Living and Loving
Starr was a wonderful dog. Starr lived with Linda and Tim, and their children, Billy and Christie. Starr loved each of them, and the family was blessed to have her with them for seventeen years.
Starr began having really bad health problems. It was painful for the family to watch.
One day, as she was being bathed, Starr’s beautiful black fur began coming out in clumps.
Starr could barely move, so Tim took her to the vet. When the vet recommended putting Starr to sleep, Tim went back home to get Linda. The vet administered a shot, allowing Starr to pass peacefully in Linda’s arms in just a few seconds.
Oh, how Linda cried!
But Linda says she remembers well what happened next, “As I left the room, I went out into the lobby where a woman unsuccessfully tried to keep her dog from jumping all over me. I went down on my knees, hugging and petting that dog. I told the owner how much I needed that then. It was a beautiful experience that can still move me to tears all these years later.”
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Separated from her husband, adjusting to parenting her son alone, nervous about finances, especially now missing the support of her mother, she went for a hypnotherapy session.
“Do you have a piece of jewelry from your mom?” the therapist asked.
She told the therapist, “Strange you should ask. I have my mom’s turquoise ring, but in the recent chaos of life, I have not been able to find it.”
During the session, a memory related to the ring surfaced. She had been suffering with a ligament issue in her thumb. It was not healing. She put her mother’s ring on, and within one day, her thumb was healed. She knew the ring would show up and everything would be OK…
Later that evening, she sent a photo to the therapist, with this message, “Look what I found!”
Coming into the waiting room to see her client out of the building, she discovered a woman looking around.
“May I help you?” she inquired of the woman.
The woman responded, “I thought you had a book store here. I am looking for a book about preparing for surgery.”
“Oh, we don’t have a book store any more, but I am the one who is trained in that program. I have written an e-book called Imagine Healing.”
“I am glad to work with you,” she continued.
“It is not for me, it is for my daughter.”
Assuring the woman she would be willing to work with the daughter, the woman replied. “She does not live here. She lives in Boston.”
Her response to that? “I am flying to Boston tomorrow!”
Synchronicity was first explained by psychiatrist Carl Jung. It is the wonderful feeling of knowing you are in the right place at the right time.
Traveling to visit a friend in Florida, she missed the road and ended up on a two-track where she had a surprise encounter with a barred owl.
This visit turned out to be their last; her friend passed away before they would be together again.
Walking on the beach at home, she came upon a most unusual find: a dead barred owl. She was instantly reminded of the owl she had seen on the way to visit her friend, and she recognized this communication through nature.
