Bunny Crossing

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Yesterday morning I was on a walk with my 1 year old lab mix, Mocha, in our residential setting. As we approached a house that had bushes lining the curb (no sidewalk) I heard a high pitched screeching sound and saw a cat drop a baby bunny that bounced off the curb onto the street. The baby bunny froze, Mocha was curious and went into a pointing position, the cat was hunched with fur standing on its back while a hissing sound began flowing from its lips, and I stood there perplexed. Well, what does one do? I, the social worker, could not let the cat kill the bunny in front of me. Yet, knowing that a hissing cat and a gangly 1 year old dog are not a good combination I ran through my "fight, flight, or freeze" options. In the 30 seconds it seemed I had to make a decision, the noise of a car coming down the street toward us broke my stream of thought. Mocha and I slowly backed away, keeping an eye on the situation, toward the other side of the street. After seeing this big white metal object come its way, the bunny scurried into the bushes, the cat backed away from the side of the street, and I smiled. After the car passed and I realized the bunny had made an escape Mocha and I continued on our walk.

Fast forward to yesterday evening (the same day as the morning bunny crossing incident) into my backyard. Mocha bounded out the back door, as she always does, and completed her foot and nose surveillance of the backyard making sure taunting squirrels weren't in her yard or up the tree. The 7 year old, sight impaired, doxie followed her usual route out the door toward the back of the yard. The perimeter is secured and the doxie is sniffing to find a place to do what she does. Suddenly, Mocha's keen sense of sound caused her to leap toward the back fence into the tall grass (that once looked nice and is now matted). The blind dog hearing the ruckus started waddling toward the noise. Flushed out comes a baby bunny running toward the blind dog (who does not see it coming), bounces off the blind dog as it makes a turn back toward the grass realizing it was trapped. Me, again, could not let the dogs kill the bunny. I calmly, not really, scream at Mocha to get inside. Trying to wrangle her in proved quite daunting, yet I somehow achieve success before the bunny was captured. I get the blind dog back into the house without her knowing what "hit her." I go back outside to check out the situation and said baby bunny is no where to be found so I sigh a breath of relief and head back into the house.

Upon reflection of having two baby bunnies cross my path in one day, I research the sign of the rabbit. Rabbit = fear. Of course, I thought, they are always on the run and in fear of other creatures. However, further reading about the sign of the rabbit suggested I look at what I am fearful of to have two rabbits cross my path in one day.

Life Lesson:
So, as I ponder, I ask you to reflect as well. What is it that keeps us running? What are we running toward and from? Is there fear? If so, what are we doing to contribute to and alleviate it? As I bring this first blog post to a close, I will share that I am planning on completing a holistic review of my current life situations, relationships, and experiences in the coming days and suggest you do the same. Be open to the ways that answers will come, and be diligent in your handling and implementation of the information received.

Create joy in this day,
Lisa