She called a psychic on one day and made an appointment for the next day, giving her first name only. The next day, the visit began.
I do believe it's possible for someone to have unusual perception and to be able to sense things about someone else, so I don't discount the idea of a psychic out of hand. I don't think it's as common as the Psychic Network suggests, but I do think it's possible. RDC related this things to me in the same order DMB told them to him, which was mostly the same order the psychic told her, except I put our bit at the end. So as soon as he told me about RDC the younger, I was pleased: I believe that what we believe and what we hope, we influence to make true. I believe this works on a small scale, like an individual's health, and on a large scale, like people believing in a nonviolent, consensual society can bring forth a peaceful, harmonious society. So I believe that if DMB is reassured about RDC the younger, whatever comfort that brings to her can help RDC the younger fulfill the prophecy. Then he told me what the psychic said about his sister, all of which is historically true or is in accordance with what I believe is in store for her. The psychic's small bit about his grandmother was historically true, but not insightful or remarkable: anyone DMB's age is likely to have an elderly parent who has been recently ill. If she did guess, she didn't guess anything about the current state of DMB's father, who died when RDC was a litle boy. About the past state of DMB's father she did guess or envision whatever something DMB has long suspected. Through her own experience she knows her father had affairs; through family hints and rumors she believes she has a half-brother. So RDC told me all this, and then I asked what the psychic had said about us.
Given the person's other insights, that bit about having kids froze me where I sat. My eyes widened and my jaw dropped but otherwise I was immobile and silent for at least eight seconds. Then I recovered and wanted clarification. "If we're not going to take RDC the younger, then what children are we going to have? Is someone going to die and we adopt a friend's child?" No, RDC told me. I'm going to get pregnant. Gee, that psychic really had me going for a while. What we believe, we foster into truth. Well, I believe I won't. I have always been pro-choice, avidly, rabidly pro-choice, since well before pregnancy became even a physiological possibility let alone a physical probability for me. I have always asserted that I would abort an accidental pregnancy. Throughout my years of being sexually active, I have never doubted that assertion, neither regularly when I'm merely aware of the possibility of conception nor during times of waiting and worry that something has taken root, but I've never faced the reality and had to make the choice, either. This damn psychic isn't going to change that. There was a time in college I feared I was pregnant and so scheduled a pregnancy test at the infirmary. Even though the next morning my body proved such a test unnecessary, still I went to the infirmary. At the desk were the clerk and my favorite nurse practitioner, and I canceled my appointment. "Why?" asked the clerk; the infirmary hated people to cancel appointments because so little time was available, plus it was suspicious for me to be there in person to do so. A huge grin: "I got my period." "The best reason!" exclaimed the nurse, as happy for me as I was. Anyway, DMB gave the psychic her first name only and if the psychic had caller id and traced the phone number, that gave her 24 hours to find out all that information. Perceptive, yes, but I don't accept prophetic. |
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