Squirrel Spirit Guide?

[Lola]

I don't really know where to post this - Paranormal? Spirituality? Erin's forum? Ah, well, we'll start here.

In this thread I related dreaming of a squirrel after setting an intention to meet my *lesser* spirit guides. I was quite amused to consider having a squirrel for a guide. But, it seems there may be some validity to it, as Erin's comments and further research suggest Squirrel's role is to encourage preparing for change, trust, focus on the task at hand, playfulness, cheerfulness, energy, foresight...all issues of my attention at present.

That dream was just a few days ago.

Sunday morning, as i was just waking up and waiting for the coffee to brew, I stood gazing absentmindedly out my kitchen window towards the wooded creek bordering my property. A movement caught my eye and when I focused I saw an Albino Squirrel. There are squirrels aplenty around here but in 13 years I've never seen an albino squirrel. Heck, I've never seen an albino squirrel anywhere. It took me a couple of eye-rubbing moments to convince myself I was really awake and not dreaming that I'd gotten out of bed and started the coffee.

I watched it for nearly five minutes, then turned away momentarily to fetch my camera. When I returned to the window, the white squirrel had vanished. I've been (somewhat obsessively) looking for it since, but it has not reappeard.

Sighting something so rare strikes me as meaningful and important, especially given my dream just a couple of days prior, but I'm not sure of what. I'd love to hear your thoughts - perhaps they willl help jostle my awareness.