With Gmail I have archived, the changes, thrills, sucesses and failures of my first relationship, ended friendships, moving from high school to college, my first, next and grown-up jobs; the ending of ties with my father, the renewal of ties to the rest of my family, and the discovery of tools that changed my internet experience as well as my life and study habits. I can email notes to the boyfriend I had class with, search through old chats for the phone number I forgot, discover new tools like the blog, goog-411 (i'm never lost anymore) and Google scholar (I don't have to buy half my textbooks anymore) as well as Google images - all because I got this Gmail account. And now I keep in touch with friends who are far away, and life moves on, but we are able to keep talking and our relationships don't disintegrate.
Ariel, Student and part-time DHS worker
Portland, OR
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