August 3, 2010 - "A Wrinkle In Time" indeed

Background – I took my youngest to the Newseum today to hang out his aunts and cousins.  We were perusing the book store and he found a section which had copies of books that have been banned throughout history.  He brought me a copy of the book “A Wrinkle In Time” and told me he had read it in 5^th grade and that he had loved it.  I was embarrassed because I had never read, or even heard of, this book.  I was familiar with or had even read all of the other books in the “banned book” section and was frustrated that I didn’t know this one.  I took a minute to puzzle about this and then moved on.

S.C.O.U.T. - Cooking dinner that evening while listening to Teen Jeopardy, I moved out into the family room because I couldn’t hear the questions.  I had already missed the previous question, but entered the room in time to hear the answer, and only the answer... “A Wrinkle In Time”!  The answer was the very book I had been brooding about only hours before.  I had never even heard of this book and here it was twice in one day, not to mention the timing of the moment was such that all I heard was the title of this book.  I was stunned as I contemplated whether the Universe was mocking me; if it was just an echo of my thoughts; or, as always, nothing more than just a coincidence.  On its face, it seems to have no more meaning than some kind of echo of my earlier thought.  Although if you buy into the idea that it is indeed an echo of my thoughts, the implications are once again staggering; and it also confirms there is a lot more going on around us than science has explained thus far!  If you don’t “buy in” or see these things in your own life, it’s just another silly coincidence.

My goofy dog Scout votes for the idea that the Universe is mocking me.  That doesn’t surprise me one bit.

August 2, 2010 - Blood is thicker than Guinness (but only slightly!)

Background - I’ve been thinking a lot about my four siblings the last two days, two older sisters and a younger sister and brother (I’m the stereotypical “middle” child).  I have a vision of us laughing it up in a bar in Ireland, clinking our cold, foamy glasses of Guinness together as we enjoy a loud, crass walk down memory lane!  We don’t spend nearly enough time together.

S.C.O.U.T. - Day two of my sibling obsession and I’m finishing up some shopping at Costco when my phone rings; it’s my brother John!  Not so weird that he would call so I didn’t think much of it, and was happy to get a moment to catch up.  Heading out of Costco with my cart, I come upon my little sister Alison in the food court having lunch with her husband and two boys!  I laugh it off and take a moment to catch up as the tingle begins to creep down my spine; I have only run into her once here in 12 long years.  In addition, she tells me how she had a weird feeling when they walked in that she was going to see me here today; tingle picking up in intensity!  We start talking about my oldest sister, Jennifer, when… my phone rings.  It’s my oldest sister Jennifer just calling to say hi!  Now I feel like I’ve been jolted with a good dose of electricity!  Lastly, my little sister Alison tells me they are meeting my last sister, Deirdre, at the Newseum the next day and that I should come.   Needless to say, I went to complete my sibling reunions, all the while thanking God, the “powers that be” and the universe for sending each of my siblings across my path.  How uncanny that I should see or talk to each and every one of them within hours of longing for a reunion. 

My goofy dog Scout doesn’t think it’s weird at all and just wants to know if he can come to Ireland with us.  Fat chance.

July 28, 2010 - The universe uses bike messengers? Who knew?!!

Background - It was Sunday night, the first night of our annual one week beach vacation, and I had an awesome dream.   In the dream I was in one of my favorite movies with one of my favorite actors!  I woke up almost laughing at how much fun, and how bizarre, the dream had been.  The movie I dreamed of was “The Land of the Lost”, but for the life of me I couldn’t remember the actor’s name.  It was driving me nuts because he’s one of my favorite actors and it was ridiculous that I couldn’t remember his name.  I tried over the next two days to remember, without success, as my frustration built; there never seemed to be anyone around to ask and help me figure out his name when the subject popped into my head.  So, I just continued to shake off the frustration generated by this memory lapse and trusted that it would come to me.

S.C.O.U.T. - On the third day, my husband and I were taking our morning walk down the coastal highway and a couple approached us from the opposite direction on bikes.  By the time we moved aside to let them pass I could hear that they were talking to each other but not WHAT they were saying.  The moment they rode past us, the man turns to woman and yells “Will Ferrell”!  It was the ONLY part of the conversation I was able to hear.  My first thought was “Ahhh!  That’s his name”, and the second was YGTBKM (you’ve got to be kidding me)!!! 

I was left to ponder the strange way in which the answer to my burning question had appeared.

My goofy dog Scout was in Turkish prison (i.e. the kennel) and therefore has no knowledge of this strange coincidence.  Due to the fact that I would be telling him where we were while he was locked up, I think I’ll just keep this one to myself.