“The Amazing Kreskin”

Have you ever thought about the circumstances surrounding how you met the key people in your life? Imagine if you hadn’t been in that exact spot at that exact time–your whole life may have turned out completely different. Is it divine intervention? Consider this true story:
It was the mid ‘70’s and I was in my first year of Interior Design at the University of Manitoba. One night, while getting ready to go out to a dance, I told my roommate, “I have a feeling I’m going to meet someone tonight.” I continued, “His name will be Steve and he won’t be a student here–he’ll be working.” Not one to make such predictions, I don’t know what prompted me to say such a thing.
When we arrived at the dance, the party was in full swing. Scanning the room, I spotted a table with some empty seats. I went up to the three guys sitting at the table. “Hey, I know you!” They looked puzzled. “Yup, you are Mark, you are John, and you are Steve.” Again, I’m not sure why I did this. Of course, in honour of my earlier prediction, I definitely had found my “Steve”.
The music was really loud so we didn’t say much as we sat at the table. Suddenly “Steve” asked me to dance. While on the dance floor he said, “So how did you know my name?” I was shocked. Steve went on to tell me that he was not a student; he was just visiting with some friends in the residence. He had recently graduated and was articling at a CA firm. Steve also told me his friends’ names were in fact John and Mark. This was uncanny! When I told him I had just been having fun by guessing their names he said, “Wow, it’s like you’re The Amazing Kreskin.”
Steve and I dated while I was in school and we married in 1981. The story of how we met was told at our wedding reception by none other than Mark, our best man!
I look back on this story with amazement. I never imagined that on that night the “Steve” I was to meet would someday be my husband and the father of my two beautiful daughters.
Coincidence? I think not!