I’m going to tell you the story of something that keeps coming back. It’s definitely bigger than a black butterfly, probably about the size of a chicken, and is a 100% reminder of my father, who passed about 10 years ago.
When my father passed, he lost a lot of body functions. The ability to walk, and other things that go with aging. So when he passed, it probably — certainly was for the better. So after we had my father’s funeral and got done writing all the little thank you cards.
We decided to go to the restaurant where we ate the last time with him. We all got in the car and lo and behold, what runs across the road in a spot where this particular bird is never, because there’s so much traffic and there’s definitely not open fields. It was a pheasant! We all said the same thing at the same time, we were so excited because that pheasant ran across the road. And, we knew that was my dad saying, “Hey! I’m okay! Look at me, I can run now,” because my dad was always associated with pheasants. And years ago, he used to hunt pheasants with his buddies and there’s pictures of him and his buddies hunting pheasants. And he had them mounted on the wall and everything. Really enjoyed the pheasant. You don’t see them around very much anymore.
So, my son gets married and that was not the best thing in the world because we had to watch him get married across the country via computer because of covid. His thoughtful wife wanted to make sure that my dad was part of it. So in her wedding bouquet, which was around — on Halloween, she made sure that there were pheasant feathers in her bouquet.