Annie’s
Revelation
By Karen Weinberg, QDE,
President of CHAI and Hostess of CHAI's Fireside Chat
The
crowd was loud and impatient. Everyone wanted to be
served before they had to return to their various
jobs. Lunch hours have always been a challenge.
‘Annie’ waved to me and I made my way over to where
she was sitting. We enjoyed a wonderful seafood
salad and caught up on each other’s lives. Then,
all of a sudden, Annie became very quiet. “I’ve
decided to let you write my story. Maybe it will
help someone.” This was a very embarrassing time in
Annie’s life so I have used another name instead of
her own. Are you the person Annie is trying to
warn?
Let’s go
back to 1990. At that time Annie and I worked
together in the same location. She came over to me
and said, “When you have a minute I have something I
want to show you.” After finishing with my client,
I went to find Annie. I immediately noticed the 33
1/3 RPM. (If you know what that is, it probably
dates you). Annie explained that her boyfriend
‘Jake’ had given it to her twenty-five years ago.
There was writing on the front of the album. “Can
you analyze this for me?” she asked. I looked at it
and responded, “Wow! I am glad Jake isn’t in your
life anymore. He was on drugs, and really didn’t
love you.” She assured me that I was wrong about
the drugs, but she did admit that Jake really didn’t
love her. They did break up and go their separate
ways. Annie tried to assure me that it wasn’t
because of drugs and that I was really wrong about
that.
Three
months passed when Annie brought me some love
letters. I looked at them and noticed that the
signature was not her husband’s. “These cards are
from Jake”, I observed, “and he is still on drugs.”
She got very defensive. “I told him what you had
said, Karen, and you are NOT right.” Before I could
finish the analysis, she grabbed the cards and
stormed out. I knew I was right.
For the
next several months Annie distanced herself from
me. Her marriage broke up and she prepared to marry
her one and only true love -- Jake. The wedding was
to be in California. Although Annie and I agreed to
disagree about Jake, she did try once again to get
me to change my mind about my analysis; but I
wouldn’t.
In
May, one month before Annie was to be married, her
dream came to an abrupt end. Jake was killed while
riding his motorcycle. Of course Annie was
devastated. Instead of a wedding, she now had to
prepare for a funeral.
Jake’s
parents arranged to have her flown out for the
funeral. After the service, Annie stayed with them
for several days; comforting each other in their
time of sorrow. It was decided that Annie should
accompany them to their son’s apartment. They
assured her that she could pick out anything she
wanted and they would arrange to have it shipped
back for her.
Annie
had never visited Jake’s apartment. As they drove
up to the complex, Annie noticed it was not located
in the best area of town. They found the apartment
on the second floor and Jake’s dad put the key in
the door and opened it. What they saw shocked all
of them into a stunned silence. Annie stood in the
doorway unable to move. There was drug
paraphernalia everywhere. My words came resounding
back into her ears. “Jake is on drugs.” Not only
was he using drugs, but he was producing and selling
them as well.
Annie is
now happily remarried. I analyzed her husband’s
handwriting before she agreed to date him. After
they got to know each other, I did a compatibility
analysis for them. Her husband told me that the
analysis was very powerful and helped them better
understand each other.
Come and
join CHAI. On one of our fireside chats I will tell
you how I knew Jake was on drugs
