Wednesday, February 12, 2020

The Next Best Thing

It's no secret that I think of my mom when I find a penny. I'm not the one who coined the concept of Pennies From Heaven, but I buy into it. I also think of Mom when I see a ladybug. She harbored them in her house, which was a joking point with us, and I saw them everywhere the month after she died. My sightings have slowed down considerably, but I did have an encounter in the shower a week or two ago.

February is a special month for me. It contains my birthday, and also The Pony's birthday, during the first two weeks. I was a bit disappointed last week to find NO PENNIES at all! That only happens a few weeks a year. Saturday evening, I checked for comments on my blog post for the Saturday CENTSus, bemoaning the lack of coinage to show off for the week.

I browsed through a few other sites before going upstairs for supper. One of them was about recent primary elections. I rarely read this site, but the title caught my eye. So did the comments. There were 143 of them, as I recall. I was scrolling through, reading here and there, when I saw

A LADYBUG!

Sure, it was just an avatar. But it still counts as a ladybug! How many of those do you see every day? None for me! Until Saturday evening, February 8th. I didn't even look for the comment, just clicked on that avatar to see it bigger.


My mom's name was Dorothy. She passed away February 4, 2015. Five years ago that week.
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10 comments:

  1. Susan KaneFebruary 12, 2020 at 3:02 PM

    I almost want to mail you a penny.

    One year there was a ladybug explosion in the Midwest. We could sweep them up!

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    1. ValFebruary 12, 2020 at 11:16 PM

      I've gotten a penny in the mail several times! Taped inside some junk mail, with what I suppose was a witty proposal.

      I remember the 17-year cicada explosion. My ears are still ringing. It seems like we DID have an influx of ladybugs during the fall of 1998, 1999, or 2000. I remember my classroom during those three years, and having them on the outside of my 2nd floor windows.

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  2. Practical ParsimonyFebruary 12, 2020 at 4:30 PM

    WOW, What a coincidence with the Dorothy ladybug on your mother's birthday!

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    1. ValFebruary 12, 2020 at 11:17 PM

      I don't consider such things a coincidence, as much as a sign that I seem to be on the right path, with something putting me there at that place at the right time.

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  3. RiverFebruary 12, 2020 at 6:45 PM

    What a happy coincidence :)

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  4. Linda O'ConnellFebruary 12, 2020 at 8:39 PM

    Wink! We know it wasn't a coincidence. Just have to have your eyes open to see the gifts.

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    1. ValFebruary 12, 2020 at 11:21 PM

      Yes. Some people are tuned into that frequency, and others are not. The Pony and I seem to have it, Genius and Hick, not so much.

      When The Pony went away to college the first year, he had ladybugs crawling on his arm or leg before a special scholar award ceremony, and before a big test. He also saw one inside the lounge where he was studying.

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  5. Out My windowFebruary 13, 2020 at 4:20 PM

    Well you did alright this week so that makes up for last week.

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