A Remarkable Synchronicity

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Samara

Lea Lane is an award-winning writer and communicator. She writes for magazines, newspapers and websites, including the Huffington Post, has authored six books (including Solo Traveler, finalist for best travel book of the year from the North American Travel Journalist's Association). She contributes to dozens of other books, from encyclopedias to guidebooks. She wrote a column called "Going It Alone," for Gannett Newspapers, and was managing editor of "Travel Smart" newsletter. She is editor of SoloLady.com. Divorced once, widowed once, Lea is now happily married again and dancing as fast as she can.

 

A Remarkable Synchronicity

 

It’s been 10 years since my second husband, Chaim Stern died. I was only married to him for about three years. But our love was remarkable, and so was the story of how we got together:

 

The slim, dark-haired woman sitting at the table in the Westchester brasserie was reading Pride and Prejudice. That was a prediction of possible friendship, but our lives would eventually intersect in ways we could not have predicted if you had given us infinity to do so.

 

But we were at the beginning of it all.

 

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