Trusting Your Gut

Author's Note:  This essay has two stories full of people that I know especially family who have trusted there gut, and me two. I wasn't really sure how to connect to this book but I knew it had some kind of meaning and I tried to put it out there. If you can, try and leave a comment for me so I can edit it in the end.

A thriller of mystery with a twist of relationship is a great route to go with a book like A Little Less Girl by Tess Oliver. When Dani and her mother come to live in a little town once where her cousin Amy and Grandma lived. Her cousin Amy supposedly killed herself due to hurtful words from the mouth of her prince charming Jake West. Dani is so upset about what Jake did to Amy, but that is just the beginning. Dani is so sure that Amy didn’t kill herself it’s unlike her to do that; she was a very humorous and bubbly person. In the end it turns out that she didn’t kill herself it was all a mistake. Trusting your gut is good to do in important times, especially if the facts are all laid out for you.

When I was about 5 years old my parents my brother Owen and I went to the Wisconsin State fair. It was getting dark out and I was following my parents to the ride area. I was really excited to get on one of the big kid rides because I was tall enough back then. I guess I fell behind because I was looking at something (I don’t really remember), when I turned around thinking that my dad was behind me. But he wasn’t I started to freak out! I wasn’t sure what to do. For some odd reason my gut was telling me that I need to stay right where I am, I knew my parents were going to figure out that I was gone and would come looking for me. I was right my parents did notice and came for me. The whole time I did not cry or feel any emotions, I just trusted my gut. I bet a hand full of other people have had this happen to them, as well.

Like my mom, my mom was on her way to her work-out place and on her way out of the drive-way she was driving slowly because she was talking to my dad. At the time there was snow on the ground and it was cold so she was sitting there letting the car warm up. She made it to the place and got out and went inside. She was at least 20 minutes into her work-out when for some reason she turned around and looked outside, and to look outside you have to really turn around. And right then and there one of our chickens spitty ran under the car! My mom was so shocked and stunned, at the time one of the trainers walked into the room. And my mom said to him “do you want to see something that you will never see again? Look under that” He looked at my mom in surprise and asked what it was. My mom said “that’s one of my chickens from home”. He looked at her again and then walked away. Then she went outside and grabbed her from under the car and put her into the back and continued her exercise. And to make it even funnier it was on Friday the 13^th! When my mom told me I went outside and look for prints on the roof, and on the sides and back of the car. There was nothing but it that story I will never forget.  It was the funniest thing! But the reason for this story is that my mom for some reason had a feeling, a gut feeling that she needed to look out the window. Sometimes things happen for a reason, and it can be a miracle or a tragedy. But things do happen to people for a reason and that’s just how life works. Without interesting stories and being able to predict the next day would lead to a boring life.