A Twist of Fate

“What do you mean, you couldn’t get the tickets?” Sally Peterson was extremely upset. For months, she and her husband had been planning to go to America to visit her mother and father. Now all their plans were going to be put on hold because her husband had come back without the tickets.

John looked at his wife and tried to reason with her. “Sally, it’s not like I did this on purpose. You know we have the money for tickets, and I am as anxious as you are to get started on the trip, but there were no more tickets to buy when I arrived. I am afraid we won’t be sailing on the Titanic after all, but the man at the port assures me we can get another ship to take us if we can wait until next week."

Sally knew her husband had tried, and she could not be upset with him any longer. He loved her parents as much as she did and was just as anxious to see them. They would have more time to get ready for the trip now. She knew that many times things had a way of working out the way they should. She gave him a quick hug and assured him everything was fine. She had just been disappointed, but they would still get to America.

Good news came to the couple in only a few days. Another ship was sailing for America, and they would be able to buy passage on this one without any problems. Before long, Sally and John were sailing to America.

After days of travel, they were thankful to finally reach shore. As they walked off the ship and reached land, they were quickly engulfed in the arms of Sally’s parents. “Mom, I knew you’d be happy to see us, but please don’t cry. We’re here. Everything is fine.”

“So, you haven’t heard the news then?” her father’s voice spoke up. He then held out a newspaper with the shocking headline that the Titanic had sunk only a few days earlier.