I went to a wake. The funeral home was packed and there was a constant sound of voices chattering. I was standing talking with someone when a man I'd never seen before walked into the hallway.

Everyone but the man disappeared. The funeral home and all the people were gone. The voices were gone. Everything was black except the light shining on him. We were the only two people in the universe. I don't know how long it lasted. It was totally surreal, like a scene from a movie. He told me later that he had the same exact experience except he was seeing me in the light.

He spent the rest of the night staring at me. I spent the rest of the night pretending I wasn't staring at him. We ended up engaged for a while, but it didn't work. We are still good friends.

Jan