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At some point in the early 1980s, I taught English as a foreign language (ESOL) in the Broward County night school program. Jennifer, who taught in the classroom next to mine, came in during break that first evening to introduce herself. She remembers that I was sitting at my desk, reading The Cat from Outer Space.<\/em><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t remember reading this book, but the fact that I love cats and reading quirky books, and anything about outer space, it makes sense. This book by Ted Key later became a movie of the same name.<\/p>\n

After Jennifer left Florida, we kept in touch sporadically. She eventually ended up in Colorado, working for the NSA.<\/p>\n

In 2018, our daughter, Megan, and a friend went to Denver and met Jennifer for lunch and a tour of the botanical gardens. Megan\u2019s friend was wearing a tank top with an emblem across the front that read, Cats from Outer Space<\/em>. The synchronicity spans nearly 40 years. What are the odds?<\/p>\n

Today, I zoomed with Jennifer\u2019s book club about The Synchronicity Highway,\u00a0<\/em>which came out in\u00a0 and this cat from outer space synchro came up. Of the 10 women in the book clubs, only one didn\u2019t work for the NSA. What I find particularly invigorating about this group is that they work for the same organization that Edward Snowden did.<\/p>\n

They know stuff and aren\u2019t allowed to talk about it. They, like the black women in the early days of the space program – the hidden figures – have a certain power as a group. And most of them acknowledge that synchronicity is a part of their lives.<\/p>\n

I like that. A lot.<\/p>\n

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