03/05/2026
THANK YOU so much to everyone who wished me a Happy Birthday! I truly feel so blessed for every call, text, and post. This is going to be a long read on what will likely feel like a ride on my crazy train but something I feel compelled to share. 🤪💜 I was feeling a bit down yesterday with my Dad’s recent passing & realizing it was going to be the first time in 54 years that he was not here to wish me a Happy Birthday. 😢 Several years ago I read the books “The Secret Things of God” which is the Christian based version of the book “The Secret.” These books are basically about connecting with God’s energy to bring goodness & signs of God’s presence into your life. There’s an example of praying for tangible signs that God is with you like seeing a feather or something you visualize & focus on. I know it sounds a bit woo-woo but people who know me know that I’m a bit crazy & I own that. 😉 In 2021 Todd was hospitalized for a month due to MS complications & it was one of the worst seasons of our lives. COVID restrictions were in place, our girls were young & could not visit & were staying with grandparents & friends. I had quit my job to be Todd’s full-time caregiver because insurance pays nothing for caregivers & I was building my coaching biz between doctor visits, therapy, insurance fights, etc. I had a matter of days to make our house wheelchair accessible & finally accept that Todd would no longer be able to walk & was limited to reduced function in only one limb. I prayed that God would send me a feather as a sign that we were going to figure out how to navigate life with a profound disability. When insurance kicked Todd out of the rehab hospital we didn’t even know if the ramp I purchased or the wheelchair would fit into our door as we were driving home. Several weeks had gone by since I asked God for the “feather sign” & honestly I had forgotten about it because it seemed crazy. When we pulled into our driveway & I opened the wheelchair ramp from our van, there sat the most beautiful, enormous feather. I was amazed, but as days past I chalked it up to a happy coincidence. After all, birds lose feathers all the time. As life became more challenging I started asking God to send me something that seemed impossible: purple feathers. As far as I knew, purple feathers did not exist in our area. Ever since then, I have collected dozens of purple feathers that just appear when I’m out walking the dogs. I also see birds with purple feathers all the time & it always makes me smile. I believe these are actually blue birds but there are many blue birds that have color variations in their feathers that are purple, especially as they spread their wings & you can see the under part of their wings. These 3 purple feathers appeared yesterday on my walk & I feel certain it was my Dad sending me his first Happy Birthday wish from Heaven. I hope you find a miracle in today too & your sign that everything is going to be ok. I believe. 💜💜💜
