The
third time in her life that Mom went to Crystal Beach, it was on a
date with Dad – they were not married yet. They boarded a ferry,
the SS Canadiana, in Buffalo, it went across Lake Erie
to Canada and disembarked at Crystal Beach – which was not only a
town and a beach, but also a well known amusement park and wonderful
place for kids, families, and dates to go.
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| The Crystal Beach Photo 1950 |
Well, Mom and Dad spent a lovely afternoon at the park – playing
games, riding rides, getting their pictures taken at one of those
photo booths, and as evening came on, they were heading back toward
the ferry to return to Buffalo when Mom saw a tent with a sign that
said, Fortune Teller. She got excited and asked Dad if they
should get their fortunes read? Dad told her that it was against his
religion, but he would not stop her if she wanted to do it. So Mom
went into the tent by herself to hear her fortune!
“Do you remember what you were told?” I excitedly asked Mom when
she told me this story sixty years after it happened.
Mom got a mischievous gleam in her eye and she said, “the lady
told me that I would pass water on my trip home.”
Well,
oh my gosh, that could mean anything!
Mom
could stop at the bathroom before getting on the ferry for the trip
home and pass water.
Or
she could get on the ferry and pass over the water of Lake Erie!
Or,
Mom could use the bathroom on the ferry and pass water
while passing water!
What a dumb fortune!
Mom
laughed at my reaction – of course it was silly, and she had paid
good money to hear it!
But somehow I think deep down Mom wanted someone somewhere to be
able to tell her something about the future.
Mom did admit that when she and Dad lived in Florida and they had
the house up North for sale – the Zimmerman house – she went to a
psychic and asked if the house would ever sell. It is not that it was
on the market for very long, it was just that the house was empty and
they were so far away, everything seemed precarious.
The psychic told Mom there would be an offer on the house and there
would be something special about the offer and it would be
'okay.' Well, she did not feel totally reassured by the prediction –
Mom was nothing if not cynical (one of her expressions was to always
expect the worst – then you won't ever be disappointed) – but I
do think that when the offer finally came in for the house and the offer had a
special condition, Mom was more agreeable than she might have been
without the words from the psychic, and the arrangement worked out
quite well for all parties involved!
So I guess the take-home message for us might be that a word of
reassurance, even from a stranger, can go a long way.
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