Nicole’s Story – Trouble in Deuces

It’s a fact of life that the universe habitually throws you pairs of everything. My granny bless her heart, always warned me about that. Gran passed on a long time ago but her words still ring true, trouble comes in deuces. Some things like misfortune or bad luck as we say, seem to come in twos and this was certainly true for Nicole. One misfortune was promptly followed by the next and those two events started an avalanche of other events that created an entirely new reality for her.

In the weeks following the funeral, Nicole wondered when she was going to wake up from what seemed like a horribly long nightmare. She wished she would wake to the sound of her dad’s deep baritone or his familiar bark of laughter that always made her smile. Instead, she developed a morning ritual; she got out of bed each morning and immediately headed to the kitchen to start the coffee.

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Anything Interesting On Your Bucket List?

I must confess that I feel so darn smug whenever I predict something and it actually happens! I know that the smugness can be super annoying but I can’t help saying ‘I told you so’ more than once. Well, guess what? it’s happened again! as soon as travel bans were lifted folks were off! I told you so! Back in June my post Where to Next? recommended booking early while the tickets were still pretty reasonably priced. Well if you had listened to me, you’d know that if you didn’t use them, those tickets will be valid until next year June and change fees will be waived.

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