Unplanned Encounters
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August 2005. My husband and I were on the deck of a ferry leaving the port at Calais when I noticed my brother's yacht as it was sailing into the port. I had only learned the name of the boat a week or so beforehand when I sailed on it to scatter our mother's ashes. Furthermore, about a week later, my father and I decided to have an unplanned lunch at a favourite restaurant which over looks the marina where my brother moored his boat. I was sitting facing the window looking out over the river, when I noticed my brother's yacht sailing in. None of us knew details of each other's travel plans.
Date submitted:Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:20:38 +0000Coincidence ID:7010
