When my Dad left us, we tried to determine what the heck to do...We decided to have a celebration of his life at the HMB Inn...Well because it made perfect sense. I dont know how many showed up..but it was well over 250 maybe 300 people....The American Legion insisted on giving him a 21 gun salute...We had it all approved by the City of Half Moon Bay...Due to the fact, we didnt want to get arrested during the salute. We all poured out to Mill Street, in front of the HMB Inn...We had the salute...and at the end of it...This hawk...circled so very slowly above each and every person there...All three hundred of us looked up...and bid our farewell to The Hawk...(Well except for Cowboy Bill who will forever curse that he missed this happening, due to someone randomly distracting him)...It was completely, I mean completely silent when the Hawk circled around us all.....Except my Sister Susie who articulated back to the Hawk...Goodbye...We love you....The Hawk then shooted off in the air straight North towards the American Legion in Princeton to say his last goodbyes....No bullshit, that is exactly what happened that day...everyone there (minus Bill) would attest to it.... Since then I have seen hawks a few times...Once early, 6am in the morning...Frank, Katie, Vince, and I were all walking in the house right by our sliding glass door...We all stopped because a hawk was coming screamingly fast towards us...Right before he crashed into the sliding glassdoor..his talons shot up into the sky...to stop himself..then he veered to the left and flew out of it...We all thought oh my gosh...what rookie flyer...are you kiddin me...just screetch next time...well all come outside...for crying out loud... The other significant time, was one of those times...when one person was telling you something...another person was telling you the opposite...your job was to figure out what was right...both wanted you to figure out what do and how to go forward...But, a mistake on my part would have destroyed what we all had together...I thought and I thought and I thought...Then I drove to Franks Mom and Johns house....This hawk circled my car...Literally diving at my car...Frank for some reason was following me in his car...We parked, he jumped out and said ...oh my gosh did you SEE THAT?!...Ah ya...I said well I have my answer...damn it...I know what to do...I went with my gut, I went with what was right...I did not make a zany decision...and you know it all worked out right...... That Hawk......
Posted on: Sat, 07 Jun 2014 04:34:29 +0000
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