Small Moments

So much of our lives are made up of the smallest of moments, like waiting in front of the school for your ride to arrive. When my son was in Montessori I got to pick him up. I would often hang out for over an hour drinking in what it was like in his other world. Now that he is in public school, I am rarely afforded the chance to pick him up, but was recently delighted to do so. On our way home the oddest thing happened... I drove casually passed the newly renovated farm & farm house before having to abruptly hit the breaks. A wild turkey flew across our path at windshield height to my van. We surely would have made contact if I hadn't slowed. Hawks give me a sense of protection when they cross my path. Crows give me another worldly, sometimes foreboding connection to my past, & vultures or buzzards make me chuckle...I don't know how I feel about a turkey crossing my path, but it was surely a moment to remember!