Time Out!-- Intuition?

I'm talking about that persuasive internal whisper, a "gut instinct", you know- "a mother's intuition."

It comes so natural. Mothers out there know what I am talking about. You don't know where the feeling comes from, but it attaches itself to you in such a way that you find yourself predicting things will happen, and they do.

Sometimes mothers use that super hero-like ability see into the future and prevent something from happening to their little darlings, and other times they are just there "to be there" for that reason alone. For example, the other afternoon I was taking my lunch break.

I arrived home to make a sandwich and entered into an empty house. Remembering my husband said something about the taking the children to the park earlier that morning, I realized where my family most likely would be.

After eating my sandwich, I thought about just relaxing on the couch for my remaining time off.

But suddenly I got this itch. This thought that would not let go. All of the sudden I wanted to make time to swing by the park. I really did not have much time but something told me I had to stop by. When I did, the boys were excited to see me, and I enjoyed seeing them.

But within five minutes upon my "destined" arrival, my oldest son Holden took a nose dive off the play equipment and ended up with a busted forehead.

Long story short, we visited the emergency room and left with five stitches. Was I there for a reason? I thought so.

It was the first time that my son had experienced any kind of trauma like that and I was able to be there for him because of this thing some call intuition.

What do you think? Is there such a thing as a mother's intuition? Ever experienced it?