Metamorphosis...

A sign? An omen? A "God breeze," as one Facebook friend suggested? I don't know if it's any of these things, but this butterfly certainly made my night last night. The doorbell rang around 9 p.m., and, when I answered it, this beauty was fluttering around under one of our Adirondack chairs. As I took the manila folder full of medical forms my son's Boy Scout leader was dropping off for our weekend camping trip, the butterfly flew out from under the chair and landed smack dab in the middle of the folder I was holding.

I was thrilled, calling for the kids to come look before it flew away. No worries there. It flew right into the entry way of our house and landed on the slate floor. Olivia gently picked it up, which is when I snapped that picture above. We brought it outside but it didn't want to leave. We had to pry it -- ever so softly -- off Olivia's hand and back onto the arm of the Adirondack chair.

I have to admit that it's hard not to think of this little God moment as a good sign. I've never had a butterfly land on me, much less fly into my house. And at this time in my life, when so much is changing and expanding and challenging me, it feels like a very good omen. "Metamorphosis," as another Facebook fan wrote.