What are the odds?<\/em><\/p>\n“My husband, Steve,\u00a0 and I were browsing at a plant sale at a suburban Philadelphia arboretum.\u00a0 I started talking to a woman with an adorable toddler in her stroller, while her husband was looking at plants. She told me that she and her husband had recently moved to the area, and that she had been a professional ballerina.\u00a0 I asked her if her husband was also an artist.\u00a0 She replied that no, he was a scientist.<\/p>\n
“I told her that my brother was also a scientist, but he had retired about 10 years ago.\u00a0 I also mentioned that he had worked at Johns Hopkins for years.\u00a0 Her husband, who overheard my comment, told me that he had gotten his degree in neurology at Johns Hopkins, and had also been there around 10 years ago.\u00a0 I said, \u201cMy brother was in the Department of Neurology there, too, and he\u00a0 had his own lab.”<\/p>\n
“I turned to my husband and said, \u201cWouldn\u2019t it be funny if he knew Paul!\u201d\u00a0 Without missing a beat the husband blurted, \u201cPaul Hoffman?\u201d<\/p>\n
“We were both stunned!\u00a0 \u00a0He told me that he had worked in a lab next to my brother\u2019s during his few years at Hopkins, and had greatly admired my brother, not only for his achievements, but for his kindness and humility.\u00a0 That brought tears to my eyes, as I told him that Paul had been diagnosed with Parkinson\u2019s a few years ago.<\/p>\n
“When I got home, I called my brother and told him about my \u201csmall world\u201d encounter at the arboretum, and how this person remembered so many good things about him.\u00a0 I figured it would be a small boost for him to hear that.\u00a0 In typical Paul fashion he replied, \u201cIt\u2019s a good thing he didn\u2019t think I was a jerk!\u201d<\/p>\n
A small world, for sure.<\/p>\n
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