grandma hawk
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My mother passed away in 1999 when my younger child was one and during the mourning period, while friends and relatives were at my house, I took my son outside on my shoulders. Within two minutes a hawk came over and circled approximately 15 feet over our heads. I'd seen hawks in the neighborhood before, but never so close. I said, out loud, "that's grandma Edie hawk," because as children my brother and I often said our mother watched us like a hawk. Fast forward to exactly one year later at the cemetery. I was sitting alone at my mother's footstone when a hawk came by and circled about fifteen feet above. No hawk has gotten that close since.
Date submitted:Tue, 23 Feb 2016 19:51:26 +0000Coincidence ID:8407
