December 2002

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Ordinarily when I run into friends while out shopping I don't think much of how it was that we happened to be in the same place at the same time. But every once in a rare while, I just know that I'm exactly where I am supposed to be for some purpose other than shopping. And one of those rare times was this afternoon.

The person I ran into was a long-time friend who's had a hard year. And was someone I needed to see with my own eyes, but our schedules have been at cross purposes for the past few months. I think it was a mutual need-to-see today. It was lovely to have a few minutes and a couple of hugs.

Today I was running late getting ready to go shopping, and then dawdled in the drugstore next to the grocery. Had I gone with my original plan, I would have gotten to the grocery much earlier. I would have missed my friend.

I'm very glad I didn't. It's always good to see friends and share moments. And in the midst of this last busy weekend when people are saying, "ho, ho, ho," through clenched teeth as they attempt to finish their shopping, it was a much-needed break.

In its own way, the whole experience was sacred.

Then again, 'tis the season for sacred.