Eagle Sighting 3-30-26πŸŽ‚

March 30th, 2026 @ ALL DAY

Bald Eagle, photo by Mick Thompson

I had an unexpected and transformative experience on my birthday. The intention was to drive from Oklahoma City, OK to Broken Bow, OK to find the gravesites of my paternal great grandparents and to pay my respects and perform ceremony. What unfolded to and from this trip on my birthday was exceptional. I witnessed 34 eagles over the freeway on my path to Broken Bow and another 43 on my return trip to Oklahoma City. 77 total, mostly golden eagles spied on my pilgrimage to my native roots. Why is this significant? It follows the honoring of 7 generations forward and 7 generations backward. My journey itself was to reconnect and align with my native roots and complete the circle I had been on 56 years ago. My maternal Auntie Sue was also going into a very serious surgery on my birthday and the good medicine aided her in a successful outcome. She was healed and I was healed. I could not have asked for a better birthday experience. I am in the flow of the Universe and honoring this message. I kept track of the sightings by texting my husband each time I saw one or more eagles. It was such a huge lesson on being present and in the moment. I traveled to Broken Bow via I-40 East–>South OK-375 (Through Choctaw Territory)–>State Highway 3 East and back the same way.πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…

  • To Broken Bow, OK from Oklahoma City, OK
    • I-40 East (5 πŸ¦…)
      • Before Wewonka Exit 212 πŸ¦…
      • Exit 272 πŸ¦…πŸ¦…
      • Exit 237 πŸ¦…πŸ¦…
    • South OK-375; Choctaw Territory–>State Highway 3 East (29 πŸ¦…)
      • Exit 92 πŸ¦…
      • Just beyond Exit 92 πŸ¦…
      • Entering the Choctaw Territory boundary πŸ¦…
      • Mile Post 780 πŸ¦…πŸ¦…
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      • Exit 700 πŸ¦…
      • Mile Post 655 πŸ¦…πŸ¦…
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      • 11:24 AM πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…
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  • To Oklahoma City, OK from Broken Bow, OK
    • State Highway 3 West–>North OK-375; Choctaw Territory (21 πŸ¦…)
      • 44 miles to North OK-375 πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…
      • 39 miles to North OK-375 πŸ¦…πŸ¦…
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      • 24 miles to North OK-375 πŸ¦…
      • 21 miles to North OK-375 πŸ¦…πŸ¦… (One flew out of a tree beside the freeway right over my windshield)
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      • 7.8 miles to North OK-375 πŸ¦…πŸ¦…πŸ¦…
      • 2 miles to North OK-375 πŸ¦…
      • North OK-375; Choctaw Territory (22 πŸ¦…)
        • 69 miles to I-40 West πŸ¦…
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        • 29 miles to I-40 West πŸ¦…πŸ¦…

Daily Gratitude 3-30-26πŸŽ‚

March 30th, 2026πŸŽ‚

  • “I am thankful to have the opportunity via work to travel to Oklahoma so I could spend my birthday exploring my roots.” (Heather Houston 3-30-26)
  • “I am grateful for another loop around the sun.” (Heather Houston 3-30-26)
  • “I am beyond thankful to the Broken Bow Cemetery landscaper for helping me find my great grandparents gravesite. He suggested I go to the City Clerk to get the area and row of my family. It worked and after walking half the gravesites, I finally saw an area marker. Within minutes, after the previous hour in 85-degree sun, I found their gravesite.” (Heather Houston 3-30-26)
  • “I am grateful for my resilience in finding my great grandparents gravesite as it was quite the ordeal. You have to imagine, I was in the Choctaw back country with sundown on its way and somewhat lost. Maps had me go to several incorrect locations which left me in areas without service or a map. Luckily I am resourceful and retraced my route to a small nursery and tracked down the owner. With her help, she directed me down the road to the rural cemetery. It was quite large and without a clue where to look I just kept walking the rows methodically. I was tired and worn out and called out loud for a sign from the Universe. As O passed an oak tree, several oak seed pods dripped and bounced a row down. When I explored what had made the sound and had dropped, it was at my great grandparents gravesite. Thank you Universe.” (Heather Houston 3-30-26)
  • “I am beyond blessed and grateful for the 77 eagle sightings πŸ¦… to and from the pilgrimage to Broken Bow. 7 generations in the past and 7 generations forward we’re looking out for me to find my roots. I also think they were a sign of protection for my Auntie Sue during her surgery.” (Heather Houston 3-30-26)

  • “I appreciate my co-worker bringing me a special coffee packet to enjoy a better cup of coffee on our drive to work.” (Heather 3-30-22)
  • “I appreciate my athletes wishing me happy birthday and presenting me with some gifts when I showed up to work (purple and white lei, Hawaiian T-shirt and a beautiful smelling candle in a wood bowl.” (Heather 3-30-22)
  • “I am thankful I was able to ride the upright bike in our work event today, without any ankle pain.” (Heather 3-30-22)
  • “I am thankful my co-worker stopped at the Kohanna Rum Distillery on the way to the hotel so I had some beautiful rum to share with my partner, Neil.” (Heather 3-30-22)
  • “I am grateful my co-worker will accompany me to a sushi dinner so I don’t dne alone on my birthday.” (Heather 3-30-22)
  • “I am blessed to have so many lovely birthday wishes from friends and family…especially from the love of my life, Neil.πŸ’–” (Heather 3-30-22)

My Musical Life 3-30-26πŸŽ‚

March 30th, 2026πŸŽ‚

#82 Baby, Now That I’ve Found You (The Foundations) πŸ‘πŸΌ

Lyrics:
Baby, now that I’ve found you, I can’t let you go
I’ll build my world around you
I need you so
Baby, even though you don’t need me
You don’t need meπŸͺ„
Baby, now that I’ve found you, I can’t let you go
I’ll build my world around you
I need you so
Baby, even though you don’t need me
You don’t need meπŸͺ„
Baby, baby, since first we met
I knew in this heart of mine (I want to tell you)
The love we had could not be bad
And I played it right and bide my timeπŸͺ„
Spent a lifetime looking for somebody
To give me love like you
Now you’ve told me that you wanna leave me
(Darling, I just can’t let you)πŸͺ„
Baby, now that I’ve found you, I can’t let you go
I’ll build my world around you
I need you so
Baby, even though you don’t need me
You don’t need meπŸͺ„
Baby, now that I’ve found you, I can’t let you go
I’ll build my world around you
I need you so
Baby, even though you don’t need me
You don’t need meπŸͺ„
Spent my lifetime looking for somebody
To give me love like you
Now you’ve told me that you wanna leave me
(Darling, I just can’t let you)πŸͺ„
Baby, now that I’ve found you, I can’t let you go
I’ll build my world around you
I need you so
Baby, even though you don’t need me
You don’t need meπŸͺ„
Baby, now that I’ve found you, I can’t let you go
I’ll build my world around you
I need you so
Baby, even though you don’t need me
You don’t need meπŸͺ„
Baby, now that I’ve found you, I can’t let you go
I’ll build my world around you
I need you so
Baby, even though you don’t need me
You don’t need meπŸͺ„
Baby, now that I’ve found you, I can’t let you go
I’ll build my world around you
I need you so
Baby, even though you don’t need me
You don’t need me

My Abundant Life 3-30-26πŸŽ‚

March 30th, 2026πŸŽ‚

Developing a Sense of Style

“Taste concerns itself with broad, lifetime progress and never makes mistakes, style moves by fits and starts and is occassionally glorious.”

Kennedy Fraser (American essayist, and fashion writer; 1948 ~ )

“Celebrating your authentic style through the clothes you wear is an art form. But like any of the arts, a sense of style is one that needs to be nurtured after it is initially divined and devised. Style begins when you seek and discover your strengths, then bank on them for all they’re worth. Personal style flourishes when you realize that you really don’t need as much clothing, accessories, jewelry, or makeup as you once thought you did because you’ve got attitude.”

“We all know style when we see it–Bogart and Bacall, Garbo and Jackie O, Audrey Hepburn, Lauren Hutton, Lena Horne–all different, and all synonymous with style. Their clothes, however grand or simple, proclaim not simply taste but intelligence, wit–alittle darling. What you see is self-definition rather than trendiness. Style is the intersection of what you wear with who you are.”

Leah Feldon-Mitchell (Author; UNKNOWN)

“Styles, like everything else, change. Style doesn’t.”

Linda Ellerbee (American Journalist; August 15th, 1944 ~ )

“Before my story began…” (heather Houston 3-30-22)

1972 Me…at my Aunt Carrie’s Baby Shower

“I think I need a stylist to help me find my style.” (Heather Houston 3-30-22)

“Today is my birthday and I am 58-years young. My scale thinks I’m 56-years old, so there is that too. I am dressed to explore my life today and reconnect with my roots on my terms to unfold what is there for me. No matter what I am living into the day with STYLE!” (Heather Houston 3-30-26)


–Ban Breathnach, Sarah. β€œSimple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy”. Grand Central Publishing. (1976). Kindle Page 99 of 501.

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