Was the sign a sign?

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Hi Gang!

Tonight finds me in Klamath Falls, Oregon, with my GF.  We're headed into week five of our first date and we're having a terrific time. 

Yes, Oregon!  Yes I'm supposed to be here.  Supposed to be.  I mean that...  We're not here by accident, although it's the result of an accident that brought us here this weekend.

I mentioned that my GF (yup, GF!)'s car got hit and totaled by a drunk driver.  It's from that accident that all of the things that have transpired over the last month have culminated in today's story.

Her family lives here in Oregon and this is where she's from.  It's been fun to see her in town and seeing folks she knows.  KF is about half the size of O-Town and it's a small town!  For example, we needed a locksmith today and the guy knew her and her ex's family.  It was kind of cool to see folks not know each other, but realize they do know each other.

The GF has a car here she needs back home and we're here to retrieve it.  Remember the car she had was sacrificed to get things happening.  For the longest time, though, I didn't know if the whole Oregon thing was just her in my life or if it was something more, but I didn't know for sure. 

Until today.

We talked, the GF and I, and I told her yesterday and again today that we weren't here by accident; that much I do know.  So we did the most logical thing and prayed and in doing so I asked God to please show me why we were here.

That prayer was answered, and quickly.  I think.

The truck we're taking home hasn't been driven in months.  We charged up the battery, had a key made, and I took it for a little drive around the neighborhood so I could check the transmission fluid.  As I was coming back to her folks' home, I just happened to look across the street and saw the name of the street they live just off of:

Homedale.

The name of the street is Homedale.

I couldn't make that up on a dare.....

Comments

  1. UnknownSeptember 1, 2013 at 9:33 AM

    I'm drinking my morning coffee and reading my favorite blog and I saw a sign and it said, "Dale you are crazy" (Just kidding) have a safe trip home

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  2. Dale CooperSeptember 1, 2013 at 10:14 AM

    Sometimes, I wonder about that myself.

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  3. ephesians619September 2, 2013 at 5:38 AM

    was there a word in front of that, such as go? Go home, Dale! ☺

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  4. Dale CooperSeptember 3, 2013 at 12:19 PM

    Actually, the opposite was true. I was at a STOP sign when I saw it. I came home anyway.

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  5. ephesians619September 3, 2013 at 3:51 PM

    glad you're back!

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