signed: A budding writer! ;)

DAWN OF A NEW ERA?

Saying goodbye is never an easy thing. Even if its an old email id! ;) yes, since morning today I have been unable to access my age old yahoo email id. I had last accessed it not less than 12 hours ago. For some reason it doesn't accept my login password, or my answer to the "trick question" I supplied it all those years ago. Lets see, now, I have been using this id since 1997, and boy this email id has seen a lot. Friendships, fights, making up over email, secrets shared with "special" people, listening and helping friends thru a rough spot, getting help from others, sending out work emails, getting in touch with long lost friends and relatives..this yahoo id had seen it all..and this morning, I guess very naturally, yahoo just decided that this id had worked enough, and it no longer is accessible.

I remember it was SG who had first started her email id, and had talked me into starting one as well. Filled with nervous excitement, I had taken my first trip to an Internet cafe, asked the guy how to access a website, and like magic, opened my very first mailbox on the web. This was followed by chatting online, and very soon an entire network of friends were online chatting from one small yahoo account.

Yes, its been a long fascinating journey with a dear friend. Its time to move on. Hopefully to meet again someday, but happy in the memories that surface each time I think of my first email id! ;)