Coincidence?

“It’s a small world after all, it’s a small, small, world”

This past Saturday, my wife & I had tickets to a production of ‘The Producers’ at the Count Basie Theater in Red Bank. Now, the Phoenix Group, a non-profit team of amater actors & actrsses, puts on ONLY 4 productions a year, & this was the 2nd this year. (We missed the 1st) Prior to the play, which by the way was fantastic, we met friends, who also attended the play, for dinner. 

After indulging in a great Italian feast, which I paid for the rest of the evening, we still had about an hour to kill before the start of the production. So, since we always eat at the same place and are getting antsy for a change, we decided to search the surrounding area for a new feeding trough.

After an unsuccessful attempt to find someplace new, we, & decided to head back to pick up my wife who had to sit out most of the expedition with a bad back. Upon crossing over to head back up the street, I, for some unknown reason, glanced to my left & found myself peering into the large window of an eatery which looking intriguing, but escaped my eagle eye before. At that moment, who should I see in the restaurant, but MY SON. Now, realize that my wife & I only go to this particular city 4 times a year. Also realize that my son frequents it even less. It’s been too many years since college, so I won’t even attempt to figure out the probability of us running into each other, given the infrequency of both parties visits.

My son, after noticing not his father, but my walking companions, immediately temporarily deserted his friends & came out to say hello. Seems they had just ordered their meals, so he had time to run out & visit. We walked the half  block to join up with my wife, who was just as surprised as I was to see my son.   We both laughed at the thought of what was goung through the minds of his buddies, as he quickly rose from the table & darted out to meet us, with little or no explanation to his dining companions.

The ultimate moral of this post is:

Be careful where you go & who you’re with. You NEVER KNOW who you’ll run into.