Nikki talked about the different times in her life when a white feather would appear, just when she needed to see one as a sign. Her first time in Moscow, when it was still a communist country, she met many new friends. One evening they had a cocktail party, where she was asked about the clichés of the show, Dallas– “Does everyone live in a house like the show?” or “Do you have an oil well in your yard?”
A young man walked up to her and she was waiting on another amusing question. He looked at her and quietly asked, “How do you know you are where you are supposed to be?”
Without a thought she answered, “Whenever I find a white feather.”
He held up a long beautiful white feather. “You mean like this one?” He put it in a leather box and sent it home with her.
The last few weeks of her life, Nikki had loved ones searching for the leather box and feather. She and Rhonda, Nikki’s best friend and, now, the Founder of NMF, had taken it on their flight around the world and had not seen it since.
Rhonda had to tell her that it was nowhere to be found. She calmly replied, “That’s ok. It isn’t meant to be found now. One will show up when you need it.”
In 2017, NMF was unable to arrange one of their annual fundraising concerts and reluctantly resorted to only holding their golf tournament. With only $35,000 from golf in 2016, Rhonda knew they couldn’t give their patients assistance for another year on that amount. But, they moved forward.
In the middle of the tournament, a breathtaking cloud in the distinct shape of a white feather showed up in the sky and stayed the entire day. NMF raised $270,000 that year.
The feather showed back up when they needed it.