I was driving down to Cambridge early this morning when I heard a story on Vermont Public Radio.. .. It was about a woman who’s son.. who’s name was Sam.. had died of an opioid overdose a couple of years ago.

The woman.. who’s name was Kris told how hard it was for her to have to turn of her son’s cell phone plan.. a year later she had a sad dream about her son.. that morning as she walked.. she put out to the world that she needed a sign from her son.. somehow a few minutes later she accidentally pocket called her son’s number .. She saw it.. and started laughing.. a sign…

A few hours later, a txt came back from the number asking ‘who is thes “‘.. that sort of changed the situation.. for a moment she thought…. no.. that couldn’t be.. .. so she answered. She explained her name. was chris and that the number used to belong to her late son Sam.. a few econds later the txt came back .. it was from a woman named Peggy.. she’d been assigned Sam’s old number.. What was crazy is that she two had had a child we’d died.. her daughter Samantha .. who went by Sam.. had died in a car accident 2 years back.. the two women texted back and forth and realized that they lived only 30 miles aways and that their kids had known each other, likesd the same bands,. took the same hikes. . they are slowly becaming friends from that shared grief…

you can hear the story here https://www.vpr.org/post/our-moms-have-talk-pocket-dial-connects-grieving-moms#stream/0

I had to stop driving to listen.. As soon as the story was over, I tracked down Kris on Facebook.. and sure enough, I found her.. I messaged her about Sam…. We agreed to talk when she and her husband get back from traveling.. I’m really looking forward to meeting them. It turns out she’s even written a book on her and her husband paul’s experience called ‘on Grief Garlic and Gratitude’.. https://www.amazon.com/Grief-Garlic-Gratitude-Returning-Shattered-ebook/dp/B07J2YD765/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=



I just ordered it. .. can’t wait to see it

The world can be sad.. but its also really cool..

nite all. nite sam

-me