Mistaken Coincidences
    Turns out, I was mistaken in one of the subsets of coincidences in this post, but the resolution actually strengthens the coincidences. The ship-over-the-horizon story was told to MPS by MFS, not by MPS's pastor. The story was related during that week of family reunion over Mom's death and MPS had never heard the story; both those points were correct. MFS read the story to MPS from "a card or something" that she had saved and kept handy because she particularly liked the image of death created by this story. Although I'm not positive, I believe that MFS has had this story for awhile. Thus, in John Edward parlance, the name of the ship being the same as our mother's first and last names would be considered a "big, big billboard" type of message, specifically designed for MFS. I love this idea. I enjoy thinking that none of these coincidences was coincidental.
    Despite the initial errors as I recounted the coincidences I also continue to find it interesting that when I searched for the story in order to give it a source and, as well, a telling that didn't depend on my sad inability to relate short-short to-the-point stories (including jokes), the first and best example of it fit my admittedly mistaken understanding about how MPS came to hear the story.
    Just had to correct that.
    Later.
- posted by Gail Rae @ 18:20   email  this post