A Premonition

It was the Spring of 1958 when "Nel blu dipinto di blu" won the San Remo Music Festival In Italy. Few Americans had ever heard of the Festival. In August of that year, the song reached America. It was number one on the music charts for five weeks. It's the only foreign language song ever that won a Grammy. It was known to all as "Volare".
I was thirteen years old in 1958 and about the only thing I knew about Italy was that it was shaped like a boot.
One day my Dad came home with a 45 record in his hand. I had two brothers and two sisters, but he gave the record to me. He didn't understand what it was about, but he thought it was funny. Up to that time, I don't think I had even heard the song.
We played it again and again.
I have heard about how a single happenstance can change someone's life.
Over the next 11 years of my life, I had about a dozen happenstances that ended up with my being in Italy, meeting an Italian girl, and getting married. My Dad had given the Italian record to me. I still have it.