when i was little and my mom came to pick me up from carpool, i would recognize the sound of her keys before she ever got to me.
and if i got lost in the store, i would close my eyes. and listen. listen, very carefully. and i would hear that faint and familiar jingle and relieved, i would bound towards it.
she didn't get it. to recognize the clatter of keys? what kind of strange child had she born?
but i got it. a constellation of keys exists in this world of ours. each with its own unique musicality. some more familiar than others.
the other night, standing in line at the drug store, i heard a familiar key clink and looked up to find myself staring at the back of a stranger.
and that's when i began to wonder. is that how i will find him? will i recognize the sound of keys before i've even met him? the sound of a gateway to a home we might one day share?
so i've started listening. i haven't closed my eyes, though. i'm keeping them wide open and living my life. but the sixth sense of this strange-child and would-be-wife is piqued.