Great story, thanks for sharing.
I take those little things as signs and have learned that if I ignore them things don't work out as well as I'd hoped. But if I do what I think those coincidences are leading me to do, things always work out better, so I try to live my life that way. I wrote something similar, but with a narrower focus, about how many the universe/God/Higher Power, or whatever term one uses, being a mirror that helps people improve their lives, if they just pay attention to what they may be being led to do to improve their lives.