Sequoia Redd

I just made an account on facebook at the beginning of the week under my legal/birth name. Its been crazy because I am finding people that I haven’t seen since middle school or high school and its even more crazy seeing where everyone is at in life. Some people are married, some people even have babies!

One cool thing in particular that has come out of it was messaging a guy I knew when I went to boarding school in Scotland. Fun times. Anyways, this particular guy I really liked and we developed a friendship right before I had to leave for the summer. I thought I was coming back, but things took a turn for the worse and my mom claimed she didn’t receive the child support, so I couldn’t go back. I was heartbroken to say the least, so I wrote this guy a letter and I kind of poured my heart out. I also wrote a poem about him, which I didn’t have the guts to send. I never received a response back and always wondered what happened. I thought that maybe I freaked him out or he never got it.

Now, all of these years later, I find him on facebook and it turns out he got the letter and sent me two letters back. This would have made all of the difference in the world when I was 16. As small of a thing as it might seem, that letter would have meant so much, then. And even though its been five years, its still a relief to know that he got it, I didn’t freak him out and he actually still has it.

So yeah…I hearts the internets…