Shoutout to Jae

Facebook delivered a wonderful surprise in our household in the past few days. We were able to re-establish contact with Jae, the exchange student who lived in our home for ten months in 2001 and 2002. He is new on Facebook and found Grant, apparently through a search, and contacted him. I saw that the contact had occurred and promptly "friended" Jae and sent him a note.

I soon had a reply. He told us he is working as a journalist. Hiromi says the newspaper he's working for is one of the largest newspapers in Japan. He is very busy and hasn't had time to find a good woman to marry. The picture with his account is not Jae, but someone with owlish glasses and a Brooklyn cap, which made it a bit confusing.

We had so many good times with Jae. Being in contact again gives us all many warm fuzzy feelings. If he walked in today I think we'd be able to take up where we left off that long ago day when he left our house to go back to Japan. I hope it happens some time.

For others who remember Jae and wish to contact him via Facebook, he is listed as Jaeyoung Hwang, and his birthday is June 15, 1984.