How do you know so and so?

This morning on my way to work, I was thinking about a few messages I received on facebook recently. Some of my friends have asked how I know so and so? Ha ha!

You see, on facebook, they have this great feature to show you how many friends you may have in common with another person. For example, my friend Brandon and I have 41 friends in common, and then there is Dr. Jon Wallace, the President of APU. He and I have 139 friends in common. What in the world? I attribute my small world to the fact that I have lived in Southern California my entire life, pretty much along the 210 freeway corridor. And more importantly, I LOVE MY FRIENDS and CLIENTS!

So, when you never move away from your roots, plan your 20 year high school reunion, work at an amazing institution, and your Mom still lives in the house you grew up in, the world is small. One of my facebook friends by the name of Gina who I went to high school with asked me how I knew one of the pastors at her church. Wow! That was a long time ago. I went to church with Matt before he probably even considered being a pastor. My friend Tim who I go to church with, has a great insurance man who is one of my high school classmates, and one of my classmates from my undergraduate program was one of my employees when I worked in retail. And then there was my friend John, who asked how I knew two of my friends fathers, who he knew over 20 years ago at Lake Avenue Church. I also attribute the small world or "three degrees of Tira" to the church families I have belonged to over the years. In my single days, I went to Church of the Open Door right after it moved to the hillside from downtown Los Angeles, then I went to Lake Avenue Church in Pasadena for a LONG TIME! David and I went to Paz Naz while we were dating and were married there, and now we are back at Church of the Open Door. I am thankful to our Lord and Savior for keeping his circle such a tight knit group. I think that as long as you have your brothers and sisters in Christ, you will have friends forever. There are so many crazy instances of how I know people from different circles and my husband goes crazy when we go somewhere and I see someone I know. I can't help it!

And I probably would not have gotten this far in my photography business had it not been for oh let's see, my friend who is now my supervisor, whose wedding photographer was his friend in college Melissa, who grew up with DJ, who photographed Jasmine's wedding, and her sisters friend is one of my coworkers? Yikes, that is a crazy circle of friends!

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