I hope not to get to personal for some of you Holy Readers! My name is Ephraim Y (my real name), last name left out for editorial reasons. I am now very happily married for about 24 years to the only girl I ever considered marriying or dating due to the exact same story listed here. I was waiting for a bus back to Yeshiva in Baltimore MD on a cold December night. Across the street were 2 local girls attempting to change a flat tire. I crossed the street and offered to change the tire on the condition that they bring my friend and I back to Yeshiva due to the fact that I was waiting for the last bus. No problem was the reply.
About a year later, as hashgacha pratis would have it, I was visiting a friend in Baltimore who lived on the same block as one of the girls from that night. Unbeknownst to me at the time, I spent Shabbos Oneg Shabbos with all my friends at this girls house. I was there the next day also on a bet from a friend of mine (a story for another coffee room chat). The rest of this story is History now, but K”H, there are now 6 children and a Grandchild from this flat tire.
I have come to the realization at this point in my life that nothing, absolutely nothing, happens by chance. There is a Rebono Shel Olam who puts two people from different backgrounds and different cities together on a dark city block for a reason. I am very happy that I was on G-D’s radar screen that night!