Internet Friends become "REAL" friends. Whether or not you get to meet in person!

I wrote about Warning: Social Networking and a friend of mine, Lani,  from Twitter that was rushed to the hospital a while back. I think I was permanently logged into Twitter to hear about an update from her, I was so worried (she's fine). I got to meet Lani at Inman in SFO earlier this month - and she was just like I thought she was! A Hoot of fun!  (She even let some of us crash the www.AgentGenius.com after party :)

Kim Wood and Lani Anglin-Rosales

My first live and in person meet up was seeing Teresa Boardman and Bob Carney during Teresa's presentation for Pennsylvania Association of Realtors on Blogging.  We only had a short amount of time together - but it was fun-filled!

Bob gets a TBoard bolt of lightning strike!

The North Carolina girls meetup that Desiree Daniels put together was "out of this world" full of fun and laughter! 

Part of Diane Aurit, Antoinette S, Sarah Cooper, Missy Caulk, Kim Wood, and Desiree Daniels

Lucky me got to see the beautiful West Virginia !! Seeing my WEBBFF, Sarah was a blast! Meeting her familky and the Jeff Turner clan was amazing!  Our families had fun together - and the real life hugs were heartfelt.

Jeff Turner, Kim Wood, Rocky Turner, and Sarah Cooper

I had the pleasure at Inman SFO to meet many other "people who lived inside my computer" - and got the real ((hugs)). (post pending!)

Bill Lublin and Kim Wood

Along with making friends and getting to know people comes some sadness like this week. Pain.
Heavy stuff. I was away in Ocean City, MD when I signed onto twitter. There were tweets like this:

• Here is a peaceful song for BillLublin
• I can't believe what happened.
• I just met them in SFO.
• Pinky379 will be missed.
  

I couldn't wait to read the stream - I just shouted out: WHAT IS GOING ON WITH PINKY & BILLLUBLIN? I got the news to read Our Friend Bill Lublin loses his wife today, and AG loses a wonderful friend. 

Tragic. Just tragic.

Most people can not relate. People that you've known on the computer, and met in person 2 weeks earlier and you are crying tears? Yes. But you don't know them. Yes, I do. My heart ached. Bill & Sheila loved each other - and she will definitely be missed by many people.

Here is a capture from my alone morning on the beach for sunrise and photo time. The picture says so much. My message is.............. Sheila Lublin's Memory will live on forever..............