God Bless the Internet

Today I had the distinct pleasure of meeting the lovely and amazing Stella. That’s not her real name and she doesn’t blog so I have no link to give you but if she did blog, it would be freakin’ hilarious. She does take amazing photos - go see them here. We’ve “known” each other in an online way for a few years now, at least. She was a blog friend well before I got pregnant, I know that for sure.

And we just now made plans to get together. We met for coffee at a Starbucks and gabbed for almost five hours. I’m not even kidding. We met at 2 and the first time I looked at my watch it was quarter to seven. And when I left my cheeks hurt from smiling so much.

It just reminded me again of how amazing the internet is. I’ve built some amazing connections with people all over the place.  I’ve shed tears of sorrow and happiness over weddings, births, deaths, pregnancies lost and relationships ended with these friends. And most of them I may never meet in real life. But that doesn’t make the connections any less real, or mean that I care any less about the ups and downs in the lives of my friends.

Can you imagine how weird this must sound to someone a generation older? To have a friend that you care dearly about and celebrate birthdays with and buy gifts for that you’ve never laid eyes on in person must just boggle their minds. But I love how none of you think it’s weird. In fact, chances are good that if you’re reading this, you are probably one of the people that I’m talking about.

Any of you have a heart-warming tale of a connection you’ve made online?

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