……Celebrated my 67th summer……existing on this planet….and realized something amazing……and I have Facebook to thank for it…..I was filled with memories……happy, sad…..some regrets….but mostly…..joyful…..because of Facebook I’ve gotten back in contact……with people I haven’t seen or heard of in years…..many who are still here…..and those who have left us…..and moved on to another spiritual, cosmic portal…..then, one thing hit me like a speeding train……I’ve known you all over a timespan of……5 decades……that’s 50+ plus years…..we have known each other…..and yes there are connections I’ve made on Facebook…..and we haven’t actually met in person…..but it doesn’t matter…..because we’re connected…..maybe this might help you understand what I’m trying to say……I’m going to list that last name of my friends…..that would be all of you reading this……and list when we met…….excuse me if I’ve you placed in the wrong decade……I’m 67…..remember?
50’s…….The Whitakers…..
60’s…..Price……Jasper…..Curtis……Curtis/Foster…..Alston……Durnell-White…..Richardson/Johnson……Lawson(s)……Townes…..Weeks…..Harris(s)…..Powell…..Finney Sr……Herzog(s)…..……Warrens(s)…..Sullivan…..Bazemore Jr……B. Moses….Enders…..Griggs…..Gardener…..Gill….Bartlett…..Davis(s)…..Hicks-Harper….Ward(s)…..Harris…..Brown…..Rucker…..McCoy…..Hutchinson Sr……Prom Date…..Askew…..Holmes….Biggs…..Mason…..Geneslaw….Callhoun….Franklin….Briggs…..Rogers…..Jones…..Coles(s)….Kones…..White…..Holloway….Howell….Shivers…..Threet….H. Primus….Harrison…..Forrester…..Grant…..Warren-Smith…..Yancey James…..Reels….Smith(s)……Cobb…..Gaines….Thomas…..Davis-Gardener…..Rogers Mann…..Blackwood….Generals(s)…..Page…..Silas-Green…..Thomas…..Frierson-Lane…..Perry III…..Romaine…..Gibbs….Stephens….
70’s……Lyles……Fountain…..Feeney……Harkley……Gip……Rodgers……Lawson…..DeLorenzo Scott…..Free…..Jacobowitz…..Halloway…..McGill(s)….Turner-Lapp…..Robinson-Twine…..McLeod……Isaacs…..Oates…..Beaugard…..Davis…..DeSalvo Napolitano……McCurtis…..Council…..Hogan…..Campbell…..Stradford…..Jarzenbowski-Owens…..Russell…..Mayes…..Vanwinkle Brindley…..Rodriguez…..Brooks….Amir-Bonds…..Garrett….Hickman….Brown…..Dross…..Madison….Elia McNish…..Van Pamel Callari…Shutts…..Anderson(s)…..Mitchell(s)…..Brown…..Mickens…..Matthews…..Louise…..Boyd…..Gordon….Sinderbrand……Cameron…..Jenkins…..Vodde Hayes…..Martino Sysyn…..Smalls…..Cragwell….Delli Paoli…..Mosley…..Server…..Chapin Waugh…..Good Wasserman…..White(s)…..Harvey….Evans….Turi Bsales Koziel…..Terrizzi…..Rice-Holland…..Perkins…..Garnett Jr…..Wilder…..Powell…..Johnson……Wheater Preuit…..Mallard…..Tatro…..Harrison-Waymer…..Delaney…..Culhane…..Davis Drummer….Dean/Leslie…..Moore…..Brandon…..Harrison…..Latham…..Suber Sr…..Charity…..Oree….Fischer….Conn Stathis…..Boone…..Shediack III….Mason Tiger…..Williams(s)…..McKinley…..Donn Lester…..Thompson…..Bush…..Barkenbush Europa…..Everett…..Byrd…..Intorrella….Robertson…..Bitterman…..Ottavio…..Rodriguez…..D. Gaines….Tanis….Rucker Jr…..Anthony….Webb…..Wilson…..Godwin…..Snead-Humphrey……Wilson…..Trish-Cousin….Sivadel….Morris-Teale….Dickinson…..Mcgill-Cobb…..Washington….Jemerson….Grabstein…..Thomas…..Chalvire…..Darnell….Eccles….Moon….Austin…..Carre-Terrizzi…..Marino….Reiser Myers…..Bouman….DeGroot Weatherington….Riely…..Duncan….Raynor…..Cousin…Ruighaver…..Manning….Gibson….Lewis…..Boyd…..Dwlaney…..Shiver…..Bowens…..Boulware…..Credle…..Merker-Menicola…..Short-Loines….Tilstra…..Hadeler….Hammond-Barnes…..Vittorio…..Van Saun….Jones(s)…..Taylor…..Poole…..Swann…..Geisler Meyerowitz……Clark….Hamilton-Bucino….Ellerbee….Burrows…..Moore…..Minnema…..Turner….Alston…..Webb….Gorley….Taylor…..Gray…..Kyles…..Gibilterra….Vanwinkle….Spindler…..Di Petrillo….Belton…. Brindley……Kaczenski….Jenkins….Weir…..Shuart…..Taylor….McCullum….Capozzoli….Booker…..Berndt Wilde…..Van Voorhies Denise…..Nelson-Moore……Savastano Villano…..Carradori…..Waugh…..Conklin….Spindler….Silvestri…..English…..Lynn….Van Wyckhouse….Dunkerley Visci…….Simone……Rowe…..Kenner….Moor Dries…..Gyulay-Wehinger….Hicks…..Scruggs…..Gilmore…..Tydus…..Smith…..Manning…..Jervay-Pendergrass….Marino…..Hannah….Gorley…..Nazareth…..Maát….Hardgrove…..Carini-Traina….Harris….Giannella…..Cousins…..Edmonds…..Raber….Collins
80’s……Robinson(s)……L. Whitaker….. Pendill…..Kletter…..J. Finney…..Klaeger….Ms. Bea……Clint……III…..Gussin…..Hüther……Lewis…..Shantel…..Dixon…..Lorr….Lacy….Burke….Schlecht…..Brklijac…..Godwin…..Hager…..Harding(s)…..Nora Lacy…..Burke…..Williams-Braun….Williams…..Häussinger…..
90’s……White……Walker-Davies…..Bond……Chitters……Parker…..Hessles…..Harding-Tomiye…..Vengco…..King…..Walton……Andrews……Arthur…..Nomore……Rokoss…..Williams….Miller…..Garvanne…..Dolores Dos Santos……Mitchell Pfab…..Scales…..Di Renzo…..Richardson……Dre Verde…..Arno Art…..McCray…..Kess-Vengco…..Andera VB…..Faraó…..Harding(s)…..Abe…..Benedettini……Langford…..Thevenet(s)…..Taylor…..Z. Johnson……Evans….Benz…..Simon….Long Finney…Lee Brown…….Zwimpfer-King…..King….Jackson…..Grey…..Maclean……Landy Landinger…..Reiserer…..El Verado…..Fleck…..Veal….Hesslewood…..Riley…..Breiter…..Bauer-Keown….Bond….Lee Padden…..Moore….. Rothey….Schanz…..Weithofer…..Dhami…..Nelson…..Abdul-Khaliq…..May…..Knight…..Tilgner…..Darouiche……Schwarzbach…..Brown(s)…Taylor…Dantzler……Holman…..Fleckenstein…..Wolters…..Maria Riescher…..Edwards…..Tenorio Jr…..Förster…..Garcia…..Hartner…..Patient…..Woodward….Perry…..Häussinger…..Santos…..O Mara…..Montiel Verdiales…..Patton…..White…..Costa…..Martin…..Strong Jr…..Dietze….Armstrong…..Knauer….Ikon…..Riedmaier…..Nagl…..Duncan….Rhodes…..Sedona…..Schmid….Hoer….Blanco…..Lawal…..Grizelj…..Warren…..Connell Green….Summers…..Bruenberg….Robinson(s)….Gruenberg…..Arbelaez….Binderer….C. Hrbrg….Erzsebet….Schuen….McCrary…..Cichewicz…..Hooks….Suggs…..McClarrin……Monteiro….Donet….Tate…Fleming…..Wressnig…..Lewis….Michelle…..Felipe….Cormack….Lillis…..Bostock…..Plaxico….Robinson….Detroit Wiggins……
2000…N. Whitaker….Turner.….Jasses JN….Harrell Richard…..Susan Issac….Brown(s) …..Taylor…..McNair(s)…..Lewis…..Leonard…..Mihajlovic…..Spruell Britt….Brown-Whitaker…..Gulley……Guglielmi…..Sixel…..Semmelroggen…..Binder….Schönfelder……Allen Whitaker….W. Price….Kljujic…..Phil Phb…..Sabic…..Lane…..Herrera…..Sai Hübi……Prestel…..Tait….Mehrotra…..Harding(s)…..Bolden…..Cousin…..Schwager…..Minks…..Pryor…..Nubi…..Winfrey…..Goos…..Merseny…..Pramberger….Billstein….Jagalski….Schibilsky…..Teister…..Mac….Ahoulou….Kostov….Wittrien….White…..Hoffmann….Brown….Hüther…..Holzhauser…..Reichstaller…..Gordy…..Belbelian…..Bazijan…..O Connor(s)….Almeida…..Czeslik…..Isaacs….DÚrso……Auls…..Mitrick…..Holland Louis…..Okoro-Hardy…..Townes…..Thompson-Walker…..Everett…..Angenette….. P. Melodies…..Hamlet…..Rickards…..Zechel…..Watanabe…….Hardy…..Pfister…..Weber…. Schüttler…..Zachow…..Frahm…..White…..Andrea VB….Cote Schwager…..Elliot…..C. Roberts…..Robinson-Martin…..Boone…..Lahti-Klein…..Griffin-Vega…..Nehme…..Ju Will….Donnelly…..Easton…..Carlos…..Whitlock…..Cummings….Hawthorne….Opromollo…Valentine……Jones….Cats….m`Cheaux…..Roachford….Beyer….Schilling…..Crivellaro…..Kirner…..Blue…..Utterbach…..Marshall…..
2010…..Reyes…..Sorrentino……Rostanzo……Sawyer…..Robinson……Righi…..Morcaldi….Kuhlig……Rowe….MacGregor…..Adamah…..te Winkel……Bi Ne Fischi…..David Johnson……Parker(s)…..Rakanovic…..Harrell-Brunson…..MoonSaya…..Koyasu…..Marie-Franklin…..Joyce…..Garrett……Moore….Garo….Jstsj…..Kunene…..Schneider…..Hyska-Civeja…..Millen…..Druz….Becker….Garvanne….Canady…..Dittke…..Zonnekein….Joy….Lovino-Kaestner….Ebert…..L. Chitters…..Badaru….Rabe(s)…..Larisch…..Alwast….Hevko-Velaj…..Brackel….Wii….Blume…..Joy-Krawczyk….Lovino…..Vaughn….Bohnstedt-bügler…..Hauf……Andres…..Schneeweiss…..Bowler…..Bostic…..Richter…..Toma-Ponte….Charlott….Donvito…..Taylor….Blisscuit….Whitlock….Becker….Baron….Amadeo…..Hutton….Scott Harrell Richard…..Harding-Griffin……Davidson…..DeGroat Watkins…..Campbell….Stevens…..Minks…..Manning…..Maldonado…..Gibson….Mills-Suero…..Johnson(s)…..Fowler……Gurrant…..Davis…..Carr.…Brown…..T. Brown…. Whittiker…..Prume…..Wilson…..Bunn….Hodge…Feldman….Stein….Gipson…..Wimberly….Hill….Child’s….Jenkins…..Watters…..Douglas…..Redmon…Rie…..Spence……Lynch…..AdeLo…..Harrison…..Mac….Washington……Zherfeld…..Ali Pineapple…..Greene-Taylor…..Schlöber…..Pressello……Bostick….Carlos…..Anthony…..Zick…..Edwards-Brown…..Irawan….Jungkunz….Funke….Cook…..Vaughn…Nasswetter……Collier…..Lyn…..Stritzki……Kaestner…..Keith…..Rössler…..Schmidt…..Lindo…..Oswald….Prestridge Ungar….Randolph…..Nochimson….Iannarelli……Knupfer…..Trueschel…..Marie Thompson……McConnell…Papa….Guel…..Corlu…..Daniel…..Selina Seyum…..Dillard…..Guedel….Lieberherr….Boskovic…..Jane….
2020……Robinson…..King….D. Warren…..Embry…..Steele…..Tucker…..C. Finney….Spruell…..Even…..Burns…..Joy….Druz…..and I’m sure many more friendships….to come….