Some people close to me have heard this story, but I don't tell it too often because I don't want to go back to the mental hospital, and people tend to think you're crazy when you hear voices in your head.
Well, I don't hear voices, it's just one voice. One Voice, I should say, because it feels like it wants to be capitalized.
This Voice has spoken to me clearly on three separate occasions. It's never been wrong to date.
The first time was when I was about 18-22. I had just walked out of a nearby convenience store and the Voice said, "Go back in there and buy that scratch ticket that had the yellow frame around it" so I did, and it was a $500 winner!
The second time was on my first date with Paul. He told me his last name was Sterling, and the Voice said (with a gasp) "You're gonna marry this guy!". I didn't believe it at the time; I had no plans to marry anybody. But it was right! 4 and a half years later we were married. I had lost my job and health insurance, and we were engaged, and Paul said, "now you have to marry me!" I joke that it was the most romantic thing he ever said to me.
The most recent time was a few years ago when I first started working at BrassRing. Forgive me if I have blogged about this already, it is feeling awfully familiar. My best friend Dianne said to go to Sadies and try their Teriyaki chicken. Well, pulling up to Sadies, before going in there for the first time, the Voice said "someone inside here is going to introduce you to the members of Aerosmith" and, like when it told me I would marry Paul, I basically said to myself, that's ridiculous! But sure enough, I met Casey at Sadies and it was through Casey that I met Joe Perry for the first time. Casey got me invited to an exclusive party in Waltham in honor of the launch of Joe's new flavor of hot sauce, "Mango Tango". Two days later Casey convinced me to go meet Joe again at the Barnes and Noble in Boston, where he was signing Horse books with his wife. Casey and I met Brad together at a guitar shop in Boston, and Casey and I met Tom together at Mohegan Sun. So once again the voice was 100% correct.
I have no idea who it is or where it comes from, but I wish I could get that voice to talk to me more!
