| lead was a Scot, but he was also a shapeshifter; a wolf. Lol! So it was sort of a fantasy book with magic in it, which I normally don’t read, but Mom had already read it and she told me she was surprised at how good the book turned out. So I read the whole thing and agreed with Mom. It really was a good, believable story. Short, too, which was a welcome change from the books I normally read. But what caught my attention was that in the last half of the story the quote “Love Waits” was always being mentioned. Well, Mom and I each bought a ring, when we first moved here, that is a band of silver with the words “True Love Waits” inscribed on it.
So maybe the cashier having trouble taking that book off my receipt was meant to happen. I was meant to buy that book for the “True Love Waits” message. Oh! And I found out last night that in that book you mentioned, “Until You,” the Patrick character gets amnesia. Well, in one of the books I’m reading now, “A Kiss to Remember,” the male lead gets thrown from his horse and suffers from amnesia as well. (But I guess I’M the one with “amnesia” about Patrick in this life, eh?) More book coincidences: - The lady in “A Man in a Kilt” is always referred to as being “odd” by her husband. He later admits that he loves her odd ways. (This echoes something Patrick showed my friend once. She had no idea what it meant at the time, though Mom and I both did immediately. I’ll explain later, but it echoed Disney’s “Beauty and Beast” and that dream my friend had about running into Gerry/Patrick on the street. In that dream he told her that he loved my quirks and my “odd ways.” And remember… Belle was considered “odd” in the Disney cartoon. Lol! But… I’ll explain the Beauty and the Beast stuff later). - But this coincidence just about takes the cake. It even had Mom laughing. This is what I read today in Janet Chapman’s “Tempting the Highlander.” In this part of the story, a lady and her children (in modern times) find a man dressed in plaid and carrying a sword, unconscious and bleeding to death in the woods: |
| “…. This guy is dressed like an ancient warrior. Maybe there’s a Scottish festival going on.”
“Here’s the towel, Mommy. What’s the socks for?” Catherine took the towel from Nora, placed it under the plaid, and slid his belt down to hold it over the wound. “He’s in shock, sweetie, and his body temperature is dropping. Here,” she said, handing one pair of socks to Nathan. “Put these on his feet.” She carefully pried the sword from the man’s left hand, slipped one of the socks over his fist, then slipped the other one over his right hand. “He’s got six toes!” Nathan blurted, stepping back. “On both feet!” Catherine snapped her gaze to the man’s feet. His toes did look rather crowded. She looked up and gave Nathan a reassuring smile. “I’ve heard of people having six toes.” “Is he a monster?” Nora whispered, hugging the pine tree again. “He’s awful hairy, and he’s real big and scary-looking.” Remember how that night Mom did the automatic writing and the reading, she told me she could have sworn Patrick told her he had SIX toes, and she and I were laughing so hard? Lol! I guess reading the above passage in my book was confirmation. I was sooo not expecting that. What are the odds of reading about a Highlander with SIX TOES?! Lol! And also, the little girl mentioned that he was big and scary-looking. That was how Patrick looked to you the first time you contacted him. Lol! You said that he had a gentle spirit, but that his outward appearance was the exact opposite; very fierce. - Just remembered something. Years and years ago I told my mom how I missed having a cat. The very next day a cat was stuck up in our tree, injured. We kept her, and get this – my cat has SIX TOES. Lol! And not only that, but Tiger Lily gave birth to my cat – “Wendy Moira Angela Darling.” I cannot begin to describe the bond I feel with this cat. Lol! It’s just that the story above makes me wonder if Patrick led 6-toed Tiger Lily (later my “Wendy”) to me b/c I had said I missed having a cat like I used to have as a child. Maybe he DOES listen to me. I said out loud that I missed I having a cat and… POOF!… there’s a cat in my tree. I also said out loud one morning that I wondered what Patrick’s horse’s name was and…. POOF!… His name is ‘Hooker’ and he’s a dapple mare. Lol! |
| Here’s that silly excerpt I sent my friend about Mom’s reading:
- Okay…. This is HILARIOUS and creepy, so be prepared. Patrick told Mom he had 6 toes on one foot!! (Now THAT did NOT come from my mother! Lol!) He said it was “a matter of great concern” and that they didn’t know if it was "a good or bad omen." (Which makes sense for the times. People were extremely superstitious back then. I mean, if a baby had a strange birthmark, they’d say it was from the devil. I hate saying this, but back then some horrible people would even resort to murdering a child with a mark like that). Anyway…. Patrick then laughed and said they decided to keep it! Lol! Mom also said his extra toe creeped me out. Lol! (And um... I think it still does. Lol!) |
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