March 14/15, 2008

For some odd reason Chris informed me at 10:30pm that he was hungry. To make that part of the story short, we ended up at a diner in town with his Mom and Norm. That was a strange and different experience for us, since we are usually asleep at that time of night.

When we got back to Vickey and Norms, I heard an owl when I got out of the van. After they went inside and I was near my car I decided to try to call it and see if it would answer back. So I did…and right away it called back, along with a few more down near the creek. Hearing an owl answer your call is just a very spiritually connecting experience.

When we got home and Cletus hyperly followed his Daddy into the house, I decided to try it here in the backyard. So I headed out under the Oaks and made my call. There was nothing at first. I called again and still nothing. On the third call I saw the dark shadow in the sky, silently passing my the sweetgum tree and landing near the pond. Withing seconds of landing….I heard the call back. One more call and I got another one back.

I had took up enough of the Owls time for the night so I left it alone and came back inside….after whispering a thank you to the breeze.