ladybugs...

So those of you who know grandma Lem (yes.. most of you..) you'll remember when she used to do her nightly or weekly Valley calls informing everyone what channel Billy Grahm would be on, or if bananas were on sale at Chanatry's, you know.. the important stuff in life.  She'd get her Genny Cream Ale and sit on her little phone table and call everyone she could think of.  One of the last messages we received was about a special on Ladybugs.  "Turn it to channel 29, everything you ever wanted to know about Ladybugs is on.."  something like that..  Well at her funeral on Halloween, there were ladybugs EVERYWHERE, like they were paying their respects... and time after time when we're looking for guidance, a ladybug will appear. 

I remember sitting in my bed in White Plains several years ago crying about something stupid that I didn't know how I was going to get through... it was late January... and my mind was racing, I couldn't get a straight thought and I just knew I wasn't going to be ok... (how pathetic!!) anyways.. I was reading a self help book and something "tinked" me in the forehead.  I looked down on my book and a ladybug was crawling across the page.  It crawled to the top of the book, turned around and just sat there.... I knew it was grandma and right then all my fears melted away!!   I was completley fine.. I didn't even put another ounce of energy into my problem and it went away.. just like that.  I knew then I'd be alright.    

Other times mom has had similar experiences.. she's been cursing up a storm (not like her) and a ladybug will appear.. she know's her mom is letting her know she's listening!! 

When mom found out her white blood cells were low, she said a prayer to god asking for some sort of a sign that she'd be ok.  At the kitchen sink, she looked down at there was a ladybug on one of the dishes... just sitting there.  The reddest one she ever saw.  She knew then she'd be alright.  That same day I called her outside to show her the littlest ladybug I had ever seen, swiming around with me in the pool..  I said it must be Audrey! 

We have found several ladybug items in the gift store here, so I bought all of them... she has a few magnets sprinkled around the room and a four leaf clover with a ladybug on it by her bed. 

Last night Jazzy and Mary went to the house to visit dad.  When they left, he went in to start the laundry..(you read right... we are proud of you dad!)..... and there on his shoulder was a ladybug.  He knew then mom would be alright.   

my point... keep your eyes open.  You will probably have a similar experience now.. so don't suck them up in the vacuum!!!  THEY ARE OUR FRIENDS!!!  sorry.. i'm not yelling at you..

love.