I graduated from high school 28 years ago. I recently reconnected with an old high school friend and she told me that she remembered that I always made her feel like she belonged...that she was accepted...when we were in high school! I literally had no idea I had that effect on her!
28 years or more later and she still thought kindly of me!
Made my whole day.
The best “friend” I have though is a guy whose uncle went down in Vietnam while flying the F-105 about the same time my dad was over there. We have “connected” so deeply because we both have been researching what the Thud pilots did during the war. I am hoping we will get to meet for real next year during a reunion of fighter pilots. If not, I will forever be grateful for having “met” him. Find me on FB and stop by and say hello, if you are so inclined.