Remembrance

A friend and I were discussing past lives (not in depth), and the next day she started reading another book of hers b/c the audio book she wanted to listen to on her way to work she didn’t have.  So she picked up “Remembrance” by Jude Devereaux.  She asked if I’d ever read it and said she thought it a little strange that it was about a past life.

It just so turns out that I bought the book a long time ago but hadn’t read it yet.  I read the blurb on the back and laughed.  It said the heroine is a writer who can't stop thinking about a hero she created for one of her books, and it turns out her "made up" hero is someone who really exists. He's her soulmate from a past life. 

And well... my latest book I'm writing right now is inspired and loosely based on Patrick, whom I'm pretty sure is my twin flame/soulmate. Also, the heroine in my book thinks she made up the man that's been in her dreams since her childhood.  So that echoes that "Remembrance" book as well.  It’s also funny that the female lead in my book has the exact same last name as Jude Deveraux.  Lol!

I think Patrick was communicating to me through her again.  He does this when I'm not listening to him, I think.  I analyze everything to their eventual deaths and don't believe in signs as readily as most people, so I think he understands that the only thing I really DO take notice of are coincidences and synchronicities. That "Remembrance" book coupled with my own "Remember Me" coincidences lately (dreams, etc) are just one example of that. And I often run into signs through the books I read.  It's happened with at least 3 or 4 books so far.

By the way... the book I'm currently reading is "A Garden in the Rain" by Lynn Kurland.  Turns out the hero's name is Patrick.  Also, this book is the sequel to one about his older brother, Jamie, which I've already read.  That book was one of the stories that had a few signs/coincidences for me.  And in the one I'm reading now, Jamie is obsessed with self-help psychology books.  And well... in the book I'm writing right now the heroine's best friend DOES THE SAME THING!  Her husband is a psychiatrist, so she's always nosing through his psychology textbooks trying to digest everything she can.  She thinks she's an expert because of it.
Heard his voice for the second time/Remembrance:
(June 11, 2006)

While reading "Remembrance" in my room, I heard a man's voice.  It said "Becky... Becky." (Guess my name really was Becky, like my sister and aunt said). It sounded almost electronic.  I don't know how to describe it.

The timing was really strange, I thought.  I thought it strange because I'd just read a small mention about rabbits... which Patrick has brought up a couple times...and being rescued from dragons... just like a little 'fairytale' snippet I put in the book I'm writing now. I especially thought it weird that the book I happened to be reading when I hear Patrick's voice was that "Remembrance" book. 

Then I remembered how I'd recently told Patrick that I would like it if he'd start talking to me.  Lol!  I guess he was listening after all.
I’ve been perusing a Writer’s Board lately and have stumbled upon a couple coincidences that are interesting:

- There’s a character in my new story whom I was having a lot of trouble getting to “know,” but what I did know was that he had a classic, Jimmy Stewart-like quality about him.  Well, on this writers board there’s a thread where they’re talking about Jimmy Stewart and his movies.

- There’s a scene in my book where “All out of Love” by Air Supply is mentioned.  But I’ve been a little upset lately because I discovered that I can’t use lyrics from any songs in my novel.  Well, on this writers board there was a thread about what your favorite song lyrics are.  The person that posted directly after me only typed “I'm all out of love, I'm so lost without you.”  Lol!

I’m also ALWAYS hearing that commercial on tv where they’re playing that song.  The first time I heard that commercial was the day I put that song in my book.  Right after I mentioned that song to my mother that evening, that “All out of Love” commercial came on the television.
France:
(This happened the same week as the coincidences mentioned above)

A friend emailed me, and she kept bringing up French dialogue.  Just a line here and there.  She said she didn’t know WHY she was doing that either, as her French was rusty because she hadn’t spoken it since High School.  But her speaking French and “not knowing why” made sense to me.  Lol!  (This is the same person I mentioned before who had that dream about speaking with a ghost in the car. Her dream answered a question that I had been wondering about just the day before, regarding Patrick.  She’s also the one I mentioned in the “Remembrance” post above).

Anyway, part of my email reply to her is on the next page: