"The Randomness of Hearts"

Now that my oldest son is engaged I don't have to worry about anyone in my family finding "true love" until my grandkids are at that point of life. But I have already started praying for that person who will come into their lives. My wife and I did it for our sons and we are very happy with who they found. I am not a believer in predestination but I do wonder if my finding Terry, Sean finding Paula, and JJ finding Angela was something that just happened at random.

Terry and I met on a blind date. My brother and his wife arranged it. Now I had never, ever let my brother set me up on a date before. For one thing I didn't think I needed a matchmaker. I could get my own dates, thank you very much. But here I was past twenty-five and I hadn't found "Miss Right." So I decided to take a chance.

From the moment we met I knew it was right and a little over a year later we married. But what if I hadn't let my brother set me up, would we still have met at some place and time? That's what I wonder about. Were we fated to be together?

Sean and Paula went to the same pre-school. We have group pictures in which they both appear. But then Sean went to private school and Paula went to public school. For twelve years their paths didn't cross. But when they graduated from high school they both went to work at the local Kroger's for the summer. Working there together, an attraction developed and four years later (after they finished college) they were married.

Now if they had not been working together would they still have met? They seem to be the perfect mates so wouldn't they have had to find each other's some way? I wonder. I really do.

JJ and Angela met at church. As soon as JJ arrived in Durham, North Carolina to start a new job he began to look for a church. After a few days there he found a piece of paper on his car giving information about New Hope Church. He decided to try it and was immediately made to feel at home there.

A year or so later Angela started working on her doctorate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She also looked for a church and found New Hope. Once she became involved in the church she offered to help work the sound system. JJ was the person assigned to train her. They will be married this summer.

If they hadn't both picked New Hope Church to attend, would they still have met? Was it just meant to be that they would be together? I really do wonder.

It is hard for me to believe that finding the right person is just a random thing. It seems there just has to be a "master plan" that helps us meet our soulmates. So that is why I pray for the people that my grandkids Genna and Walker will love. I pray they are on the path that will lead them into their lives.

Somewhere out there they are waiting. Somewhere they are becoming the persons they need to be, to be right for my special ones. I'm praying for them.  I really am.

 

 

 

 

 

©2005 Jackie K. Cooper

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