editorials: owls

About the owls on my Facebook page: Tabby, my daughter, who just recently passed away, always commented when ever she saw an owl that it reminded her of my mother who had collected them. When Tabby died I had wondered who had come to escort her to heaven. I believe family are present when we pass. The gospels mention angels escorting the beggar Lazarus to Abraham's bosom, angels can be translated messenger, hence family qualifies.

When I went to get a guest book for her funeral I picked any old book off the shelf but then...I saw a book covered with owls, so guess which one I got? Next I went to get thank you notes, and guess again, owl thank you notes. My son, who was with me, noticed some key chains...yea, owls. Of course I bought two, one for each of us. a total of three owl sightings. I conjectured from these "heavenly" omens that God answered my question about at least one option who had been on pick up service for Tabby's soul. My mom.

Later when I went through Tabby's things I found a glass statue she had salvaged from her absolutely chaotic move out of my son's house that I had bought for my mother many years ago. You're right an owl. It sits on display in my computer room now, across from Tabby's "Lady" candle holders, that she was so proud of and had been on her dresser.

During the day whenever I get lonely and sad I ask God to let Tabby know I'm thinking of her and guess what?.....I'll see someone with a IPhone cover that has a .....yep, an owl on it! Ain't God good?

Well yesterday I went to Cracker Barrel and there was a display of Owl cups, plates and such. I walked away from it thinking that was too much for me today, I didn't want to get all emotional in public. Around the corner were some more owls on children's clothes. Walked away. Owl stuffed animal. Walked away. I went to the Thanksgiving display surmising that would be safe. Wrong. Who ever associated Owls with Thanksgiving?? Well someone at Cracker Barrel did because there were pilgrim owls ready for feast day! I gave up looking for a safe owl free place in the store so went in to the dining area to eat, averting my eyes from the walls to avoid any owl signage! But by now my mind was filled with owls. There's a lot of room in my head for owls and other trivial stuff.

So...I got out my IPhone and found some owls on Google and whalla, owl's are now on my Facebook cover and profile picture. And my phone lock page and open screen...and imprinted forever on my heart as my mother and daughter's memory triggers, God's wink, to remind me they are waiting for me ...along with my Dad and his dragonfly triggers, but that is another story altogether.

luke 16:22