{"id":725,"date":"2015-01-05T07:53:21","date_gmt":"2015-01-05T12:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robinbotie.com\/blog\/?p=725"},"modified":"2015-01-05T16:41:59","modified_gmt":"2015-01-05T21:41:59","slug":"signs-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robinbotie.com\/blog\/signs-side\/","title":{"rendered":"Signs from the Other Side"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Signs<\/a>A big fat raccoon stood peering into my dining room from the other side of the sliding glass door. My inherited dog<\/a> scrabbled at the door, yelping. For a second I froze in fear. Big. Too close. Rabies. Sharp teeth. Claws that could scrape my flesh.<\/p>\n

The dog raked her nails on the glass. I banged my palms and howled alongside her.<\/p>\n

The raccoon hardly budged. The dog and I continued to shriek at it. But the coon just stood there with paws begging limply before her. She stayed, looking at us a little too long, looking more hurt than scared by all the carrying on.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t until I got out my camera that the raccoon retreated to a corner of the deck. There she sat, watching us. Like she was expecting to be served brownies and wine.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s just too easy sometimes to wonder if the fox that trots by everyday, or the bird that flies multiple circles overhead, or the wind that drops a dollar bill by my feet isn\u2019t my daughter<\/a> who died, keeping watch over me.<\/p>\n

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Have you ever received a \u201csign\u201d from your loved one who died? Do you believe it is possible?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A big fat raccoon stood peering into my dining room from the other side of the sliding glass door. My inherited dog scrabbled at the door, yelping. For a second I froze in fear. Big. Too close. Rabies. Sharp teeth. Claws that could scrape my flesh. The dog raked her nails on the glass. I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[374],"tags":[375,376,378,379,377,382,381,380],"class_list":["post-725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-374","tag-deceased-loved-ones-watching-over-us","tag-life-after-death-experiences","tag-messages-from-those-who-have-passed","tag-presence-of-spirits","tag-signs-from-dead-loved-ones","tag-signs-from-the-other-side","tag-visits-from-heaven","tag-visits-from-the-dead"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t