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        <title>Why the Dragonfly?</title>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2020 14:58:50 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The story behind the dragonfly started when my finance and I were having our first morning coffee together in the state of Michigan where he resides.&nbsp; For me, that was my first morning coffee in Michigan...you see we had been having a long distance relationship with me in Oregon and him in Michigan, got engaged in San Francisco, and we actually met in Paris...but that is a whole other story for another time.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As we sat there holding hands and taking in the beautiful reality that we were actually together and were going to wed in just seven days, a black and white dragonfly flew between us and landed on the bush by our feet.&nbsp; We commented on how cool it looked, but as it stayed there for approximately 10 or minutes, I truly felt it was as a message.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br /></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I asked Doug if he knew what the dragonfly symbolized.&nbsp; Doug had his phone and did a search and most all of the information shared that the dragonfly symbolizes change, ability and transformation, specifically change in perspective and a shift toward self realization.&nbsp; The spiritual meaning is a message that you are on the right path and you should continue what you are doing because positive transformation and opportunity is coming.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br /></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hearing all this made this seemingly simple experience such a profound metaphor for everything I was experiencing in my life at that moment.&nbsp; Never had so many wonderful, even magical manifestations taken place in my life at one time. Yet I knew that without the full openness of Doug and I to allow all this massive change, we would never have been engaged within less than four months of reconnecting after our meeting in Paris.</span><br /></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It was an aha moment for me because I knew the dragonfly needed to be part of my logo for<span style="color: #ca785c;"><strong> Infinite Life Possibilities</strong>.</span>&nbsp; And then, when I visualized the infinity symbols as wings...I couldn&rsquo;t wait for it to be created!!!</span></p>]]></description>
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