Chance Meeting
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In 1990 my sister Nick was successful in getting a working job on camp boona (not sure how you spell it) the American summer camp system. This involved looking after kids and once camp was over she was then free to travel around the USA. Nick flew from the UK to Michigan and was out of contact with the family. In the meantime, unbeknown to Nick I decided to do a sojourn to the USA and flew to New York , from there I traveled around to the West Coast and back, some 2 months later I was checking out of an hotel in Miami when I heard a voice across the lobby which seemed to cut through all the other noise. It was my sister on the phone, I walked over and we ended up spending a few days together. This coincidence can be verified by my sister, photographs of us in Miami and my wife, who was from Southampton and I had first met a few days earlier whilst pushing in front of her in a bus queue in New Orleans (we have been together ever since).
Date submitted:Wed, 04 Apr 2012 07:58:49 +0000Coincidence ID:6242
