Me and Midlife Wife and Midlife II

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It feels good to feel related, that is the best side of this place.

So, the funny thing about this life - my mother always said "things happen for a reason". Pretty sure that is a rather common phrase. Anyway, not always sure I subscribe to that, but what a strange set up, and perhaps with reason. Bare with me...

Towards the end of college, I was into this beautiful Filipino girl who was majoring in philosophy. We had this dance of minds and body, but a great connection. We only went physical twice, but spent so much time together with our heads. This girl told me to see if I could go and find a book worth talking about, I found the Little Prince. I only read the first 1/3 of it and kept it at her place. She would never take the plunge into truly dating me though.

So I went on and met this art major who was a painter and big on hiking/camping which I was too. On a third date, I was at her place for dinner and she asked me if I was creative, I was, but not with fine arts. She handed me a spool of copper wire and some metal snips. She suggested I make something real fast, don't think, just do. I made a little boy holding his arms out - it scukd, but when she ask what it was, I told her the little prince. A few years later I tossed that thing when we divorced.

So, run forward. Two weeks ago, I am in a bookstore looking for something for s5's bday, I see the little prince and get hit with the above memories. I buy it. I gave it to him early, we read it over the course of three nights. I am realizing over those nights how amazing the book is and how remarkably it communicates love, journey, and self. Then, Andrew P makes this seemingly random mention in response to my earlier prose - and it sparks me to share.

So coincidence or meant to be, I cannot say. I will tell you, the rose does encourage the Little Price to go on his journey - and I hope that is enough of a cliff hanger to get you to read it.