Sep13

ride along.

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stopping for an oil change

on my way home from school

 the tech went to open my hood

pausing to tell me

i had a ‘little friend’ traveling along with me

 a praying mantis

who had hunkered down and hung on just below my windshield

he very carefully opened the hood

the mantis hopped up on the windshield wiper

 hung out while my oil was changed

just taking it all in

other people came over to check him out

still he held his ground

the tech carefully closed the hood when finished

trying to very gently coax the mantis to go back to his safe spot

before i drove off

but the mantis would not be deterred

 hung on as i drove to the book store

 then i drove toward home

with my very special hood ornament

my ride along

even still hanging on 

gone when i got home

perhaps he hopped off

stopping to visit a town along the way

i hope it was the adventure of a lifetime.

—

“the truth is

you don’t know what’s going to happen tomorrow.

life is a crazy ride,

and nothing is guaranteed.”

-eminem

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  6. I had the same experience about a week ago, although mine jumped off about halfway to my destination. I took a picture as well! A friend of mine told me that one is praying mantis travels with you, it means you’re going to get some great ju-ju! I hope that’s true for me, and I hope that’s true for you as well!

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  23. How funny! I just watched a video that one of my friends posted on Facebook about a praying mantis that landed on her backpack while she was working on her YA fantasy book.

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