It is funny how some things in life work. I know that every person we meet in life has a purpose, a lesson, a friend, support or whatever. There is one person that I recently “bumped” into again and it has me thinking…why? why do I continuously keep meeting this person throughout different stages in my life?

The first time we met we were going into 3rd grade. We both were scheduled to be tested for acceptance into the 3rd grade at a Christian school. She seemed very smart and sure of herself. I was just coming out of a very difficult stage in my life. I was recovering from a traumatic event and was very insecure. It was just the two of us being tested and I remember the day like it was yesterday. She did very good on the test and I didn’t do so well. I was very nervous and kept messing up and I remember her smiling at me and laughing once when I got something wrong. It probably was her own nerves or really the fact that I was a complete mess of an idiot at the time. (still am?) I had to go back, redo the test by myself and that time aced it. I felt like a big idiot in front of her and from that moment on had a complex when it came being around her.

So starting in third grade we went to school together off and on. Her staying at the Christian school until high school graduation - me moving, coming back, being home schooled, moving out of my parents and going to public school, but still seeing each other for 9 years or so. My life was never really that stable and I always had a lot going on at the home front which really affected me during the school hours too. I would like to say that we were the best of friends, but this is not true. I can’t even say with surety that we even liked each other that much. The Christian school we went to was very “clicky” and well in my opinion - horrible. ( I could write 100 posts on my opinion about that Christian school ) A lot of things happened when I was at that school, a lot of lies, and lot of 2 facedness (is this even a word?) and I came out of that school with not a very good reputation (some my fault and some not) or outlook on life. Anyway, after leaving that school I would of been content if I never saw anyone related to that school again, especially not someone I always felt insecure around.

But like I said, I keep bumping into this girl…. Four years pass and I move from New England to Florida in a very large city and am in Walmart shopping and run into this girl, now woman, again. She is married and has a baby. Me? Well, I was with my boyfriend shopping for his ill parents. I couldn’t believe I ran into her and felt insecure again. Of course we exchanged niceties and phone numbers, but I never called and neither did she. We were never good friends to begin with and were at way different points in our lives.

Here we are again. Seven years go by, I get married, have 2 kids and she moves from Florida to Alabama and has several more kids. Somehow we bump into each other on the web and I start reading her blog. (AlabamaBrands)

Now here is the part that gets me. I did have some close friends at the Christian school we went to and my family who still lives in NE runs into them occasionally and gets me their addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, etc. but I have never wanted to call them. I have never run into anyone else in that entire school even when I return home to visit my family and go to the same church. But with this person, I seem to have some unknown connection.

Maybe I am reading more in to this than I should, but I am a firm believer in things happening for a reason. Maybe I am just boring you all while I try to connect the dots meaninglessly. (sorry) I am sure she has a strory all of her own, but to this person, I would like to say that I am sorry that things weren’t different when we were in school. I apologize for anything I may have done negatively to you, and I am glad that were are talking now. You seem to have a beautiful life and I am very happy for you.

To the rest of you out there, I would like to open this up for discussion. Have you ever had anyone that there seems to be some kind of unknown connection? Did you ever find out why?

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