That night at 10pm I got an email from someone in customer service who told me they were working on it.
The second I asked for the sign, a car pulled in front of me with the license plate NOT EZE which made me laugh out loud. I was driving to the grocery store and asked the universe for a sign to tell me if it was going to come back or not. But on Wednesday morning I still hadn’t heard anything so I followed up. I went to bed thinking it would be back up in the morning. The next afternoon I got an email back from someone at IG asking me for some information they could pass along to get me a case to restore it. I didn’t hear anything that day or night. By the end of the call, I hadn’t heard anything and I started to panic. Two people introduced me to their contacts and I figured I would hear back from someone at IG at some point soon. I texted every single person I knew who might have a contact at Instagram or Facebook. Turns out it’s not possible unless you have the account active which I clearly did not.
The one that has so many memories and conversations tied to it.īut I stayed calm for the moment, trying to figure out how to reach customer service. The account that is providing almost all of my income right now. I deleted the account that I’ve been building for years. As soon as I clicked the final button, a screen popped up that said is permanently deleted” and I laughed, thinking there was no possible way.Īfter a minute of trying to log in dozens of times, I realized that it actually happened. It’s not an easy thing to do! But I signed out of signed into and went through the steps. You are sent to a special page where you have to confirm the decision a bunch of times with a text confirmation to your phone. So I Googled how to permanently delete an Instagram account. I changed my account to another name so I could then change to But it kept telling me that was already taken so I thought I had to delete the entire account (I have since learned that there is a 14 day period where one account can’t take another account’s name to prevent bots from stealing names). So the name change felt fitting for whatever reason. I have been trying to move on from only posting feel-good content to talking about issues that are important to me on the platform. That day, I decided it was time to change my Instagram handle from to It’s something I had wanted to do for a while because my ‘gram has become more than just a way to promote this blog. Whenever I see one that stares at me like that, something happens where I need to practice patience. Historically, deer have been a sign of patience for me. She was just staring at me the entire time. Last week I was taking Boots for a walk and a deer followed us for maybe 15 minutes.
Here’s a story full of signs for you… the story of my deleted IG handle as promised. If you’re into it too, I highly recommend the book Signs: The Secret Language of the Universe by Laura Lynn Jackson. And have become somewhat obsessed with it.
That day, we got the offer that we ended up accepting.
More specifically, it symbolizes the end of something and the start of something else.
A new beginning is just around the corner. This dead bird marks the end to your search and struggle. Perhaps you are struggling to find a job. Perhaps you’re going through the heartache of a break-up. A dead bird doesn’t necessarily portend physical death, but metaphorical death. When we bought our new house, and we were worried about selling our old house in time for the contingency, I found a dead baby bird on the steps of our old house and when I searched for the meaning, Google told me this:ĭead birds actually are a good sign, showing you that an end to turmoil or pain is coming. What looked like a stork (actually a blue heron) walked across our yard as I was telling Anel about my fear of getting induced a few days later (I went into labor the next day). One even landed right on my stomach just before I went into labor. When I was TTC and then pregnant with Amalia, I saw ladybugs everywhere, almost daily. I have always been fascinated with signs and messages from the universe.