LIFE'S STRANGE

TWISTS and TURNS ... SEPTEMBER 05 2014

Talk about strange twists and turns - on in this case - paths crossing without being aware.  Sounds complicated but it is not.

I July Nancy and I went on a bus trip.  There was another couple, about our age, sitting directly in front of us.  Of course we talked, and talked some more.

By the end of the trip Fran had asked for our telephone numbers and addresses, as she and Harry would like for us to get together sometime later.  She would call.

Call she did.  Between their busy schedule and our busy schedule, the first day we both had free was yesterday, September 4th.  Plans were finalized...she wanted us for lunch about 12:30, then after we would go to the farmers market.  They lived just slightly an hour away from us.

Nancy made a gift basket, I baked Black Bottom Cupcakes.  We went merrily on our way, address in my GPS.

Arrived just at noon.  What a marvelous house in a neat neighborhood.  It is an old, high-ceilinged two story home.  Fran laughed and said it was furnished with gently used and Good Will.  They wanted to maintain the old look, which we absolutely loved.  And how comfortable we were in this old house, just made for old folks.

Had a great visit.  Great lunch.  Lots of talk.

Found out Fran did Art and Craft shows - she makes Christmass tree ornaments, and Harry does wooden toys for kids and collectors.  I told her about her about my photography.  She thought a moment then asked if I had ever  Granville, Ohio.  I had.  Russ and I both had.  She said she remembered seeing me in passing.  As we talked, there were several festivals that we had both done in the past, and some of them were way way in the past.  How many times our paths crossed!

Talked about reading.  We all loved the same authors and read every chance we had.  Another path crossing.  Talked about traveling, where we had gone, what we had seen, and again although not at the same time, visited the same places.  Paths crossing.  WE both did Lewis Wetzel Park in New Martinsville WV.  Oglebayfest in Wheeling WV.  WestBanco in Wheeling also.  As we talked we gradually remembered seeing each other in passing.  100 years later were having lunch together. 

It was an amazing day, a friendship was cemented,  we will be getting together again.  She has a -nephew I believe - that works for the same company that Bossman works for, has been in all the different sites that Bossman travels to.  Paths crossing.

Life's twists and turns.  The surprises waiting for you.  The rewards stemming from the simple act of boarding a bus for a 5 day trip.  Every day is a surprise, a challenge, an education, sometimes a new beginning, other times the end of a chapter.

Old friends, new friends, family, how blessed I have been to be surrounded with the love and friendship I have experienced.  I wonder what the next 100 years will hold for me.

Have a great day and God Bless.