I Believe In Serendipity
I definitely believe in Serendipity; it happens to me all if the time.
One recent example: I have stage 4 Chronic Lymphatic Leukemia. I was diagnosed just over four years ago, and quickly got into a clinical trial at the James Cancer Center at the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio - 485 miles south of my home in northern Michigan.
I have to be at the center every 28th day - every 4th Monday, unless that is a holiday, then I go on Tuesday.
I have been in the study for four years now, and drive down to Columbus on Sunday afternoon - generally arriving there around 9:00 PM. I then drive to an aunt's house near the school to spend the night, and go to the cancer center at 7:30 AM the next morning for treatment. I then drive home on Monday afternoon.
When, I get off of Ohio-315 near my aunt's house, I always stop at a Speedway gas station to gas up for the return trip and to buy a soda.
When I left home for my December trip, it was about 10 degrees below zero; but when I got to Columbus, it was around 40 degrees Fahrenheit.
I took my coat off and walked into the store. I saw a clerk by the door and told her that it was 10 below at home, and that it was nice that Spring had arrived early. I was, of course, joking.
She asked me where I lived and I told her Northern Michigan. She asked me where again, and I said south of Cross Village. She pointed to herself and said Pellston!
Pellston is about 20 miles east and a bit south from our home. We talked a bit more and she told me that she had moved to Columbus about four months earlier.
She was about 40 years younger than I am. But, we enjoyed the same nearby restaurants, had both worked - though 25 years apart - on the Readmond Township Rescue Squad. We knew many of the same people, though in one case, she was friends with the son and I knew the father. She knew the street that I live on, plus a couple of people who live fairly near.
What are the odds if that happening??? And, things like that happen to me on a fairly regular basis!
There are a few things that evoke this area. Two of these are Petoskey stones , and Kilwin's Fudge. When I went back this past Monday for my January visit, I took her three flavors of the fudge to surprise her for she and her husband to share.
Yes, I knew she was married after our first conversation, but then so am I - very happily too. It was just fun to give her the fudge - sort of like rewarding the Serendipity gods.
Next month, she is getting a stone. I'll have to think up another emblem of the area after that.
Best wishes, and keep your eyes open for serendipitous events like this.
Quakertrucker
One recent example: I have stage 4 Chronic Lymphatic Leukemia. I was diagnosed just over four years ago, and quickly got into a clinical trial at the James Cancer Center at the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio - 485 miles south of my home in northern Michigan.
I have to be at the center every 28th day - every 4th Monday, unless that is a holiday, then I go on Tuesday.
I have been in the study for four years now, and drive down to Columbus on Sunday afternoon - generally arriving there around 9:00 PM. I then drive to an aunt's house near the school to spend the night, and go to the cancer center at 7:30 AM the next morning for treatment. I then drive home on Monday afternoon.
When, I get off of Ohio-315 near my aunt's house, I always stop at a Speedway gas station to gas up for the return trip and to buy a soda.
When I left home for my December trip, it was about 10 degrees below zero; but when I got to Columbus, it was around 40 degrees Fahrenheit.
I took my coat off and walked into the store. I saw a clerk by the door and told her that it was 10 below at home, and that it was nice that Spring had arrived early. I was, of course, joking.
She asked me where I lived and I told her Northern Michigan. She asked me where again, and I said south of Cross Village. She pointed to herself and said Pellston!
Pellston is about 20 miles east and a bit south from our home. We talked a bit more and she told me that she had moved to Columbus about four months earlier.
She was about 40 years younger than I am. But, we enjoyed the same nearby restaurants, had both worked - though 25 years apart - on the Readmond Township Rescue Squad. We knew many of the same people, though in one case, she was friends with the son and I knew the father. She knew the street that I live on, plus a couple of people who live fairly near.
What are the odds if that happening??? And, things like that happen to me on a fairly regular basis!
There are a few things that evoke this area. Two of these are Petoskey stones , and Kilwin's Fudge. When I went back this past Monday for my January visit, I took her three flavors of the fudge to surprise her for she and her husband to share.
Yes, I knew she was married after our first conversation, but then so am I - very happily too. It was just fun to give her the fudge - sort of like rewarding the Serendipity gods.
Next month, she is getting a stone. I'll have to think up another emblem of the area after that.
Best wishes, and keep your eyes open for serendipitous events like this.
Quakertrucker
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