I am an American woman living in France.
She is French woman living in America.
She grew up in a small town in the country.
I grew up in a small town in the country.
Her parents were bilingual. My parents were bilingual.
I have lived in France, for over twenty years.
She has lived Stateside, for over twenty years.
Tessa is an uncommon name for a French girl.
Corey is an uncommon name for an American girl.
I am a shorter than the average American woman.
She is a taller than the average French woman.
I have two teen-aged children: A girl (19) and a boy (16).
She has two teen-aged children: A girl (18) and a boy (15).
I am married to a French man.
She is married to an American man.
I had cancer.
She had cancer.
We both love family, home and decorating with old things.
I live forty minutes away from where she grew up in France.
She lives forty minutes away from where I grew up in California.
Her family lives in France. My family lives in California.
My father died, in April.
Her father is very ill.
We finally met. Last December.
Years ago, her father built her a stone fountain in her garden.
Years ago, we built a stone fountain in our garden.
Her father has goldfish that are ten years old.
We have goldfish that are ten years old.
He worried that he would die, and his goldfish would be alone….
He asked his daughter, "Didn't you say, you met a woman, who lives near me, who has a fountain with goldfish?"
She wrote me.
We now have seven new goldfish, from Tessa's father, in our fountain.
Destiny.
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