The power of social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook never ceases to amaze me. You just never know how is looking at your page and who might be interested in what’s going on in your world. It’s so easy to feel little and small and imagine great distances between you and your peers. These sites make that distance seem so much smaller.
Recently, I “accidentally” planned a mini high-school reunion. A friend of a friend saw a message I sent telling her I thought we should try to get some folks together. We all went to school together, so she figured we should all hop in and bring anyone from school we were still in touch with. Suddenly, there were 20 of us at the local bowling ally in the town we all grew up in. All because of one little message I sent to someone on Facebook.
My class’s formal 10 year reunion is not until 2011. If the stress and anticipation is any worse than it was for me on this pseudo reunion, it should be fun for anyone who has to watch me prep for the big event. My parents and brother had quite a laugh as I ran in and out of the living room modeling FOUR various hairstyles and a plethora of outfit options. Bless their hearts, they smiled and played along lovingly.
As I’m sure is true for anyone else who’s attended a reunion recently, the anticipatory anxiety was hardly worth it. Upon arrival, it was nothing but smiles as we greeted one another and laughed about how we all look the same as we did in High School. Even those who showed up whom I was never close with were fun to catch up with.
It was fun! I recommend accidental reunions to anyone.
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Janelle K. Eagle is infamous for always having her hands tied up in multiple projects simultaneously. She's directed a lot of theater, worked on some films, and raised lots of money for non-profits. She travels all the time and loves to share her videos, photography and writing via this blog. 
