It happens with all new places: as I learn about them, they become the center of my universe.
I become hyperaware of every news item, every sports team, every happening in that place. But with Philadelphia the phenomenon seems to be getting stronger. Example: With 340 missions, what are the chances* of Bethany's brother getting called on a mission to...wait for it...
Philadelphia!
Or how about this example:
Yes, this is the very same piano that Lynne and Paul (and Gabe) all learned on in Riverton. It now lives on 46th and Osage, 4 blocks from us. Owner Michelle bought it from us in Utah 4-5 years ago, moved it to Yale a year ago, and then to Philly last month. Coincidence or psychic gravity? We report, you decide.
What else could happen in this confluence of cosmic energy? I wouldn't be at all surprised if the Phillies took the World Series, the Eagles the Superbowl, and the Flyers the Stanley Cup. Not to mention the Penn Quakers (I am not making this up) taking the Ivy League rugby tournament.
Well, maybe mildly surprised (thanks, Connor).
* Answer: about 1 in 340, give or take, but still pretty long odds to bet the farm on
Well I'm not moving there... although my wife's step sister and husband love the Phillies and they were mentioning how well they are doing at dinner this evening just a few hours before I read this! Coincidence? Hmm... Or maybe Philadelphia is always around because it is a large city, and we never notice unless we start focusing on it.
ReplyDeleteLove these "small world" stories. Here are a few of mine. My Armenian coworker's uncle owned a heating and cooling shop just down the street from where our mother lived as a girl in Upper Darby. A man in our ward was on a Navy ship in the town Wade tracted in as a missionary in Scotland. They never met though. Alicia was a missionary in an Idaho ward where one of my good high school friend's husband was bishop. (We send a lot of missionaries to Idaho from PA.)
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