?