You're Never Alone

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P.S. to Blog Soundtrack: I saw this production when I was in NYC in 1986. Tunabreath's sister got me the tickets. And when the production ended, I realized that I was three rows behind Meryl Streep! I have always loved this show and especially this song, which took on much more meaning for me over the years as I lost many of those I loved.

My friend, Tommie, inspired this blog, because it was her last blog that made me realize something today.

Anyway, her real name is Tomasina. But, according to what I’ve read, she has never liked her first name much. She said she got a lot of ribbing growing up about her name, even from her own siblings.

To me, that's ironic. Since the first day I met “Tomasina” from Illinois, I’ve always thought her name beautiful. (And I've said this before, but your name is just as beautiful as you are.) It somewhat reminded me of another unusual name I’ve always loved – Antonia. (I loved the novel “My Antonia” by Willa Cather.)

I also want to say that Tommie is a unique friend. And perhaps many of you haven’t experienced this, but I don’t know Tommie, well, in the traditional sense. We’re not related, we didn’t go to school together, we never worked together, nor have we ever met each other to have coffee. We met via the Internet. And, do you know what? I SO wish she lived in my neighborhood, because I would love to have coffee with her.

Tommie wrote a blog today:

http://inmydreamsicanwrite.blogspot.com/2009/11/friends.html

Here's a woman, whom I’ve never met, who thought about me while she was at a flea market 3000 miles away from me. How wonderful and special is that?!

And, as I went on with my day, I lived what she said – “When you least expect it, people in your life pop up unexpectedly.”

As I cleaned off my desk, I came across a website of a unique clothing store that Tunabreath had sent me. When I googled it, I found out that it was the same town that Jeff lived in.

So, I immediately thought of Jeff. We hadn’t had lunch in a while. I emailed him because I wanted to see him, and then I thought I would go visit the store after our visit.

I started to clean off my desk, and I found a small pile of “Lovelies” pictures, which made me think of all of them.

I then took a shower, and I was thinking I should call Tunabreath and tell her that I was going to go to the store she recommended. When I got out of the shower, I saw that Tunabreath had called.

A few minutes later, I saw that my brother-in-law had texted me. And, it reminded me of one of the last times I saw him; it was at his Mom’s memorial service, which in turn reminded me of my friend, Chris. Because during my 5-hour road trip to CT and back for the memorial service, I listened to nothing but Chris’ band’s music.

As I drove to meet my brother-in-law, I heard “Jane Says” by Jane’s Addiction on the radio, which has always reminded me of my friend, Dominick.

After lunch, I stopped at Staples, because Iz told me that her teacher was in need of white board markers. And, as I perused the aisles, I thought about Brenda and our shared love of office supplies. I so missed Brenda, and I texted her to tell her so.

No matter how long you sit there thinking, “God, I’m so alone,” well, you never are. You might not have someone sitting on your lap, sitting in another room, or even within earshot, but there is always someone who is thinking of you whether it be near (like Tunabreath) or far (like Tommie). Somewhere someone is always thinking about you; and even if it feels like you are, you are never alone. ♥

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