It has only been in recent years that I started noticing a unique – to me anyway – series of “synchronicities” in my life. I first wrote about them in 2015. SYNCHRONICITY Some of those I repeat here.
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When I moved to Burnet, Texas
in 2009 I met my delightful new neighbors. One family in particular captured my
attention when I discovered that the wife, Audrey, had the same name as my
first granddaughter Audrey. Then to my surprise it turned out
that her husband had the same birthday as mine! November 11.
Not the same year of course, as they were a young couple with two little boys
close in age to my youngest grandchildren, who often stayed with me and
developed a friendship with them. They also had two big Great Danes named Jade
and Piper. I had not heard
that name used since the 1950s when a movie star name Piper Laurie was popular.
Vince and Audrey were good neighbors, their children adorable, and the Great Dane Piper and I became great buddies.
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I moved to Austin in 2012. Imagine my surprise to find out my new landlord’s wife’s name is Piper. They have three beautiful children, and the youngest one’s name is Truman.
I have known of only two
others named Truman that I can recall. The first we all know – the former
President Harry S. Truman. After living here in Austin for a few years, I found
out that one of my former classmates lived nearby in San Antonio. When I was
working on a biographical handbook to give to my 1957 high school classmates at
our 50th class reunion, there were several that we could not locate
after so many years. The one I finally located in San Antonio was named (you guessed
it) Truman! We have developed a friendship closer than when we had in high school.
About a month ago, new neighbors
moved in next door to me. The husband’s name is Erick and his wife's name is Michelle. It just so happens that of my two oldest
granddaughters, one is married to an Erick and the other one is in
a loving relationship with her Erik.
A couple of
years ago I connected with a distant relative from the Moragne side of my
family who lives here in Austin. I discovered her by accident on the internet. Last
month I got an email from her telling me that her family was going to celebrate on
April 13th, the anniversary of the first Pierre Moragne arriving in the
Americas. See AN EASTER BLESSING. This cousin’s name is Michelle.
(Is the Universe telling me to
expect good things from these new neighbors?)
I'm certain there have been many more "coincidences" that I cannot recall at the moment, but one last one.. Until my newest neighbors
moved in next door, I had a delightful friend live there, April is her name. I knew there had to be something synchronous about our friendship when we hit it off so soon after her arrival. Recently, it dawned on me. April's beau is named Oliver. It just so happens, my first grandchild's middle name is Oliver! Now how many people do you know named Oliver?
I know that this is just light-hearted fun for most people. However, I have given thought to my own coincidences and why they might have occurred. Always, they have been accompanied by a blessing or blessings of some kind. Some I may not have recognized at the time, but looking back it's much easier. One of the most recent ones is from my friendship with April. She works from home, and is a gifted technical writer for a government agency. Not very long after we met, she got in a bind with a work overload and needed someone to help out. Just to check her work and do some light proofreading, which I was happy to do. I tried to resist any payment, as being needed for something at my age was really a boost to my self-esteem. However, she paid me generously as well as becoming a dear friend. I really did need the money, and it has enabled me to be something of a blessing to others at times.
Searching for memes regarding synchronicity to accompany this post, all of a sudden one appeared with only the numerals 11:11. As that is my birthday I had to go to the site and read an article regarding it. In all my years, I've never heard that this is supposedly a "spiritual" number. My mind is still trying to absorb some of what I read. This is definitely illuminating, and may be the source for another blog post.
Happy coincidences,
Marilyn
I'm certain there have been many more "coincidences" that I cannot recall at the moment, but one last one.. Until my newest neighbors
I know that this is just light-hearted fun for most people. However, I have given thought to my own coincidences and why they might have occurred. Always, they have been accompanied by a blessing or blessings of some kind. Some I may not have recognized at the time, but looking back it's much easier. One of the most recent ones is from my friendship with April. She works from home, and is a gifted technical writer for a government agency. Not very long after we met, she got in a bind with a work overload and needed someone to help out. Just to check her work and do some light proofreading, which I was happy to do. I tried to resist any payment, as being needed for something at my age was really a boost to my self-esteem. However, she paid me generously as well as becoming a dear friend. I really did need the money, and it has enabled me to be something of a blessing to others at times.
Happy coincidences,
Marilyn
I have long since stopped believing in coincidences. I believe in spiritual connections in all the phases of our lives at some point. None of us are accidental nor are the happenings surrounding us. That’s my personal belief.
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