Do Boomers and Empty Nesters believe in SIGNS?

Sunday I lived my fun day of driving down Malibu Canyon in Los Angeles, alone, to walk the beach. I get there as often as I can which is an advantage to being an empty nester. No soccer practice or birthday parties!

The road was pretty empty at nine am. It was a warm and clear day when unexpectedly a white speckled deer leaped in front of my car.

I looked in my rear view mirror window and pointed, mouthing, “Did you see that?” to the car behind me. The deer was light, silent, and huge. Deer and I were fine.

Then I started crying. I thought about how this beautiful deer was in her neighborhood simply crossing the road and could have lost her life. I was in awe to see “nature” like this in Los Angeles. I miss being in nature.

That evening I googled deer totem animal and read something like this:

Alert and perceptive, loving, accepts people as they are, compassionate, in balance. I had seen a herd of white deer when I was alone walking before sunset in Northern California.

With the New Year, I decided this was a “sign” of my new totem animal for 2010. I also know deer can buck and be ferocious.

One “sign” I got from this experience was wonderment. I decided to look back in 2009 at times I felt wonderment. In 2010 I will honor wonderment. I see it in the photography I shoot and in people. Beauty is top on my life list. I feel refreshed and invigorated with beauty.

Years ago, I chose the giraffe as my animal that I would want to be. Now it would be deer. What animal would you choose to be? Do you believe in “signs?”

Wishing you moments of Wonderment in 2010.

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