Small town acquaintances in big town life

 

I do like Facebook for certain things.

I happened to note on "my wall" or whatever its called

that my son, Jeremy, has tickets for a hockey game
on Monday in Edmonton
and that he is "stoked" to go as he has never been to an NHL game
 

Anyways, someone commented that they were going too.

And asked who he was going with and where his seats were
and if there were "pre-drinks" arranged anywhere
(not that I needed to know that!)
 

 This someone is also named Jeremy

and therein lies the story.

 

When my son was maybe 2 years old or so,

we went to a local moms and tots group.

There was another mother who had a son also named Jeremy.

This Jeremy's grandmother had knitted him a little jacket with his name on the back

He had outgrown it and the young mother was delighted to be able to pass

it on to another Jeremy, otherwise it would have been stuck in a closet.

 

 

The mother and I didn't really stay in contact.

Both Jeremys grew up in the same town though not the same school

 both involved in things that meant running into each other

and while there was not really a close friendship,
there was a friendly small town acquaintance

One a year older than the other

 

They were both into hockey and both reffed for a time (my Jeremy not for very long).

They were both in soccer though not on the same teams as those were divided by school

and when the time came for high school,

 they attended Junior and Senior High together

(as there is only one of each).

The one had a girlfriend who was friends with a friend

They sometimes found themselves at the same party

Or happened to be hanging around with the same group at the park or the arena

Or would run into each other at a fast food place

(not McDonalds, the powers that be deem that we are too small for one here :()

 

Fast forward a few more years and they have both grown into young men

Both have left the small British Columbia town life behind
for the big bucks to be earned in Northern Alberta
Made lives for themselves as adults.
 

I had no idea they still kept tabs on each other

When suddenly this Facebook comment comes up

about two small-town boys with the same name running into each other in the big city.

 

I thought it was kinda neat.