Had a conversation with a former teacher today. We were talking about an ex-boyfriend of hers from when she studied abroad in England. She told me about her original plans to move there permanently, find a job, and have a life with him. All this changed when she went home and met her future [and current] husband. This got me thinking....there are so many paths that people can take, if any number of people chose a different path, there's a high likelihood that I would not be here today. If my former teacher would have moved to England and stayed...I wouldn't have moved in with her during high school and I doubt I'd have reached out to anyone. Though, who knows what could have happened and what might yet happen...