It's a Small World Afterall

My family is a family of readers. We are always reading something new and we often share bits of what we read. Last year, my mom read this book called Holy Land, Whose Land? by Dorothy Drummond. The book doesn't attempt to answer the question posed in the title. Rather, it is a history of the peoples inhabiting the Holy Land. She said that the maps were excellent and when we decided to travel to the Middle East, she kept looking for the book. Well, I found it and bought it for her for Easter this year.
I'm home for Mother's Day this weekend, and today I picked up the book to begin reading it. At the front were many reviews, and right away I noticed that several were from Indiana State, Indiana University, and the Indianapolis Star. I thought that was a little odd. Then, I noticed that it was published in Terre Haute, Indiana. Very random. Well, it turns out the author lives in Terre Haute! It's such a small world, as I live only an hour and a half away from Terre Haute. The author is scheduled to be in Indy this month and I hope that I can hear her speak somewhere before we leave for Jordan. She is mostly widely recognized as being neutral (as much as one can be) regarding the politics of the area. Her first visit to Israel and Jordan was in 1958 and she's been back many times since.
This makes me think of a billboard that I pass on my way to my childhood home-
"It's a small world. I know. I made it"
God