So I sit down on the commuter train and begin doing a sudoku puzzle. It's not the train I usually take - it's a much later train, heading to a different station. As the train fills up, a woman sits down next to me and I move my bag off the seat between us to make more room. She sees the puzzle and comments, "they're so addictive, aren't they?" "Yes, I got this book for Christmas and already I'm on #45." I glance at her.
"Tina?!"
"Alison?!"
The woman is friend from high school who I haven't seen in years, but have often wondered about and hoped I'd reconnect with someday. We catch up until the train arrives at her stop a half-hour later, and she takes my email address.
Isn't life amazing sometimes?
When I lived in Paris I was on my way to work one day. I got on a subway and walked towards the center of the car to take a seat and this guy grabbed my arm. It wass a friend from Brooklyn who was there on vacation. He said that he couldn't find the paper with my address or email or phone number before he had left but he *knew* he would see me.
Posted by: kate | January 06, 2006 at 11:43 AM