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<\/span><\/p>\n Fashion perfect moments out of ordinary ones<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n By Ren\u00e9e Tillotson<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Let\u2019s be available. Present. Antennae up!<\/span><\/p>\n When a moment in the ordinary stream of life shows with an extraordinary opportunity, grab it and go for the ride! Find where it takes you and see what\u2019s created.<\/span><\/p>\n Take, for example, Carol Ann Deighton leading her ordinary life in Carmel Valley, California, and see how she made herself available to living creativity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n One day Carol Ann gets a long-distance call from her high school 4-H Club friend saying that she\u2019s bred her dozen miniature goats for the first time, and now she\u2019s swamped with baby \u201ckids\u201d about to arrive. She knows that Carol Ann is a nurse who has delivered many human babies, as well as a trained horsewoman who has helped many a mare to foal her colt.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Most of us would consult our calendar of activities and consider our weekly routines. We\u2019d commiserate with our friend, give her a few tips on animal husbandry – if that was something we knew about – and wish her well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Carol Ann could have said, \u201cGosh, I wish I could help, but right now I\u2019m taking a lot of online classes. I\u2019m dealing with some health issues. And I have to make sure my grandmother gets to her doctor appointments\u2026\u201d And so on.<\/span><\/p>\n But those pregnant goats certainly couldn\u2019t wait for Carol Ann\u2019s perfect moment! Remember, creativity doesn\u2019t wait!<\/span><\/p>\n What did Carol Ann do? She quickly packed a bag, hopped into her car, gave Granny a pep talk call on her way out of town, and made the 13-hour drive to Longview, Washington. There she experienced an exhilarating month helping baby goats make their way into the world.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The time she spent with her friend\u2019s four-and-a-half-year-old stood out as especially perfect moments. Carol Ann taught the little girl to stick her arm in and feel how the unborn babies were positioned inside the nanny goats. The young vet-in-training learned to detect whether the babies were properly presenting \u201cnose and toes\u201d or were about to be born breach. 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