Posts

A Chance Encounter, Part 2

Pulling her cardigan tightly around her, Annie made a mental note to go coat shopping this weekend. She didn’t realize that fall in Kentucky could be so….crisp. She sold her heavy winter wool coat when she moved to the capital city amid a  hot and sticky July. Now, in mid-October, the leaves were falling as quickly as the temperatures, not much different than her native northeast Ohio. So much for a mild Southern autumn! She crossed the parking lot as quickly as she could and ducked into Tanglewood Terrace Nursing and Rehabilitation Center where she worked at Business Administrator.  She nodded to the security guard at the desk, smiling at him as an afterthought.  He grunted in response. So much for a different start today, Annie thought. Why was being open and friendly such a challenge for her? A smile...she had to force a simple smile. She wanted to change these things about herself, but they just wouldn’t come naturally. She pushed the elevator button, sipped her coffee, and

A Chance Encounter (Part 1)

“A chance meeting will open new doors to success and friendship.” Annie rolled her eyes and tossed the fortune cookie wrapper in the trash. As she folded the little flaps on the take out box still half full of beef and broccoli, she sighed. “As if anything in my life ever happened by chance,” she muttered. Annie didn’t put any stock in chance. She lived a life of carefully measured choices and intricately detailed plans. She wasn’t sure how well she would respond to a chance meeting or a newly opened door. If it wasn’t in her planner, it wasn’t going to happen. She didn’t believe in fortune cookies, either, so she tossed the little scrap of paper in the trash with a huff before wiping the counter clean with a damp cloth. She checked the clock on the microwave as she flicked the light switch off. 7:15. Just exactly enough time to slip into her pajamas before Jeopardy came on. She dashed up the steps to change and was in place on the couch just as Johnny Gilbert’s voice announce