COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL November 30, 2016
Bark Park Miracle!
O
ne dark and stormy night,
after I had walked miles
back and forth at Vancouver’s
Ambleside dog park, into two
nursing homes, through seven
stores (and their busy park-
ing lots) and from my friend’s
on Hope Street, (yes, the real
name!) I walked to a restaurant.
At the restaurant, I discovered
that my 20-year-old “pet” neck-
lace, a gemstone pendant had
fallen off somewhere between 9
a.m. and 7 p.m., making fi nding
the treasure a challenge. Trust-
ing a stranger to return it was
based on hope and a miracle.
Often when bad things hap-
pen, they herald in good things.
Waiting patiently to see, “What
God has up Her/His sleeve” is
the diffi cult part. I remained un-
usually calm, in this zen zone.
Even my girlfriend, Atira, was
surprised at my reaction over
the irreplaceable piece.
When I bought the pendant
from its designer, Shankari, Ati-
ra said, “This piece is blessed by
the Angels for you.” That night
she added, “Don’t see it as lost.
Nothing is lost to God.”
It oddly felt that after the
necklace’s unexpected “mystery
vacation” it would return carry-
ing an amazing story in its tiny
suitcase. Boy, was I right!
With the necklace’s current
“invisible status”, it was up to
me to generate its ticket home.
The police, located at the dog
park’s entrance, were notifi ed.
The “lost” was post on Craig-
slist and the “Angels and Mira-
cles Global Prayer Team”, lime
green “LOST” signs were cre-
ated, and all the establishments
where it might paws-ibly be
hiding were contacted.
Early the next morning I re-
turned to the bark park to post
the lost notices. I had a hope-
ful heart because hundreds of
caring people and their canines
walk the busy Canadian beach.
Positioned at opposite ends
of the park are 4’ x 8’ bulletin
boards with pet notices on both
sides of each board.
As I raised my hand to tack in
the fi rst LOST sign, it was “gen-
tly guided” past rain-soaked no-
tices to the far side of the board.
My hand stopped next to an old
bent rusty nail. I gasped unbe-
lieving in shock and awe!
The sparkling pendant was
hanging on it! I reached for the
“found” treasure and cradled
it in my hand. Then, in a mo-
ment of gratitude, I thanked the
Angels and all those who had
prayed for its safe return.
I had forgotten my cell phone,
making it im-paws-ible to share
the fabulous news with family
and friends. I was going to ex-
plode with excitement if I did
not share the incredible story
about hundreds of honest dog
walkers’ integrity with another
purr-son, so I walked off the
beach over to a woman texting
in her car.
I tapped on her car’s window
and opened my hand, reveal-
ing the bejeweled pendant. She
gasped and jumped from her car
exclaiming, “I am the one who
put it on the bulletin board,”
Insert --- spooky music --- “at
11:30 a.m. yesterday! — hours
after I left the park!
There are a skazillion and
four people in the world! What
are the odds of walking up to the
‘fi nder’?
When Cathrine and her walk-
ing buddy, Lisa, discovered the
pendant in the sand, Cathrine
recognized that it was crafted
from the designer, Shankari,
that she admires. www.Shan-
kari.com
“Lisa questioned me about
leaving the pendant on the
nail,” said Cathrine, “but I re-
sponded that ‘I would not want
that thief’s karma’! I felt that it
would be ‘safe’ for its owner to
fi nd.”
It was a miracle fi nding the
pendant, but other synchronici-
ties are just as baffl ing.
First, I am barely awake at
7:30 a.m. and certainly not out
walking or looking for two mir-
acles before 8 a.m.:
1. The pendant and
2. The person to thank for lo-
cating it.
And how had Cathrine found
the pendant nestled in the sand,
and how had it survived on that
rusty nail, in plain sight, for 20
hours in front of hundreds of
people and myriad keen eyed-
shiny-seeking crows nestled
in the trees?! Answer: Honest
people and protected by prayer
and angels!
Cathrine felt the same way,
“My dog, Lucy, and I’m NEV-
ER at the park that early! Ser-
endipity certainly was at play!
First, yesterday, to fi nd the
Congratulations
missing jewelry, then to Mary
Ellen’s and my unexpected en-
counter today.”
She never thought it paws-
ible to be thanked or hugged for
fi nding the pendant, since she
anonymously placed it on the
rusty nail.
This experience illustrates
the power of positive thinking,
that what you put out comes
back, and some times you can’t
sit around waiting for a miracle
- you have to help make things
happen.
It is amazing how, when we let
God play out a situation, the re-
sults are far better than anything
we could have planned, hoped,
or imagined. This precious
necklace is indeed Blessed by
the Angels and I wear it know-
ing this.
Note:
The next day, I was at the
beach again and saw a man using
a metal detector “treasure hunt-
ing”! If he had found the pen-
dant, he would have pocketed it
thinking, “Today is a good day!”
Thank goodness Cathrine found
7A
photo by Mr. Angel Scribe
Mary Ellen’s “pet” necklace went missing at the dog
park. How it found it’s way home was a miracle! Most
readers would enjoy seeing my “purr-ecious” jewel,
Whyspurr, more than a necklace, so here she is!
the pendant fi rst!
Video
This crow stole the shiny
knife from a crime scene!
https://www.thedodo.com/
canuck-rescued-crow-canada-
1822831628.html
Tips
Patty, an “Angels and Mira-
cles Global Prayer Team” mem-
ber wrote, “St. Anthony works
wonders in fi nding things. Say
his prayer: Dear St. Anthony,
Please come down, something
is lost and can’t be found.”
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