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Universe Author: Fred W. Ehrhart For: Ginger Smolke
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This past
Wednesday I changed the nature of the universe. I did it by phone, right
here from our home in Palmyra. It only took about five minutes. I dialed
ten numbers that put me in touch with an office in New York City, only 200
miles away by land but light years away by heart. In less than two minutes
I was in touch with an unsuspecting 23 year old young lady, who would
forever be different from that time on. After a brief introduction and a minimal amount of small
talk, I proceeded to change the balance of nature. After I asked her to
not think this a crank call, I quickly got to the point of my call. With
my heart in my throat, I told her my wife was her birth mother. With no
hesitation she quickly asked about a suspicious survey she had received
about a month ago. When I admitted that my wife and I had been the source
of the fictitious work, there was a moment of silence followed by an
emotional whisper stating "I knew it was her." This revelation led to a flood of emotion from within. I
told her how her mother had looked for her for the longest time, how she
was always in her heart and often in her thoughts. I then asked if she
wanted to talk to her mother. A very frightened voice quickly said No!,
followed by sobs as she said "I can't, not now,...". Her voice trailed of,
dominated by tears and overwhelmed by emotion, She managed to ask me to
hold on for a moment. After what seemed to be an eternity a voice did return to
the phone. Only the voice was not that of the emotionally drained young
lady whose life I had effected, but a calm and collected telephone
operator, totally unaware of the shift in the universe that had just
occurred. The young lady was unable to return to the phone, and a message
with my name and phone number was left with the unaware receptionist. That was three days ago. Every time the phone rings my
heart leaps. The string of meaningless calls one encounters every day
becomes more frustrating than ever. We sit and wonder about the state of
the young lady. How has this information affected her? Is she alright?
Does she have someone to help her deal with the information she just
received? My wife and I talk often about what we feel is going on.
There also are many times we only sit and look at each other, aware of the
thoughts we share. We pray for the phone to ring and to hear that voice,
to know she is alright. The weight of waiting is often extreme. Copyright 1998 Fred W. Ehrhart & Ginger Smolke
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