Joan Y. Edwards is author/illustrator of folktale Flip Flap Floodle, a happy little duck who never gives up on his song even in the Mr. Fox's belly. She is author of 4RV Publishing's Joan's Elder Care Guide. It is full of practical hints and resources to promote healing and make caregiving easier. She has published 80 Gospel-Based Crossword Puzzles for Year A, B, and C. She has a Master of Education. She is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) and Charlotte Writers Club. She enjoys watching humorous mysteries, like Columbo and Monk. Time at home, beach and mountain with family and friends energizes her..
Coyote posing for picture near Grand Canyon in 2002.
Coyotes can help you laugh at yourself and to be resourceful. Laughing at yourself when you do silly things or set your goals to one thing and end up with the opposite. They can help you giggle in the face of irony. I have only had one encounter with a real coyote.
On August 15, 2002, my late husband, Carl. and I went to the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. Driving into the park, I saw a coyote beside a car leaving the park. I said, “Coyote, please wait for me to get back. I want to take a picture of you.”
I continued driving about a mile to the parking area. Carl and I looked out across the vast canyon and enjoyed its beauty. We went through an exhibit building. We saw a few deer in the woods nearby. As we left, I asked Carl, “Do you think the coyote will still be there on our way out of the park?” He said, “I don’t know.”
As we left, there in the same spot as he had been before stood the coyote. I said, “Thank you for waiting for us, Coyote. I took his picture. I was so excited. I said, “Thanks for letting me take your picture. Good-bye.”
And the coyote turned and wandered into the woods out of sight.
Coyote \leaving after I took his picture.
The coyote has a great sense of humor as symbolizes the trickster or joker. Spirit Animal Info says the coyote may have the following qualities:
Jokester
Adaptability
Reveal the truth behind illusion and chaos
Playfulness
Paradoxical nature, personality difficult to categorize
Beware of the dark side of things and play on your resources
Coyotes have shown their resourcefulness and ability to adapt to their environment. They eat vegetables and meat. They are noted for eating rodents in cities and rabbits in the country. They will feed on garbage, too. If people put out food for deer and other animals, coyotes might come to dinner, too.
They can live with others in a pack or live on their own.
During life, you may go through different times when you are not sure you can make it. Remembering how the coyote keeps on going using the resources near him or moving to where the resources he needs happen to be, can help you gain peace.
Realize that God has your back. He will inspire you where to go and how to get the things you need to survive. He will help you have a sense of humor to help you find peace.
Matthew 6:25-27. 34,
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.”
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