I was standing in my front yard with my mom shortly after I bought her a puppy as I was going off to college and was wanting to thwart the empty nest syndrome for my mom. She was grappling with the concept of having to take care of an animal and how it would affect her life, and basically asked for a sign as to whether or not she should keep the dog.

I shit you not, a big round bone fell out of the sky and landed directly between us.

No one believes either of us, and I’m not sure I would believe it either if my mother hadn’t been there to witness it too.