Do you ever notice things from time to time that make you just go, hmmmm?  I refer to them as little coincidences, but are they?  Yesterday morning I left my house headed to work when a blue and red Pauls Valley Panther’s school bus crossed in front of me.  At lunch time I decided to head home for a quick bite and low and behold, that bus crossed in front of me again.  Seeing that made me think about all the other times within my day or week odd coincidences occur.  For instance, I have a little red 2007 Honda Accord 2 door coupe.  I travel to and from work on the same road every day at varying times during the day.  Yet, I always seem to cross paths with another little red 2007 Honda Accord 2 door coupe.  I know it’s the same car, because I have seen it so often I recognize the driver.  I never see that car anywhere else.  When I see it, I look at the time in my car and it is never the same time on any given day.  Wonder if the driver in the other Honda notices me too?

Sometimes there are people in my community that I never need or want to run into.  But guess what, I always do.  Is this just a coincidence or God’s way of telling me to put on my big girl panties and get over myself.  [Probably the latter.]

There’s this creepy guy that came to my office a few years ago and read me the riot act over something I had nothing to do with.  I just happened to be the person he got to talk to when he came to my building.   It really scared me.  Well would you believe that I see him around town all the time now?  And every time I see him, I am reminded of what is lurking under his little small-man frame, much anger.  Thank God he doesn’t recognize me.

Sometimes I like to send my husband cute little text messages.  I can’t tell you how many times I have been in the middle of composing one of them when he calls me.  Spooky and a bit unnerving at times.

I usually listen to Oprah on the radio as I am driving to work, back and forth at lunch or home from work.  And I kid you not, the show I hear at 7:40 a.m., plays while I’m at lunch and when I’m driving home.  In the exact spot where I leave off each time.  Bizarre. 

Numbers and dates are another thing I notice a lot.  Some number have meaning to me.  For instance; when 409 Cleaner came out, I thought that was cool.  The house number of the house I grew up in was 409.  The last four numbers of my social security card are the same as Keith’s, just in a different order.  My kid’s and I have always been drawn to the #2, I see it everywhere.  When it happens when I’m with my kids, we just look at each other and smile.      

What about the time Keith and I took a little trip to California?  We took a week and visited Napa, San Francisco and the Monterrey area.  We stopped in at Carmel by the Sea and were just walking through shops.  In the background I heard someone say “Keith”.  We kept walking.  Then again a little louder, “KEITH”.  We turned and OMG, it was Keith’s boss, his wife and another couple from Ardmore.  How did that happen?

I think my oddest little coincidence happened back in 1986.  I was living in Clovis, New Mexico and my daughter was four.  She and I traveled to Ardmore to spend a week with my parents.  My parents thought it would be fun if we took my daughter to Six Flags before we went back to New Mexico.  So we drove back down to Arlington to take in a day of fun at Six Flags.  We pulled into the park, followed all the cars around and parked.  We opened the door to get out and the car next to us opened their door to get out.  As I got out and they got out our eyes met.  For a split second it was no big deal, then we both did a double take.  It was my next door neighbors from Clovis, New Mexico!   

Over the past several years I have been more aware of those cute little things that occur that I can’t explain.   Are they coincidences, karma, kismet, cosmic happenings, or God just having a little fun with me.  Whatever they are, I enjoy them and most of the time, they actually make me smile.  Do you notice little coincidences too?