Twenty years ago I didn't want a roommate, but I needed to get one. I vividly recall my mother telling me: "Constance, you never know. You may meet someone who will edify your life"!
A German friend Willy, told me about a young woman, Noëlle who had just moved back to the States from Paris. We met one afternoon at my duplex for lunch. I remember making a Fritata and we talked. She ended up moving in a few weeks later and we had many a fine times, in those years leaning back in our chairs with our feet propped up on my round butcher block table, talking about life and sipping coffee or wine. The first week we lived together, it most impressed me that she had a date with a juggler and a lawyer! Also amazing, she has always found a way to maintain friendships with her old boyfriends (so unlike me)! Soon after we met I was introduced to her high school boyfriend Craig one night at a party. He took one look at me and said: "I do believe Noelle's has met her match"! What he meant is, that in many ways we are alike. I would say we are both outgoing, stubborn, we enjoy different types experiences and types of people of all ages, we are artistic and thrifty.
Noëlle knew me before I met my husband, and was happy for me when I ran off to live with him in California and then was there to celebrate our marriage. She was my lifeline when we moved from place to place for many years. She was there when my father died and my mother had to have a major operation. We were together the night her house almost burned down and then I got to be there when she met her husband and had her children.
Now, Noëlle and her family are moving to India in just a few weeks and I will be part her going away celebration this weekend. Some people think INDIA???? But not Noëlle and not me. That is one thing we have in common!! It's going to be a great experience!! She is thinking about starting a blog about her time in Mumbai. Hope she will. I'll keep you posted!
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
xox
Constance
p.s. My mother was right!
