“Where’s Mom?” – Photo – L. Weikel
Karl’s Here!
Oh, how I wish I could hear those words again (pertaining to my Karl Daniel). You know – how we excitedly call out to alert the household when someone we’ve been waiting for finally pulls in the driveway or arrives at the door.
Given that it’s past midnight and thus technically August 13th, it’s officially Karl’s birthday.
Consequently, he’s been on my mind maybe a smidge more than usual? I don’t know. That’s hard to gauge.
This weekend, though, his presence was obvious. Both full days of the Listening Retreat (Saturday and Sunday), my Medicine Card ‘picks’ for the day had Raccoon underneath. And Raccoon, in our household, is associated with Karl. So I took that to mean that Karl was holding space for me, holding and supporting me, as I supported my “Listeners.”
I also had some encounters with him in two different journeys, too. I should probably mention here that this is extremely uncommon. In fact, I’m not sure I’ve ever met with him in journeys ever before…
So imagine my delight, as my lovely hosts and I settled in for the evening, when we discovered these absolutely bold but adorable bandits raiding the birdfeeders?!? The three little ones busily munching the birdseed on the ground, suddenly realizing Mom is nowhere to be found…
“There she is!” (oomph) – Photo – L. Weikel
But wait! What?!? She’s up the pole, guzzling hummingbird nectar, sloppily slurping her precious libations and hoarding them to herself.
Of course, I can’t help but know Karl is here.
“We want some!” Photo – L. Weikel
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