Kate has her own wonderful blog which is
wonderful and personal and full of charm. Kate already felt like a friend these
last two years. Just a friend we’d never met. But face to face is good for a
friendship right? So we set out to meet and it was lovely, lovely. I had no trepidation at all about meeting
Kate. I knew it would be easy and it was. There was no fanfare, no awkward
pauses. And you really know that someone is a true friend when within five
minutes of meeting them, you are talking about vaginas. And the second way you
know someone is a friend is when it just feels awful to say goodbye.
Come back soon Kate!
Barbara: Yes, Kate (aka
Stubblejumpin’ Gal, etc etc) is a Saskatchewan native (a beautiful Canadian prairie
province) and it turned out that she had business in town. She suggested we
meet for coffee and luckily our schedules allowed us to do that! It was like a
lovely breath of fresh air to meet this wonderful person in real life. I know people
are very often not what you expect when you only know them from their online “personas”,
but—and maybe it’s because Kate is a Prairie gal—I went to coffee expecting her
to be exactly as she seemed on our blog and her own. I did entertain the
possibility that she might not be, but that was more a vague question about my
own perceptions and expectations. I wonder if any of you have had similar experiences
of meeting people you’d only known from social media and what it was like when
you saw them in real life? Because there was Kate, as if we’d been meeting for
coffee every week for several years! And, like Deb said, there we were talking
about our most private lives like we’d just been waiting for this chance. It’s
another amazing example of the world in its most intimate smallness. Thanks,
Kate!
Kate: Yesterday was
the first time I've met "internet friends" in person, so I did wonder
whether it was possible that we would have nothing to say to each other,
awkward moments, or even be just plain disappointed if each other was not as
expected.
But our meeting, from
my very first glimpse of a smiling Deb in front of the bagel shoppe, felt so
completely warm and natural, as if I was seeing long-lost friends. There
was instant recognition and affection and I enjoyed every moment of our chat.
It was all so easy! and of course was over too soon.
You are both
lovely, lovely people and I feel absolutely blessed.
x's and o's,
Kate
