One morning last week, I noticed a ladybug perched on the outdoor intercom panel. As I leaned in for a closer look and spoke to her, she flew onto my forehead! A ladybug kiss is a blessed occurrence; I put my finger out to let her crawl onto it before she went on her merry way.
Later, I looked up from my laptop to admire the yellowing tree leaves beyond my balcony. Suddenly, a bright streak of red flew across my gaze; I sensed it was a ladybug and got up to affirm my suspicion. There crawling on the bricks was another little lady different in coloring from the one I’d seen earlier. I watched her moving around in the sun until she turned the corner disappearing from sight.
The next day, I was walking home from doing a volunteer shift for the Thanksgiving annual feast of sharing. I suddenly found myself thinking about ladybugs and when I looked up, I had wandered into a store to purchase lottery tickets. Ladybugs are a symbol of good fortune after all, maybe the two that visited me the day before would bring me some. Indeed they did! I happily cashed in my Powerball ticket the next morning collecting $4.00; regardless of the size of the prize, I was (and am) a winner each and every day in more ways than one. You are too, so...
keep your peepers open!
ps…Ladybugs also symbolize living life without boundaries. As a highly creative person, I subscribe to that line of thinking which in part may have prompted me to create my own picture rather than selecting one of my photographs to post. Using watercolor pens is so non-restrictive for me. I experienced as much delight in making each stroke of color not quite knowing if it would bleed into the paper or other colors as I felt when the real thing landed on my face.
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