“Intuition is a spiritual faculty and does not explain, but simply points the way.” – Florence Scovel Shinn


Something really strange and unexplainable happened to me only yesterday. I had feelings that defied logic and reason. I am not sure whether to define this experience as intuition, a premonition, or to chalk it up to the psychic bond between a mother and her child. I only know what happened saved my mother’s life.


My mother lives about an hour and a half away from me, and hasn’t been well for a couple of weeks now. She caught a terrible cold, which turned into bronchitis, which has now turned into pneumonia. She is on antibiotics, is responding well to medication, and she is getting better. There was really no need to be overly concerned about her health at this point.


Even so, I couldn’t get her off of my mind yesterday. I felt troubled and worried for much of the day. At one point, as I was sitting at my computer, the thought “I am not ready for my mother to die yet” came to me out of nowhere. The emotion that came with it was so strong that I actually began to cry. I quickly tried to dismiss the thought as just being overly emotional. I actually began to question my own state of mind, but the uneasiness just wouldn’t go away.


Finally, I told my brother, who is visiting with me, that I was going to call and check on Mom. He stated that he was just thinking that he needed to do the same thing. So, I called. My mother answered, and at first I thought that I had just disturbed her nap time, but as I tried to talk to her, it became apparent that something was terribly wrong. She couldn’t respond to my questions. She wasn’t able to complete a sentence, and she seemed to have trouble processing what I was saying. I felt her slipping in and out of consciousness as I spoke to her. I kept calling out to her “Mom, are you alright?” She managed with great difficulty to finally respond with “No.” I told her I was going to hang up, and I would call back.


I called one of my nieces, who lives just a few miles away. No answer. I called a second niece who lives 35 minutes away, explained what was happening, told her to call 911 and to get to over to her grandmother’s house right away. My mother was unconscious by the time the paramedics got there. She was slipping into a diabetic coma. The good news is that they caught her in time, and were able to bring her blood sugar levels up quickly with an IV. But what if I had ignored all the feelings and nudges to call? My mother would have died that night!


Everyone has intuition to one extent or another. The more you learn to trust in it, the stronger it becomes, and the better it will serve you. Intuition is a faithful friend that can help guide you in many areas of your life. The important thing is to learn to listen to your hunches.

Do you recall a time when your own intuition served you well?