I don’t think I had taken more than 2 bites when I look up and gasp, ” Oh My God!” My Mom looks at me and says, “what?’ I say I think Henry just walked in. She said you have to be kidding are you sure? Yes, I am sure, I would know him anywhere. She turns her head and looks. How can you be sure? Oh trust me I am sure. He stands in line and places his order, then he walks and sits at the table next to us, still not recognizing me. You see I look very different, a lot better I think, but I now where glasses and my hair is shorter. His back is to us. I reach over and tap him on the shoulder. He turns around. I’m not sure if you remember me or not we used to date a long time ago, I say to him. My name is Doreen. His eyes open wide and yes he says he remembers me, I look different. He asks how I have been. I tell him I am living in Florida, married,and I show him pictures of my kids. I ask him what he is doing. He explains that he never married and has no children, that he is living up here. I ask about his parents which he explains are fine, and that he is picking up lunch to take to them. I tell him how I moved to Atlanta first and now currently live in Florida. He then says Hi to my Mom, who is silent with disbelief. It is so weird to run into someone so long ago from your past. We have a few more minutes of awkward conversation, and then his order is called. He has to go, he needs to get lunch to Mom and Dad and then he needs to get to a settlement. We both agree it was good to run into each other and maybe we can catch up later. So many questions about how life has been. You wonder once in awhile about someone, knowing nothing of how their life is or where they are and then in a matter of minutes one day, you find out. It is wonderful and weird at the same time and a little scary. You see I always wondered how life had turned out for him. I never in a million years thought I would ever get to know much less run into him. How strange. It was a 5 minute window, like I said before, a few minutes either way for both of us and we would have missed running into each other. Now the question becomes, Why now? Why ever? With out ever seeing it coming my life just got the biggest shake up of my life. Like I said earlier this was a big trip for me this time and my life was needing a direction for happiness. Was this God’s way of giving me direction? Sure is a burning bush!! I was left to ponder, but the task at hand was to talk to my Mom and Step Dad. Running into Henry wasn’t the reason, that had already been determined. But was there a chance for happiness at some point with all this?
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30Oct
Posted by Doreen Houston @ 8:41 am
