Soulmate Searching - Blog Post 1 - Cat Grant
“Nobody knows why. Some people think it’s because of the aliens that came down from outer space. The hero’s from Asgard. Other’s think someone put something in the water – an experiment gone wrong perhaps. Other’s think it was a case of IVF gone wrong, a fault with the genetic code of one of the children a family was desperate to have, desperate to love. Others believe it is the government. But as I said, no one really knows the truth behind it.
It started 200 years ago, just after the first aliens started too arrived on Earth. A baby boy was born in a small London Hospital. At the same time, a baby girl was born in the largest hospital in Los Angeles, California; worlds apart. Both babies were born with a dark tattoo on their right wrist - a mass of swirling patterns, intricate lines and vivid detail inked right into the skin. But then every single baby from that moment were born with the same mark on their skin.
Those first babies were immediately whisked away for tests, but nothing could be proved, and nothing could remove the marks. Eventually, news from London reached LA, pictures were sent, and behold, the marks were identical. The babies were brought together and the minute they met the marks turned to a beautiful red, the dark lines fading into the red. 20 years later those two babies were married.
Destiny it was called. Each baby that was born was born to have a soul mate – the person they would be with forever, the person who would love them forever. The soul mate was born with an identical mark on their wrist. And somehow, just somehow – perhaps it is destiny - these individuals would find one another.
Those who never found their soul mates are said to live a life less full than those who do. But I know it not to be true. After 35 years of living, a failed marriage, two beautiful sons, a media empire I built from the ground up and a lot of affairs and a lot of fun, I would say that I have lived a full life. But I’m curious, and as a journalist it is in my nature to settle my curiosity the best way I know how; by reporting – and documenting every single step of my journey, both the good and the bad parts. I’m going to experience different cultures, meet new people and learn new things.
So that is exactly what I am going to do. I’m packing a suitcase, and I’m going travelling to find the soul mate this dark mark on my wrist so painfully reminds me every day that I haven’t met yet. I’m going to find my destiny.
But you know what? I’ve always preferred to make my own destiny”
Published by Cat Grant on Thursday 22nd June 2216 – CatCo.com