Back in the spring of 2015 I bought a
solar decoration for the front of the house. It was a dog, it was
blue and it had a motion sensor and it would bark when someone came
to the door. I bought it thinking of Colin. We had it by the
front door for maybe two years. It stopped barking somewhere along
the line. I didn't put it out the next spring so it sat in the back
room for a long time. When I was working on the front garden this
spring I decided to put it in the garden to give the garden a little
whimsy.
August is SMA Awareness month and the
second Saturday of the month is the International Candle Lighting
which honors SMA Angels and Warriors. This year we thought it would
be fun to set up the candle lighting outside in the garden. Nurse
Julie and I set up a display of different candle holders and a couple
of Cure SMA signs. When it got to be sundown, we brought Casey out
and lit all the candles. I took a bunch of pictures from different
angles with Casey in the picture and with just the candle display.
Gene, Julie, Casey and I were all
standing by the display when out of the blue we heard, “Arf, arf.
Arf, arf.” WAIT! It was the blue dog which HASN'T barked in
years! I immediately thought of Colin sending us a sign. I'm sure it
was him. No one had been anywhere near the dog to set off the
sensor, and it seriously hadn't barked in years. It happened a
couple of times and I tried to catch it on video but I was never
quick enough. But, Gene, Julie, Casey and I heard it. It gives me
chills when I think about it.
PS I just went outside and took this close up picture. No barking. I think Colin responded to all of us being there together AND the light and the love from the SMA community lighting their candles...
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