Sometimes, I have gut feelings that pan out, and I wish they wouldn’t. I’ve actually had several of these about my kids that if you knew the whole story, you’d realize it’s more than just “mother’s intuition.” They are things that are completely out of left field, and a person should never suspect those things about another person. (But I can’t share those with you because I don’t think my kids would ever speak to me again if I did.)
I thought about using creative license and merely changing their names, but if I did that, it would be completely bizarre that I’d have those gut feelings about someone that I was not as close to as my kids, and again, it’d be weird.
So, unfortunately those are all off limits during my “Goosebumps” theme this month. However, for Today’s Throwback Thursday, there’s another instance of me saying something out loud, only to later wish I could take it back…
In late June 2005, my sister and I were driving somewhere several hours away. She started to fall asleep (which I hate!) so I bugged her to stay awake while I drove. Finally, she asked me to make up a story and tell her so she could focus on something and wake up.
So, I thought about it, and though I don’t know why I was compelled to tell this story, I made up a tale about a woman who was in London on The Tube with two of her children, and suddenly the subway tunnel filled with water as a bomb went off, then another, then another.
The woman and her kids ended up being saved by an older teenage boy who had black and blue hair, tattoos, and multiple piercings, but not until hours later, at which time there was one more explosion elsewhere. The explosions happened early in the morning, and she was on her way home to Italy during rush hour traffic that morning.
Just a little more than a week later, on July 7, 2005, I woke to the news of London being bombed by terrorists! Three bombs went off on underground trains killing 52 people and injuring more than 700. Later, a fourth bomb went off on a double decker bus.
Of course, there was no mention of the tunnel filling with water, nor do I have any way of knowing if an Italian woman with two children was saved by a teenage boy, but how odd that my story about three bombs going off in London’s underground and one later elsewhere came to pass.
Talk to me: Have you ever said something in passing and later it came true? Have I succeeded in giving you goosebumps yet this month?
This is so cool. Who’s going to win the World Series? I may have to place a bet. (Ha)
LOL! Thanks, Craig. 🙂 If I knew a thing about sports, I’d probably have a better guess for you. 🙂
Yes you have
LOL! 😀
:-))
Wow. Goodness, no, never happened to me but you seem to have some sort of gift.
I don’t know if I’d call it a gift, LOL! I do wish I could “control” it better. 🙂
Young Rachel you are either gifted or the ultimate, all-time jinx! Plainly we shall settle for the former of the two.
LOL! Thank you, Sir Mike. You wanna know how good my predictions are? I already knew with this one, you’d fear I was a jinx. LOL! (I didn’t make it happen; I swear! 😀 )
Every year, my parents went to the German Club to celebrate New Year’s. And every year Cathy across the street babysat my brother and I. One year, Cathy wasn’t available and my parents got another sitter. I didn’t like her. And I told her, or just thought it in my head (I can’t really remember) that I hoped she got hit by a car on the way home. Not sure if it happened that night, or shortly afterward, but she was hit by car and passed away. I remember thinking I was a witch or something. I learned that day that words and thoughts are powerful and should be chosen carefully.
Diana xo
I agree, Diana. I’ve had stuff like that happen when I was younger, too, and it always made me feel horrible as if I somehow caused it. I learned at least to not put it out there when mean people were involved. 🙂
Another spooky one, Rachel! Shivers down my spine!
LOL! Thanks, Ali! 😀
That was a spooky premonition, Rachel. I was really absorbed by your story and trip. I had a grandma who called out of the blue, saying tell your Dad not to be so hard on your brother…when my Dad who rarely spanked us, had accidentally grabbed his belt and hit my brother with the buckle. He had to take him to the hospital. She lived with my grandpa in Florida, we live in Ohio. It was not a national scene but it still makes me wonder about how people are so interconnected.
WOW! That one gave ME goosebumps! 🙂
Goosebumps again, Rachel. Yup.
LOL! Good…then my job is complete. 😉
This month has been tough because you are just about leaving me speechless, Rachel. Me. Speechless.
LOL! At least it seems to be more well-received than my game theme last month, no? 😉
I think you are scaring some people away this month, Rachel. Seriously, some folks can’t take this kind of clairvoyance.
LOL! That could seriously be true. My numbers have been down since September. I guess if I had a good handle on my clairvoyance, I’d have seen it coming. 😉
That’s a good one, Rachel. But I think you save the seeing for more important matters. 🙂
Scary…
For sure! 🙂
I seem to remember having a nightmare that later came true when I was little. Except, it was a long time ago, so the memory isn’t absolutely clear.
😦 I hate that feeling!
I know! It’s like the feeling that something important happened, in dreams or real life, and one missed it or can’t remember it. But at least the latter is fueling my new novel “Colorblind.” 😉
Awesome! 😀
😀 Thanks!
Yes, goosebumps!
LOL! 😀