Every now and then somebody comes into your life and you just click.
I dont have lots of friends and I'm ok with that as I'm not the type of person who seeks constant company and socialisation. The few good friends that I have, have been in my life for a LONG time. One since I was 14 and she was 16, another from 15 and 16 respectively and the third from 1989. Pretty good track records, hey.
Funnily, it was through blogging that I met Sandra and we just clicked. Today we met for real as evidenced in the photo above. There was no doubt we'd click again.
I was waiting for her in the foyer of her hotel. She came out of the lift and for a moment I wasnt sure it was her as she had darker hair than in her photo in my blog followers. I think she recognised me though but was surprised at my height. At meeting, it was a case of "Sandra? You have dark hair" and "Magda? you're so tall." I'm not really, I just had high heeled boots on.
We wandered around the corner from her hotel and had a 2 hour lunch in a nice restaurant and we talked and talked and talked some more. During our conversation we found out we had both done something identical recently that neither of us had blogged about and we just cracked up. When it came to paying the bill we reached into our purses at the same time and pulled out the exact same notes, laughing again.
It was a wonderful time and she was as lovely as I imagined her to be. And for somebody who kept telling me she wasnt at her best, her warm and genuine personality just shone and I'd never have known that deep inside she didnt feel great.
Although we live in different states, I know we'll keep in touch and meet up again at some stage. Life is too short to let distance keep friends apart.
:-) M
How awesome for you both. I don't think I've seen a photo of Sandra - Sandra, if you are reading - you are gorgeous!
ReplyDelete...I am blushing from head to toe here you two...Magda, ditto about the not feeling/looking your best comment. Funny...I'd just drafted a post titled "Meeting Magda"...stay tuned xo
ReplyDeleteThats lovely to hear that you met Sandra and clicked... love it when that happens! Sounds like a nice afternoon :)
ReplyDeleteI love it when meet someone for the first time and you do both click, sounds like you both had a wonderful time :)
ReplyDeleteHi Liz, its a great pic, isnt it? And yes, she is gorgeous in real life too.
ReplyDeleteSandra, I've been over and now I'm the one blushing.
Hi Hilary and Kristy, I could tell Sandra was quite genuine on her blog and we had already clicked there. The meeting was the icing on the cake. Definitely the highlight of my week.
M