2022, Jan 2: We go way back

CL posted a "Happy Birthday" wish on ML's newsfeed. How do these two know each other? CL is a UMF graduate who is now a social studies teacher in Maine. ML is the son of my sister's friend Big ML--they were stationed in Orlando together in the 1980's. Big ML became a family friend and we stayed in touch through my sister. I knew that over time, ML got married, retired from the Navy, moved to Maine, had children. When I moved to Maine, I got in touch with ML through Facebook. In 2009 or so, I participated in a 2-day conference in Big ML's town and stayed at his family's home and got to know Big ML's wife, daughter, and ML. I became Facebook friends with the whole family. For 10 years, I've watched ML and his sister grow up, go to college, and become cool adults. Today I found out that cool adult ML knows cool social studies teacher CL--they went to high school together and are best buds.