Stranger than fiction
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (341742)
Rockingham, Australia
August 20, 2022 8:55pm CST
I was reading the local paper here at our house-sit in Grass Valley, Western Australia. The paper is published monthly in Northam, the nearest large centre and, as would be expected, includes obituaries of local who have died recently.
One life-long resident died at 92 but the interesting snippet in the obituary was that, when she was born in the Northam hospital, they were short of cots and she was placed with another baby in the one cot. That baby had been born three days earlier and later became her husband. Talk about meeting your life partner at a young age! As I said in the title, you couldn’t make this stuff up and have people believe you.
The photo was taken on one of our daily walks with Dixie, the border collie. You can see her on the track patiently waiting for us to catch up.
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@JudyEv (341742)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Aug 22
@LadyDuck They are so funny when they do that. Dixie gets so excited when we come out together around mid-morning but if only one person comes out she doesn't show the same interest. And we've started spelling out W A L K sometimes. lol
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@rebelann (112959)
• El Paso, Texas
21 Aug 22
Well yeah, I would consider it fiction. Then again how many people lived in their town at the time, that could have had something to do with it. How long ago did she pass?
@DaddyEvil (137460)
• United States
23 Aug 22
Dixie looks like she's telling you both to hurry up and quit dawdling along.
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@DaddyEvil (137460)
• United States
23 Aug 22
@JudyEv She's well trained to stay with "her" humans and not get too far ahead.
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@JudyEv (341742)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Aug 22
@DaddyEvil I guess that's it. She never leaves the house yard unless we do.
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@oahuwriter (26777)
• United States
22 Aug 22
Meeting at a very early age, indeed.
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@snowy22315 (181948)
• United States
21 Aug 22
That was wild, interesting indeed!
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
21 Aug 22
Very interesting.
They were really meant for one another.
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@celticeagle (168126)
• Boise, Idaho
22 Aug 22
If that isn't fate I don't know what is.
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@celticeagle (168126)
• Boise, Idaho
22 Aug 22
@JudyEv ........It is a rarity. Nice one though.
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@ptrikha_2 (47062)
• India
21 Aug 22
Indeed, some Real life events can be much stranger than Fiction. Dixie and you seem to be enjoying the walks.
has the weather started heating up, or is it still on the colder side?
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@ptrikha_2 (47062)
• India
22 Aug 22
@JudyEv
It is good that it remains cold for more days.
Summers are getting hotter in most world parts.
So just enjoy your time!
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@divalounger (6117)
• United States
21 Aug 22
That is really amazing! It brings new meaning to "it is a small world."
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@divalounger (6117)
• United States
25 Aug 22
@JudyEv That seems like the most logical conclusion
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@RebeccasFarm (90295)
• Arvada, Colorado
21 Aug 22
Wow now there is a story to beat all!!
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@RebeccasFarm (90295)
• Arvada, Colorado
22 Aug 22
@JudyEv It is so lovely a once in a lifetime story and I am so happy you shared it with us..very special Judy
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@aninditasen (16505)
• Raurkela, India
21 Aug 22
It may be true. Marriages are made in heaven after all.
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@aninditasen (16505)
• Raurkela, India
22 Aug 22
@JudyEv That's said by couples too in India.
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@JudyEv (341742)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Aug 22
There is a Grass Patch here too. This one is well named. Grass Patch can sometimes be very dry.
@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
22 Aug 22
What is the chance of that happening I wonder, they were made for each other.
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@JudyEv (341742)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Aug 22
It's pretty incredible that they later married. So funny really.
@wolfgirl569 (107859)
• Marion, Ohio
21 Aug 22
That would be a wild coincidence.
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@wolfgirl569 (107859)
• Marion, Ohio
21 Aug 22
@JudyEv No they wouldnt. It would be fun to learn how they met later.
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@RasmaSandra (80635)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
22 Aug 22
Looks like a lovely place you are staying at, That is the sweetest and I must say most romantic story I have ever heard almost like a fairytale,
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
21 Aug 22
Wow that is an interesting and amazing story.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
21 Aug 22
@JudyEv I agree with you there. I wonder whether their whole story was ever printed? It would be an interesting read.
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@Beestring (14672)
• Hong Kong
21 Aug 22
That's an interesting coincidence. How did the couple find out they met at such a young age?
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