{"id":168427,"date":"2024-04-21T03:02:05","date_gmt":"2024-04-21T10:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mayanrocks.com\/?p=168427"},"modified":"2024-04-21T07:23:32","modified_gmt":"2024-04-21T14:23:32","slug":"serendipity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mayanrocks.com\/?p=168427","title":{"rendered":"Serendipity."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Christine’s cousin, Cher, was telling me she was recently at Verbatim Books<\/a> (a used bookstore in North Park), and she was showing her kids this Childcraft Encyclopedia Book Set<\/a> from the 80s that she used to love when she was a kid. I was like, “OMG I had those books! The Make and Do<\/em> one with all the crafts was the best.” And she tells me she opens up the Make and Do<\/em> book because it was her favorite one, too, and written inside was, “Marion Choa, age 11.”<\/p>\n\n\n

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It was like a scene out of Serendipity<\/a><\/em>, except there was no John Cusack LOL. For those who’ve never seen Serendipity<\/em>, #1 Have you been living under a rock? and #2 Read the plot synopsis on Wikipedia<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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My mom must have donated the books to a local Goodwill, and they somehow made their way to a used bookstore in North Park. Serendipity, y’all! I totally believe in fate and kismet and signs and all that bullshit. At the same time, I believe that some things just aren’t meant to be…<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Maybe the love of my life will buy this set of books from Verbatim out of nostalgia, and I’ll be flipping through the Make and Do<\/em> book at their house one day, and I’ll see my name written in there. Only in movies, right?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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