You’ve Got Mail!
Somehow this evening, I found myself in my old Yahoo email — prehistoric, yes I know. I wasn’t quite sure what I was looking for, or how I even got there — as a matter of fact, I don’t think I even had a specific agenda.
I clicked on my inbox and I was seriously disgusted at how much spam it has collected over the years. I mean by the dozens of thousands. My initial inclination was to completely shut it down. I mean, why keep it open? It’s merely just become another breeding ground for spammer attack and abuse.
But before I bid my email address farewell and sent it off into the black hole of the web never to be found again, I wanted to see how far back in time my inbox went — oh you know, just for kicks. So I clicked on the arrow button…back in time.
2001. Eleven years ago.
I found myself culling through my inbox and a rush of old memories began to pour in — some didn’t require a whole lot of digging into my subliminal thoughts, while others made my brain go on overdrive as I took my best shot at recollection. I re-read past emails, stumbled upon old pictures and reminisced about the good ‘ole, and admittedly, bad times. I felt a whole host of mixed emotions. Many of the things I [re]discovered brought smiles and laughter to my face, some made me cringe, while others genuinely made me want to shed a tear or two.
Eleven years of memories is a lot to process in just two hours. But what I can say is that I’m thankful for every person that’s touched my life and been a part of it. — the good, the bad and even the ugly. I’m also glad to see that while the majority of them have moved on, I’ve been lucky enough to have a select handful who chose to remain, while even a few having left but somehow found themselves back in my world again. I see those as God’s grace.
People turn to photo albums, videos and even calendars to recall moments in their existence worth remembering. Tonight, I turned to my old Yahoo account.
I decided to keep it for awhile longer — maybe in 2020, I’ll go back down memory lane once again and smile, laugh, cringe and maybe, even shed a tear or two…
