Why I Got a Feather Tattoo

It was a normal Saturday. Rick, my life time partner, and I were going to visit my son Brandon, who lives North of us. It is about a forty five minutes, to an hour drive, to get to where he lives. We were taking Rick's truck so that we could take some tools. Brandon's car was broken down and Rick was going to help him work on it.

I was hoisting myself up into the passenger seat, before I slid into the seat, I looked down and on the seat was a pretty, small, down feather. It was the soft brown and beige and off white colors. I picked the feather up, and had a good look at it. I then began to wonder where this feather came from. I started looking all around the truck looking for a jacket or something that may have been filled with down feathers. I wanted to know where that feather came from. I could not find anything. Rick got into the drivers seat. I said " Rick what is this?" as I held out the feather for him to view.
He replied, " A feather."
"Well, yeah but where did it come from?"
He just shrugged his shoulders. He did not know. So I shrugged, and put the feather in his console. In his truck.

This was not the last time I would see this feather.

I need to back track a bit. A few weeks before, Rick and I came to a cross road in our relationship. Our relationship was either going to continue, or it was going to end. I was leaning towards ending it. I made arrangements to rent a room from a friend. I had a job lined up. I just needed to express my feelings to Rick, but could not bring myself to voice my concerns. I did not have to. Rick came to me. He told me he could tell I was not happy. I agreed and told him I was preparing to go. He just told me to do it fast and quick. So the relief came, but when he asked when I would begin to move out, and I told him I could start the next day. He broke down, He wanted me to wait at least two weeks. "Think about it." he said, and he held me telling he how he could not believe he had lost me. It was heart wrenching. I did not have to physically slap him to wake him up, he did that himself. He began to see the reality of the situation. So I told him I would wait 2 weeks.

As the weeks went on, I began to feel that Rick and I had taken a turn in our relationship. I felt it deep inside. We had turned a corner and we "reconnected" again. I began to "know" that I had made the right decision to stay in our relationship. I just "knew" it.

Then the feather.

It is now Monday. The date is 2/7/2011. I am driving to work. My heart is full of deep gratitude for my experiences. I am feeling an immense calming feeling and a "knowing", that what I chose; staying in this relationship, was the most right thing for me. I fully trusted it.
I pulled into my place of employment's parking lot, and parked my Ford Mustang. I bent over to grab my bag and purse off the passenger seat, and that is when I saw it. It was the same feather, from Ricks truck, it was floating down and it landed softly on the passenger seat. I was stunned. I thought to myself, " Now how in the hell did that feather get into MY car? That feather was in RICKS truck on Saturday!"
That is when I heard "the message". This "message", started just two days before. It was a confirmation to me that I was choosing something that was going to be the right thing for me. Rick is the person I am to continue to share my life with. Rick is my lifetime partner and I can honestly say that the universe spoke to me, ever so softly and ever so lightly. I was spoken to by the universe, and I heard it, and it was all because of a little down feather.

When I look in the mirror everyday I see that feather tattooed over my heart with the date of when this "message" for me was received. I rejoice again in life and how wonderful it is. How lucky I am to have these moments and to really "KNOW" that there is a purpose to all we "do"/choose, and with all we are "being". When we are true to ourselves, awareness becomes more prevalent and the things that we experience become impacting.
They become eternal.
They are lasting.

That is why I got a feather tattoo.