blast from the past

I couldn't believe it when I saw that I had had an email via friends reunited from my long lost school friend.We were joined at the hip from 11 year old, had fun times, sad times and boyfriends, in fact I was with Jackie on the night I met my husband of 40 years. He was the friend of the boy who was going to see her home and they asked me along. Fred was tall, blond and good looking ( still is ) although more grey than blond now.
Jackie nor I had house phones and we didn't have mobiles, text or emails so although we did work for the same company once we gradually lost touch.
When I had been married for about a year my mum passed a letter on to me from Jackie telling me she was married and had a lovely baby boy. I went to visit and it was great catching up and she was very happy. I never saw her again and then we moved away but I always wondered how she was doing. When I registered with Friends Reunited she was the first person that I looked for but no luck but I did mention that I wanted to contact so her if anybody new her whereabouts let me know. That was about 7 years ago so imagine my surprise when her email popped up in my box.
It was strange at first and sad to find out that she was widowed in April last year but that she has a very good supportive family. We have exchanged quite a few emails now and we do not live too far away from each other so who knows we might get together for another catchup....