signs

I'm not completely sure what happens  after we die. A Near Death Experience i had in the early 2000's  brought spirituality into my life and made me a believer in some sort of afterlife, but i constantly doubt my experience. and even if i were confident in what i experienced, i only went so far, so i have no idea how an afterlife would work. i say all this because today something happened that was either a weird coincidence, a sign from a spirit animal, or neither; it was jsut life.


driving down I-5 i spaced out, staring into the surrounding valley and daydreaming about beautiful days just like this one that i spent with my deceased dog, sepie. i was remembering our days spent at the park, throwing the ball and sitting in the grass. i was remembering how happy that made her, and that you could almost see a smile on her face as she looked up into the warm, sunny sky. suddenly i snapped out of it and noticed the car in front of me. it had a license plate that read "SEP". that was one of the nicknames we had for sepie.

even if this meant nothing or came from nowhere , part of me needs to believe it was her sending me a sign. i want to believe she was acknowledging my memories. i want to think she was saying hello to me.

some people cant understand how a dog could mean so much to a person. but sepie meant everything to me and her death 5 years ago was crushing. i miss her every day. so coincidence or not, i dont care. im taking it as a sign.