04.26.06
Never Met A Stranger
Slee accuses me of knowing everybody. Or at least someone every where we go. I’m not just talking about around town. It seems every where we go, I see someone I know.
The most recent time was our last weekend away. We pack up the boys and drive to New Bern, NC. I have never been there. Never!!
We visited the original State Capital and the Tyron Palace. We learn a lot about North Carolina history that I didn’t know. And I am a native. It is the last night and we are going out to eat. We get to the restaurant and of course there is a wait. So we are waiting outside, I look up and say “You’re not going to believe this”. Walking up the street to the same restaurant is a co-worker and his wife. I had no idea they were going to New Bern. They just decided to get away.
As we were packing the car to leave, I struck up a conversation with a older man. He had looked familiar. Turns out, he knew my father from High School from back in China Grove/Landis/Kannapolis. That’s 2 in one trip!!
What does all of that have to do with the Title of this post, you may ask. Well, nothing really. But at lunch today, I was in a local fast food restaurant. I had to change tables due to some cramped seating. I spoke to the older couple sitting beside me, explaining why I sat down and immediately got up to move.
They then struck up a conversation. We had a pleasant chat, just like old friends. I found out that he was her boyfriend. Not only that her first boyfriend. They had lost touch for 50 years. And since her husband died, they re-met and have been together for 10 years.
We had a very nice conversation. Being open to such chance meetings brightens my life. I hope I brought as much joy to their lunch, as they did to mine.
Maybe this is why I always know someone every where I go. Or at least seem to know someone. I learned this from my dad, or inherited it, not sure which. I just am open to talk with people I chance to meet.
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