Meaning?

I talked to Sarah today. While we have been trading e-mails steadily, we hadn't seen each other for a while so I called her just to say, "hey." She is fun to talk to because her voice has such an exuberance to it that you can hear the smile in it.

I caught her at work. She works for a company for whom I also once worked. That's where me met almost ten years ago. "Hi!" She caroled back. "Cory (another former co-worker) and I were just talking about you."

This is the second time in the last three weeks that she has told me that my name has come up in conversations she has had with people I worked with at this place. That just sounds odd to me. I'll have to ask her how, after almost seven years since I left there, I am still worthy of any mention. Even among those who remember me there, how would my name come up?

I'm not offended by this. I highly doubt that anyone is badmouthing me or anything like that. What I'm wondering is: Am I on Sarah's mind enough that she offers my name for discussion? And does that mean anything? Is she bouncing my name off people who knew me to get their reactions? If the reviews are good, will that enhance her esteem of me?