It's A Small, Small World

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Speaking of connection…this husband and I…

Went to IHOP for breakfast…the place all hustley bustley…fuller than full…people talking…children laughing…

Were making quips about Beavis and Butt-Head…one of our new unfortunate obsessions…when a voice says, “Is that a Hawkeye hat?”…

Indeed it was…that infamous hat…always on the head of this old man…always drawing attention down here in the South caught the eye of a former student of the University of Iowa…

And not just any former student but an award winning student…two time Big Ten Wrestling Championship champ kind of student who lives in Germany but is in Texas to see his sister…

Such a small world…such a small, small world…

Chatted awhile…he sharing his story…amazing really…book worthy…success, adventure, heartbreak, love…mentioned a former girlfriend who…drumroll please…just happened to be from our Iowa home town…

Such a small world…such a small, small world…

Parted ways with him saying, “Google me,” so of course a curious old gal did…didn’t have to tell her twice…and googled the former girlfriend from Muskie City, too…

Maybe we know her…maybe we’ve met her…maybe there’s some connection since that husband of mine has lived in the town for almost 60 years…

And there was a connection…IS a connection…but not in the way one would think…

That woman from Muskie City…former girlfriend of that wrestling champ from New York who came to Iowa for college who now lives in Germany but came to Texas to vote and see his sister who enjoys an occasional breakfast at the newly remodeled IHOP…

Was married for 24 years to the first cousin of that mother of mine…

Such a small world…such a small, small world…

Freaky almost…
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And that husband of mine…agrees…