Dartmouth lady

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My daughter was 3 years old and her father and I took her to the zoo wile holidaying in Darthmouth, we sat facing a lady with a child who wore a helmet, even got half a photo of her on the same small train ride. We never spoke. The next day we drove the whole other side of the country and I went to the park, the same lady came on the park and sat next to me, I told her we shared the train ride at the zoo the previous day, we chatted and she told me she was a nurse, we talked about her child, she had four, and the one with the helmet had epilepsey and special needs, I asked her lots of questions about how she coped, how did she have the patients with him. We said goodbye and laughted about meeting up the next day, we didn't, but a year later I gave birth to a child with special needs, the chat I had with that lady was invaluable, coincidence or someone making this happen to help me latter in life. My friends, I have two Elly smarts, with a son called Daniel, I had two friends called Jeanette with their husband called Andy, I have two friends called Rosemary with two daughters, one called Sally!!
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Date submitted:Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:07:31 +0000Coincidence ID:4826