The Radio

I am a firm believer that the radio has supernatural powers to predict what you are going through in your life and then play a song pertaining to specific feelings and events that relate to your current and upcoming experiences. Today, however, the radio had me on the verge of changing my belief. Just after work, I hopped into my car and cranked up the first thing that I heard. It was a song about sex being on fire, and I recalled that the very same song was playing just two days before on the same station. After quickly going through my recent sexual experiences and concurring that my "sex" had not been on fire for at least four years, I changed the station, completely devastated that my main method of connecting with the world was defunct. The next song, something about "I'll always be there for you" reminded me just how much my husband will not be there for me, ever again. Although an accurate prediction, it was too much for me to process and so I flipped the station again. Finally I was confronted with the reality of my life: "I've been afraid of changes because I've built my life, around you". But, instead of following that song to its normal finish at the bottom of a cliff, I changed the station again and found an inspiring interview about Obama. Obama, stated the interviewee, has fantastic morals and a sophisticated view on the world that make him an outstanding leader and admirable citizen. This, I thought to myself, is something I'd like to aim for. In the meantime, however, I'm Foreclosed, Divorced, and according to my tried and true method of predicting the future, land sliding off the edge.

VA