I’ve had really impactful encounters with animals at significant moments of my life - a silver fox on the anniversary of my grandma’s passing (snapped a photo that I’ll attach), a death witch moth on my first trip home in many years, several snapping turtle hatchlings on a day that I had quit a job that was slowly killing me, a mountain lion during summer 2020 when multiply tragedies were happening at once. There are also animals that I see repeatedly on walks that have become meaningful symbols to me- herons, water snakes, hawks, and coyotes especially. I love animals, even the scary ones, and I’m a big believer that they have a lot to teach us
