Tonight I'll be dining with Justin, Specky and KT, and J & C, who are the charges' parents.
Let me make a long story longer:
I met Specky and KT about 20 years ago; Specky was in a punk band and I answered an ad they'd placed for a singer. I practiced with them for a while but my stage fright was so bad at that time I became known as the "singer who wouldn't sing". Ha. Specky and I remained friends and over the years I met his sister J. a few times socially.
About a year after my cancer treatments, I wanted a change in lifestyle so I bailed on my non-profit career to become a preschool teacher. I did that for about three years and just as I was getting burned out with it, Specky told me his sister J. was pregnant and looking for a nanny. Et voila, my current situation.
You never know where the seemingly most random or tentative connections will lead you. And of course, I believe they always lead you to exactly where you're meant to be.