Like today, for instance. At the last minute, I decided to stop at Wegmans' before I met my lunch appointment. Right at the entrance to the store, I bumped right into a very close friend, unexpectedly. Lovely surprise.
Another interesting coincidence happened at our house in the past couple of days. Gerry has recently gotten interested in historical markers. He wants to photograph the markers in Cortland County and perhaps make a brochure for the local Museum, among other things. It is a fun little project for him. So, he ordered a book on signs and the stories behind the markers.
Let me back up a moment and say that a lovely lady, Marilyn Wheeler, was a close friend of mine who passed away a couple of years ago. I used to see her often. She was like a surrogate mother to me.
Last night, Gerry told me to look inside the cover of the book he had bought at Amazon.com, which had just arrived in the mail. It is a used book. And the book used to belong to Platt Wheeler. Who knows when it might have left Platt's possession, or what circuitous route it might have taken when it left his possession, before it found its way to our house?
The fact that it did find its way here is nothing short of miraculous to me. We live in a different city now. Gerry's interest in historical markers is the result of our travels in July, so that interest is new. Obviously it is something that Platt used to be interested in too.
I could not help but wonder whether or not Marilyn somehow mischievously orchestrated that, wanting to say hello. Hello Marilyn, Hello Platt.
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