Coincidence? I think not.

Have you ever noticed that out of the random chaos of everyday life there occasionally emerges something resembling a pattern? Well, over the last 24 hours, life threw me a few ordinary things that I can’t help but see as somehow related to one another.

First, my sister and brother-in-law sent a nice care package of DVDs for the kids. Among them was the oft-requested Finding Nemo.

Next came Chuck’s very pleasant riff on the L.A. Sushi bar where he and Beth like to eat and star gaze.

Then, when I came home after work today, I found the kids watching ‘Nemo’ (with roughly half the neighborhood) in our living room. In retrospect, I should have seen the fish theme developing right there…but instead I went downstairs to check my e-mail, and what should be waiting in my inbox? The following picture (look closely):

 

 

Sometimes life leaves little post-it® notes saying, “Coincidence? I think not!”