Today I had to take care of some shipping at the UPS Store on Fleming Island. One box was something Justin had to send back to Amazon using a UPS shipping label. I tell you this because I could have instead gone to the post office to take care of my business. I took in the Amazon box first to make sure I could actually do the USPS shipping from here, too, and I could. Before I went back to the car for the rest of the boxes, I heard, or thought I did, a lady at the counter say she was shipping to Manitowoc, WI.
Were my ears playing a trick on me? When I got back inside with my boxes, I just had to ask her, "Did you say you are shipping to WI?", as I was too. "Yes, to Manitowoc..." Well, you can only imagine my excitement when I told her I am from Manitowoc.
As we talked, she reported how her mom lives on N. Rapids Road and has a short drive to her Lutheran church. Her sister also graduated from MLHS, like I did, and so on. Wildly cool!!! The women working at the counter found this interesting, and one reported getting goosebumps listening to this unwind. Her sister is considerably younger than me, but the family name is one associated with my mother-in-law's side of the family, making this even more fun.
I did not get the lady's name but she has mine, in case she asks her mom about me. I played detective a bit after getting home to help connect the who-knows-who dots in this picture. But, I just love how the timing of all this worked out, my 'chance' meeting of a lady from my hometown and my ears catching her saying "Manitowoc". As she said, it's not a city heard much down here, unless it's on an ice machine or a crane! She moved away 30 years ago and might be around my age. My sister, Jill, knows the mom, who used to be a regular customer at County Kitchens back in the day. Love this, just love this!!!
