10/21/2020
(Photo Cred. Morgan Keller)
“Sometimes life really is stranger than fiction,” one of my kids said recently.
I know child, oh, I know!
Here’s a little historical fiction: Disguised as a fortune-telling Gypsy, I time-traveled 30 years in the past to a college dorm room shared for a semester by M. and me. I divulged that their 2 cute boyfriends across the way (also roommates), were not in their futures. I told them they should both just change their majors to psychology, then go to grad school ASAP. I told them they would not stay in touch, but that 27+ years later they would reconnect on facebook, over the internet. They had no idea what that meant and laughed when I explained.
I told them they would both divorce and they’d both be single for quite a while. I told them about the ups and downs and moves. They'd have cried but they didn’t believe me. When they reconnected they’d find coincidences and funny things to talk about. It would be kinda like hanging out on Saturday night at the dorms; they’d both have grad. school homework to do, but also need some girl time! They’d laugh and cry and it was going to be lots of fun! And, M.’s adorable daughter would be the photographer I would hire to take my family photos!
Oh, when I mentioned they’d both get some amazingly awesome kids out of the whole mess, they agreed not to jump ship.. (as if they believed the story.)
I thought about telling myself to give that Bronco-driving, ski-bum NCMO boy some thought because I really wasn’t a good judge of character anyway and 30 years later, turns out he mighta been my kind of guy.
I definitely would have told me to make my own career and do my thing and not to worry about finding a husband! I would have told me lots of things..
But, I have these 4 loves of my life and if I had it all to do again, I’d insist they could be here with me, just as funny and smart and beautiful and energetic and clever and loving as they are! So, on second thought, I think I’ll go back in time and decide not to go back to that Saturday night 30 years ago.
Life is just as it should be and I am happier than I deserve!
