small world

The world is a very large place, with a lot of people in it. But we are all connected on various levels.
This morning i hopped a plane at the Provo airport bound for Denver.
A nice young girl sat next to me, but I was super tired and I slept a good part of the short flight. We started to talk as we were beginning the descent into Denver.
We talked about our reasons for flying - me to clean out my Dad's house, her to go to a wedding in Houston. I asked if she was a bridesmaid and found out she was the photographer, normally based in Provo. I mentioned that we had just had a wedding and Lindsey Orton had shot the photos.
This girl, Nicole Carmen, had grown up in the same ward as Lindsey and did not even know she was a photographer!
She mentioned she went to Timpview and I said so did my children.
I told her we lived in Indian hills. She asked if I knew the Shumways!
Megan was one of her best friends! I told her Shumways lived through our back yard!
She wondered if she knew any of my children, so we talked about names and ages. None were quite her age, but some sounded familiar.
We found out that her sister Cami Carmen was in the circle of Michelle's friends in high school.

Then she said Camille sounded really familiar and asked me if Camille has a friend, Claudia Slagowski. I said yes!
This girl, Nicole Carmen, was best friends with the little sister of Claudia, named Alicia.
Nicole Carmen, the photographer sitting next to me on the plane, remembers doing things with Camille and Claudia and EVEN coming to our house! She and Alicia were the little tag along sisters and thought Camille and Claudia were super cool.
She even remembered the blue bedroom that Camille had then, and said she loved our house.
She says she has not hung out or seen her first grade buddy for 18 years, but she remembers vividly coming with her to our house!

Small world indeed.