I’ve been waiting a looonnggg time to write this post. This is a story about signs and manifestation. A true testament of trust in the universe. Even as I start to tell this story, I’m in awe of the miracle of it. And oh so grateful. It’s a long story, so I’ll break it up into pieces.
Let’s start now at the beginning…
Last summer I started having a sudden and then persistent feeling that we should move closer to my husband’s side of the family. The more I thought about it, the more right the idea felt. But my husband and I had had the conversation multiple times. And every time we had decided that it just didn’t make sense. We had put that conversation to bed. We were staying put in the home we love. Our forever home. And yet, now I couldn’t shake the feeling that we needed to at least revisit the conversation. So I asked for a sign. What else would I do? 😊
This time I asked for a bulldog. It’s my husband’s sign (like my 🦅), so it seemed fitting to have that be the sign that would determine whether we move closer to his family.
I asked, and then waited. The very next morning there was a sticker in my daughter’s sticker book that looked a lot like a bulldog, but I couldn’t be sure. So I asked for another one to confirm the sign. I waited. And waited. I was constantly looking for bulldogs everywhere I went. Nothing. For two weeks I scoured my life for any sign of a bulldog, but none appeared.
They say that the lack of a sign is also a sign. And so I was beginning doubt myself. But I couldn’t shake the feeling that a move was on our horizon. What should I do? Trust my gut or trust the lack of my sign from the Universe? Talk about an impossible choice!
Luckily I didn’t have to make it because the Universe delivered. This is where the story gets good. So two whole weeks later my in laws came for a visit, and my father in law showed up with a BULLDOG on his hat! I was giddy. And I knew instantly that not only did we need to have a conversation about moving, but we were going to move.
You see, what I now know is that the Universe knows me- probably better than I know myself. It gave me my sign immediately. And could have given me 25 more signs that I would have questioned because of the magnitude of the topic.
My sign needed to have meaning. And putting that bulldog on my father in law’s hat sealed it for me. There could be no questioning that sign. It was clearly a bulldog (I even went so far as to ask him if it was a bulldog, just to be certain). And it was being worn by the very person my sign was about. That’s no coincidence.
So spoiler alert… we’re moving!
More to come soon on that topic. But have you ever received signs that you questioned? Or didn’t even realize was a sign until later? They are all around us, and it’s incredible.