Psychic Connection

I’ve always thought that my brothers and sister and I have some sort of psychic connection. We just seem to think a lot and have the same thoughts at the same time.

I especially notice this in my older brother, Ted, and myself. He and I are only 18 months apart in age. My parents had us that close together so that he and I could be friends. She tried to have another child right after me but miscarried. Then my younger brother and my younger sister were born. My sister and I are close just because we are sisters and best of friends. And my younger brother and I are close, although not as close as I would like. But when times are tough, I know he is there for me the same as my sister and our older brother.

My parent’s theory worked out when we were growing up. Ted and I were close. We played together from the time we were old enough and throughout our childhood. For example, he and I used to ride our bikes around the east side of Detroit in search of parts for his skateboard or pieces for his train collection. We knew how to work our way through residential neighborhoods so we could avoid the major roads. I don’t think our parents were ever fully aware of how far he and I would travel. Looking back, I think they were very trusting that we would be safe and not get hurt or get in trouble. The only rules were to be home in time for dinner and, after dinner, to be in as soon as the street lights came on.

During our teenage years, we weren’t as close although we still looked out for each other. Then he went off to join the Navy, I went off to college, and, even though we talked on the phone occasionally, we weren’t the best of friends as we had been when we were younger.

As we have grown older, I have noticed that he and I are becoming closer and closer. We talk on the phone four or five nights a week for at least an hour, we spend major holidays together as well as celebrate each other’s birthdays and we also try to go out to eat every so often (that seems to be happening on a more frequent basis).

He and I have always thought alike. Sometimes to the point that we can finish each other’s thoughts. Which leads me to why I am writing about this in the first place.

Tonight I made myself a pizza for dinner. Not a frozen pizza but instead I bought the dough and pizza sauce, toppings and cheese and put it together. It was a bit of work but it tastes better than frozen and is cheaper than ordering in, not to mention I like my own pizza better than anything I can order in.

Just after I put my pizza in the oven, my phone rang. It was Ted. We don’t always talk on Friday nights but have been more and more lately. This is the part that is a little creepy. He called because he had just put a pizza in the oven and figured we could chat while it was cooking. I said I had just put a pizza in the oven and chatting while it was cooking sounded like a good idea.

Isn’t that a little creepy??? We don’t normally talk on Fridays so I eat dinner later. Otherwise I try to finish eating before 6:30 so he and I can talk shortly after that. But tonight, I waited and put my pizza in the oven at 7:30. So I fixed dinner later, as did he. We both fixed pizza. And he called just as we both had put our pizzas in the oven.

The more I think about it, the more odd it all seems. I realize that Ted and I are close but to fix the same dinner at the same time without coordinating it ahead of time is just a little strange. Twilight Zone kind of strange. I now have the Twilight Zone theme running through my head. Doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo…. I can almost hear some guy saying “For your consideration, a story of a brother and sister who, although 18 months apart in age, seem to have a physic connection that is usually attributed to twins…..”

Then again, maybe it was all just coincidence and I am seeing something where there really isn’t anything. Or maybe not. I will have to study this phenomenon and keep track of other strange occurrences. Just so I can be creeped out and hear the Twilight Zone theme running through my head. Doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo……