Is it superstition or paranoia?

As you can see from my last post, my birthday was last week and I was quite surprised when a beautiful bouquet of flowers was delivered from my husband and two sons. With both my sons living out of town, I figured they would give me a call that evening, but the thought of flowers never entered my mind. 

Well, I did get a call from both of my boys....actually the youngest called twice - once to wish me happy birthday, and the second to let us know he had been in a car accident on his way home from playing softball.  Anyone who is a parent (no matter how old your children are) cringe when the phone rings any time after 10:00 pm.  Well, at 10:20 the phone rang and I immediately got a terrible feeling in the pit of my stomach....I knew this would not be good news.  Fortunately, it ended up not being too bad - he was going very slow in a construction zone on the interstate when the guy behind him hit the rear bumper and tailgate of his SUV....no injuries to either driver - just to the vehicles. 

Soooooo......you ask why the title of my post: Is it superstition or paranoia?  Well, the last time I received flowers from my husband and sons on my birthday was about 11 years ago....and the same son who was in the car accident last week was in the only other car accident he has ever had.  He was on his way home from the garden center where he had purchased mum plants they were going to give me for my birthday that evening. Again, just a "fender bender" - nothing serious. But now in my mind, birthday flowers and car accidents go together.  Therefore, instructions have been given to all three of them to NEVER AGAIN buy or EVEN THINK of getting me flowers or plants for my birthday.

Call me superstitious or call me paranoid - I don't care....in my mind, my birthday and flowers/plants cause car accidents (but I must admit, the flowers sure are pretty.  Maybe they'll send me flowers some other day than my birthday....yeah, right....but I can hope....)



                      


 
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