Coincidence? Sixth sense? Deja vu? Messages in dreams? Do they really occur? Do I believe in them? Do you? I’ve experienced them too often to dismiss them as nonsense. Let me tell you about a few….
Out of the blue, I dreamed of friend L’s sister who complained of being left all alone because L moved away. Why I dreamed about them at all was beyond me.
We weren’t close. It was strange.
Imagine my surprise when I received a call from L, who had moved to L.A., where I lived. Can you explain that?
I awoke distraught.
Another morning I awoke distraught. I felt a band of iron around my chest. I’d had a terrible nightmare in which my mother (in Montreal) was crying. Although I tried and tried to, I couldn’t reach her. I telephoned her immediately.
She was in tears. She was frightened. My dad was out of town on business and had been hospitalized. My brother had gone to see him. Mom didn’t know exactly what happened and so thought the worst. Was she thinking of me? I think so….
He was reading my column!
When I moved to Vancouver from L.A., I called newspapers looking for a job. One editor said he was reading a column of mine covering the arts (in an L.A. paper) at that very moment — and it was better than theirs. What a coincidence. Can you believe that? Another employee had been to L.A. and had picked up that issue. End of story? The editor felt it was meant to be. I was hired.
In 1998, covering the Seniors’ Summit, I saw a lady performing Tai Chi. I wondered if it might help our Vestibular disorders group. I climbed down to her but she was gone and the cards she had left on a table were gone too. Oh well…
Teruko taught us for 12 years and helped many
Soon afterwards, I ran into a fellow I knew at a concert. He introduced me to his guest.
‘My, you look like a woman I saw doing Tai Chi at the Seniors’ Summit.’ I ventured.
‘That was me!’ she declared.
Teruko Uedo taught our Tai Chi class, helping many of us, for 12 years until she moved away.
These are just a few stories of many. And so I do believe weird stuff happens…..
View from Over the Hill 