RABBITS in my Universe

Rabbits have appeared at important turning points throughout my life.

When I was a child, I would look at the moon and see a cartoon rabbit running across it, its back arched as though it were racing away from something. I never saw the man in the moon. I saw the rabbit. For years, I kept that observation to myself because no one else had ever mentioned it. Then, when I was about seven, I finally told my sister. “I see it, too,” she said. That small moment stayed with me. I had been so certain that what I saw was strange that I was afraid to say it aloud. Speaking up taught me something I would understand more fully later: we often assume we are alone in what we see, think, or feel—until we find the courage to share it.

Decades later, a rabbit appeared during one of the hardest moments of my life. My mother had just passed away after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. As I pulled out of the driveway, a rabbit sat directly in my path. It did not run. It simply looked at me and refused to move. For a moment, I wondered whether it could be a message from my mother—a reminder that she was finally at peace and that I needed to keep going. The thought may have been far-fetched, but it gave me comfort when I needed it most. Once that thought settled in my mind, the rabbit hopped away.

Years later, another rabbit appeared just as my life changed again. After twenty years at the same company, my position was eliminated. Suddenly, the future I had expected was gone. I was stunned, uncertain, and more than a little afraid. I went to the beach to be with my family. When I arrived, a rabbit was sitting near the driveway. It looked remarkably similar to the one I had seen after my mother died—and it kept returning throughout the week. This time, I decided to learn more. I discovered that rabbits have long been associated with rebirth, growth, possibility, and new beginnings. That symbolism felt impossible to ignore. I could allow an unexpected ending to define me, or I could treat it as the beginning of something new,

I chose the new beginning.

That choice gave me the courage to write this book. Whether the rabbits were signs, coincidences, or simply creatures that appeared at exactly the right moments, they came to represent something powerful in my life: the courage to move forward when the path changes.

That is why the hero of this story could only be a rabbit.

And why my logo could only be a bunny in the moon.