In the name of love
Today is the anniversary of the day I got married 22 years ago. We are no longer married, but there was synchronicity in our meeting that bears telling.
We met in line for beer at a party. I wasn't going to attend, but ended up going because a girl I hardly knew said she would go with me. Jerry had come to the party because his friend was DJing the party.
In line for beer, Jerry tapped me on the shoulder and said, "hey, we're all in line for beer". He thought I had cut in front of him. I retorted, "good, then I'm in the right place." I guess he liked my sassy attitude because we talked for the rest of the night and he took my phone number. The next night he called while I was DJing at the radio station- KYMC. After a few minutes of talking, he asked what song I was queuing up and I told him, "Pride In The Name Of Love". He said, "that'll be our song". Cool, I thought.
A year later we were engaged and planning our wedding. We thought it'd be fun to get married on the day we met, March 30, but that day was booked at the church, so we took the next Saturday, April 4. About 6 months after our wedding, I was listening to the radio, and the song "Pride In The Name Of Love" was playing. I'd never really listened to the words until that day. Bono sang:
Early morn, April 4, shot rings out in the Memphis skies...
I felt a chill, and tears came to my eyes because I knew that it was destiny that I met and married Jerry. Destiny in love doesn't mean forever; it means that it's the path we have pre-selected to experience whatever lessons need be learned, and live through events- such as the birth of 3 children together- to prepare us for another pre-selected path which we will travel, together or alone.
Do you notice the synchronicity of events in your life that lead you to a job, a person, or particular event, that transforms your life in some way?
