Thank you SOOO much for the link!
Sounds like lots of people were affected....some kind of glitch in the system....
And it gets weirder:
The article Mattsmom referenced said that Facebook would be contacting those affected - so I assumed I would be getting some kind of "canned" email with an apology and instructions on how to re-activate the account.
Instead, my husband discovered that my account had magically "re-appeared" because there I was amongst his friends again. OK - good.
I finally get an email from Facebook...
It states that after investigating my case, they have determined that I have violated Facebook's policy against using a fake name for my account and that my FB account can NOT be re-activated for any reason whatsoever and that this decision is final.
However, my FB account is still active.
Huh?
Gotta love Facebook!