Death conincidences.
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In Dec. 1985 a neighbour committed suicide, hanging himself in his garage. Early in 1986 it was announced that the Tall Ships Race would come to Newcastle-on-Tyne. In April of that year my mother died unexpectedly.[ I last visited my parents 3 weeks before. Driving away from the house, the thought entered my mind that I had not kissed Mother as normal but would do so on my next visit; and in a brief second something passed through my mind that she would not be there.Then the thought was gone.] My father was quite healthy until 2000 when he became seriously ill, but pulled through on 3 occasions. For some unknown reason I knew that it was not time for him to go, and even told my sister that he would pull through.
Early in 2005 it was again announced that the Tall Ships Race would visit Newcastle. In March of that year another neighbour hanged himself in his garage; and I became aware of the feeling that my father would die that year. He died in April that year, 2005.
I know the two sets of circumstances are not identical 'jigsaws', but it has set me wondering at times.
Date submitted:Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:58:00 +0000Coincidence ID:5795