Sights & Signs

Little sweetheart, walking back after my run in Riverside Park today, I saw a couple looking intently at something in the middle distance. I stopped and looked, too, and saw that it was a cardinal. 

I drew closer and saw that was quite a little one. And definitely a male because of the brighter red coloring, the female has red highlights, also, but is more muted. He was easy to miss if you weren't paying close attention. He was somewhat removed from the trail and perched in the upper branches of a slim little tree. He really liked this spot, you could tell, because he lingered there for some time. I think I stood there for a full five minutes watching him until a breeze blew through the surroundings and he decided to take flight. 

I thought about him - and you! - as I walked on. I read of late that when we see a cardinal, ancient legend has it, it means someone very dear to us who has passed on has come to visit us. That's why I didn't want to go until he decided he would flutter away. I knew it was you reaching out to me with love and protection.

I was thinking of all this during the long walk back and then when I was stopped waiting for the light to change not far from home, I saw the time - 4:44pm. That's meant to be a time, if you notice it, that your guardian angel is hovering most near you. 

Little sweetheart, the weather which has been so fine these last wonderful days, is meant to turn again. The days are getting shorter and darker earlier. But today I know you were with me. 

Thank you, my angel. I'm listening. With all my love forever.