Monica Green: You never know who you’ll meet

June 29, 2009 09:05 am

— Being in the newspaper business, I tend to run into people I know almost anywhere I go.
Cleburne is one of those towns where you want to be careful what you look like if you’re going to Wal-Mart because nine times out of 10 you’re going to see someone you know.
I took some vacation days at the beginning of the week to do some wedding shopping. On Tuesday, my fiancé and I went to a movie at a theater in Burleson.
We enjoyed the movie, and as we left the theater when it was over I realized that one of my fellow Cleburne Lions Club members was sitting just a few rows ahead of us throughout the entire movie.
On Wednesday my mother and I were out wedding dress shopping when we ran into not one, but two people we had connections to. Both happened at David’s Bridal in Fort Worth.
The first was a girl who was also trying on wedding dresses. Somehow my mom struck up a conversation with her and discovered she had just been given a job at the same school my mom teaches at in Joshua. Not only that, but they’re even going to be in the same department.
Also, the bridal consultant helping us commented that she grew up in Cleburne when she saw the information I filled out. She asked what I did, and I told her I worked for the newspaper.
She thought it was cool because she said her mother, who still lives in Cleburne, reads the paper every day. So hello to Erin’s mom!
This makes me think of the six degrees of separation theory. You know, the one that says that any actor can be linked to Kevin Bacon in six connections or less?
I find that true very often, as I find connections between my friends in people that we know.
On Facebook, there is a section called “people you may know,” where friends are suggested to you based on people that your friends know. I find people I know this way all the time.
In this technology age, it’s easy to find people you know, whether through Facebook or any other social networking Web sites.
I’ve found people there I haven’t seen in more than 12 years! It’s good to catch up with people after such a long time, especially when they live states away from you.
The best part is it’s all free.