I had to laugh. The boat was five minutes from docking into Vineyard Haven recently when this adorable little three to four-year-old girl, in a loud voice, announced to everyone, “I was born at that hospital over there!”

I then announced, “You know what? I was born there too!”

She looked very puzzled; I could tell she was wondering how could this old lady have been born there also!

Actually, I was born on my mother’s birthday at the beautiful old hospital, but I didn’t want to add to her confusion.

I love to talk with people. One time when I asked a customer what he did, he said he designed hospitals. I then told him how much I loved the beautiful old hospital in Oak Bluffs. He laughed and said his dad had been the architect. Coincidences are such fun.

Carol Lisa Chirgwin Fligor
Edgartown