Positively Scarred

You ever have a really coincidental moment with another person? Such as you first meet them and you find out you attended the same school, or you knew one of their relatives long ago, or you share something with them. I’m talking like a really uncanny moment where you just thought, “Wow, that’s such a major coincidence.”

I had one of those moments today.

I went to church with my grandmother for a tea and fashion show. We (obviously) drank tea, a few ladies modeled some clothes and accessories from a shop nearby, had a little lunch, and did a Christmas ornament exchange game.

I was seated with my grandmother and a few other ladies that she knew, and one we had both just met. Her name is Sheryl. She walked in and was looking for a place to sit, and since we were the first table inside the door my Granny piped up and said, “There’s one more seat here!” And she took it. We got to talking and I mentioned how going to Portland was an option for my birthday. Sheryl asked when my birthday is and I said March.

“March what?” with a happily curious grin on her face.

“March 5th.”

“I’m March 5th, too!”

We dwelled on this information for a moment and I grinned from ear to ear. It’s not common for me to meet people who have the same birthday as me, with the exception of my step sister who is also a March 5th baby.

We continued chatting and it turns out we both attended the same church in Merced, back when I was a sophomore/junior in high school and was regularly going. She said she went there up until about two years ago.

It was just too coincidental.

I know I’m going to see her again sometime; she and my grandmother really seemed to hit it off. I have a feeling this was all meant to happen, and that she was placed in my path for a reason.

Also: prior to the accident, I was regularly going to a yoga class at the hospital near my house. I loved the instructor, she was so nice and her English accent made the class soothing and enjoyable. I stopped going. After my accident, when I started therapy, she ended up being my hand therapist and remembered me from the class.

Serendipitous moments occur in everyday life. Pay attention to details and to the people you come across, because they may end up being a bigger part of your life that you could imagine.