Hi everyone,
I left a certain company 5 years. I had a colleague there, who developed breast cancer shortly after I left.
I was friendly with this colleague and I liked her, but we were never friends.
After her diagnosis I felt really sorry and we exchanged messages on WhatsApp for a while. This lasted maybe for 6 months to a year and then the contact sort of stopped ( I can't remember now why it stopped).
Today I coincidentally ran into the wife of my fiancé's mate. She's also undergoing chemotherapy at the moment for breast cancer.
I don't know why, but after seeing her today, I have the strong urge in my heart to reach out to my ex colleague.
I changed my phone and number this year, so I went into my old phone this evening to retrieve her number.
I didn't even know if she still uses that old number, but when I added her number to my new phone and searched her in WhatsApp, it showed her as "online".
I don't know if it's weird to reach out to her, the last time we spoke must have been at least four years ago or longer.
I certainly don't want this to come across as a " checkup to see if she's still alive" or an unwelcome intrusion.
What should I do?