Judy26
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Post by Judy26 on Oct 14, 2018 15:12:40 GMT
Please bear with me as this may be long and a bit rambling. My sweet father passed away a week ago after a five month health struggle. We are all broken over this, especially my mother, as they had been married for 62 years. There is a comic strip in the paper here called Mutts that we frequently comment on as it is about a man and his little dog going through life. My father and his pup, Winston, were devoted to each other. The comic strip often seemed to be mimicking their relationship.
A few weeks ago my mom and I were talking about how difficult it was to watch my dad’s health fail. I mentioned a favorite quote by Ram Daas that ends with “We’re all just walking each other home.”
Today the comic strip “Mutts” shows the man and his dog walking on a path in the woods and the only caption is that quote. In my brain I know this is just a coincidence, but in my heart I want it to be a message from my father letting us know he is home. It is just so fantastically apropos that this happened just days after his passing and funeral.
Has as anyone else ever felt that maybe they have received a message from a loved one? I’d love to hear your stories.
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Post by malibou on Oct 14, 2018 15:20:34 GMT
I'm sorry for your loss of your sweet dad. And yes it does sound like he is letting you know he is doing fine.
My college roommate's brother died unexpectedly after a short illness while we were in college. There was a lamp in our living room that was not only awkwardly placed making it near impossible to turn on, it also had loose wiring that if you could get back there to turn it on, at least half the time it didn't work. After Martin died, that lamp was constantly turning it self on. We started calling the lamp Martin. I think it brought my friend peace.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2018 15:26:18 GMT
I'm so sorry for the loss of your dad.
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Post by trollie on Oct 14, 2018 15:32:18 GMT
I am so sorry about your Dad. I 100% believe that you received a message from him today. I would frame that comic.
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Post by koontz on Oct 14, 2018 15:32:27 GMT
I am so sorry for your loss. What a wonderful quote.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Oct 14, 2018 15:36:43 GMT
Sorry for the loss of your dad. May you and your family find peace and comfort in the coming days. You just never know how we get messages and they arrive at very strange times also. If I were you I would cut that comic strip out and in time frame it.............
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Post by Loydene on Oct 14, 2018 15:40:14 GMT
I "hear" (in my head) my Grandmother's voice everyday -- just saying my nickname followed by "dear" -- how she always called for my attention. I don't consider it odd - just a fact of life - she is with me always.
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Post by MDscrapaholic on Oct 14, 2018 15:42:54 GMT
I'm sorry for the loss of your dear Dad. And yes, I think he's reaching out to let you know he's okay. ((HUGS)) So sweet!
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Post by Really Red on Oct 14, 2018 15:45:11 GMT
I am so sorry about your dad. I know that when my mom passed rather suddenly, we found pennies with my sister's birth year on them everywhere. I mean we had cleaned her entire place and went back for a once-over and found the penny lying there. Her last words to me were to watch out for y sister and brother (there are four of us and two who need watching over!). My sister thinks this is a clear sign and I think that brings her comfort. I think that people leave bits and pieces of themselves here and we can discover them in a lot of ways. They have loved things and we love them so we see pieces of them when we see what they love. I hope that makes sense. It makes me happy to see things like that.
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Post by papersilly on Oct 14, 2018 15:56:36 GMT
"We're all just walking each other home.". I really love that.
Sorry for your loss.
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Post by peatlejuice on Oct 14, 2018 16:17:26 GMT
The night my grandfather died, I woke up suddenly to "The Marine Corps Hymn" playing loudly in my head (my grandpa was a career Marine and he and I shared many Marine references during his life). I knew then that he had passed, and when I got the news in the morning, it turned out that the time I woke up was within minutes of his time of death. Then, my first day back to work after his funeral, I was moping, not really wanting to go. When I leaned down to put my socks on, I bumped a shelving unit with various knock knacks, and the only thing to fall was the Marine Corps teddy bear, which promptly smacked me on the head. I have zero doubt that both these instances were signs from grandpa, telling me goodbye and (in the second instance) to get to work and not wallow.
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Post by leeny on Oct 14, 2018 16:42:55 GMT
Sorry for your loss. And yes, I do believe that there are signs as long as we are open to them. My dd often smells my Dad's cologne at her work (she works at a plant nursery) when no one is around. My SIL put a dime on her mother's gravestone while visiting and when she returned to her car a quarter was next to her car on the ground. MIL always found money on the ground when she was out and about.
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Post by krcrafts on Oct 14, 2018 16:54:05 GMT
I’m so sorry about your dad and I completely believe that was a sign from him. I hope it one day will bring a smile instead of tears.
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Post by scrapmaven on Oct 14, 2018 17:01:56 GMT
I'm very sorry about your loss. I absolutely believe that we get signs sometimes if we're open enough. May your father's memory be for a blessing.
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Post by leslie132 on Oct 14, 2018 17:10:10 GMT
My father passed away at 67. He was way to young in my opinion. His whole life he worked hard and traveled cross country as a truck driver. He loved his big rig.
4 years after he passed away I gave birth to my Kennedy Kay. The night she died my husband and I were crying together in my hospital room. I was in bad shape due to the emergency c section and my husband was holding me. We were facing the windows that over look our city...... all of a sudden the lights in the buildings around us went dark and the traffic noise faded away. All of a sudden you could hear 4 quick “ big rig” horn blasts.
We looked at each other and that was the most comforting moment we had in the situation...... it has also given comfort all these years later knowing my dad left way to early, but he came back for my girl!
Now I’m crying missing them both. I hope you find comfort in the days and months to come. I’d cut that strip out and frame it for next to my bed. Take comfort when you can!!
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Post by destined2bmom on Oct 14, 2018 17:17:39 GMT
I am so sorry for the loss of your dad. I completely believe this is a sign from him letting you know that he is at peace. I would also cut out the comic strip and write about the conversation that you had with your mom or keep what you wrote to us. God bless you.
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Post by christine58 on Oct 14, 2018 17:19:08 GMT
I am so sorry about your Dad. I 100% believe that you received a message from him today. I would frame that comic. I agree
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Post by ellen on Oct 14, 2018 17:21:32 GMT
I had a couple things that definitely stood out as signs after my mom passed away. One of them felt like it might have been a coincidence - kind of in the same time frame of you losing your dad, but it was such an usual thing to happen that as time went by I feel more and more like it was a message from my mom. If I were you, I would take that comic and quote as a message from your dad letting you know that he's ok and you'll be with him someday. Treasure it. A little over a year later I got a sign that I don't even question was from my mom. Both of the signs that I got left me feeling like she is ok and aware of what's going on with us and that she wants me to be happy.
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Post by jenjie on Oct 14, 2018 17:24:36 GMT
I’m so sorry. And that’s a lovely quote.
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Post by PrettyInPeank on Oct 14, 2018 17:30:14 GMT
There is a lot to this world I just don't understand, and things I've seen with my own eyes that could not be explained, so I would go ahead and believe it was a message from my father.
My deepest sympathies for your loss. ❤
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Post by kate on Oct 14, 2018 17:37:21 GMT
I'm so sorry for your loss. I'm sitting here with tears in my eyes at all of your stories.
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Post by PLurker on Oct 14, 2018 17:45:59 GMT
((hugs))
Whatever it is, message or coincidence, doesn't really matter. It brings comfort to you. Grab it. Take it anyway you can.
My mother passed away Thanksgiving of 2016. Any number of simple sights, sounds, smells can bring here to me (or my memory) in an instant.
Often I then find myself saying a simple "Hi, Mom" quietly. Crazy? Maybe, I don't know.
But whatever reminds me of her and keeps her in my heart is fine by me.
Hi, Mom.
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Post by JoP on Oct 14, 2018 18:02:10 GMT
I’m so very sorry for the loss of your Dad
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Post by jeremysgirl on Oct 14, 2018 18:07:52 GMT
When my mother left my father, she destroyed the whole family. Her extended family didn't know the full story and she completely manipulated the whole situation. She hung me and my sis and her sister completely out to dry. I spent a year trying to repair the family. I prayed and prayed to my grandparents (her parents) to please intervene in some way. I became pregnant with DS and was due November 7th. As my due date got closer, I began to give up on trying to repair my family. Again, I prayed to my grandparents to give me a sign that it was ok to just stop. My DS was born on October 30th. I called my aunt to tell her DS was born and she said to me, how awesome it was that DS was born on Grandma's birthday. For so many years I had thought grandma was born on Halloween. I took that as my sign that it was alright to stop trying and just make peace with the fact that I couldn't repair our family.
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Post by kelly316 on Oct 14, 2018 18:20:24 GMT
Please bear with me as this may be long and a bit rambling. My sweet father passed away a week ago after a five month health struggle. We are all broken over this, especially my mother, as they had been married for 62 years. There is a comic strip in the paper here called Mutts that we frequently comment on as it is about a man and his little dog going through life. My father and his pup, Winston, were devoted to each other. The comic strip often seemed to be mimicking their relationship. A few weeks ago my mom and I were talking about how difficult it was to watch my dad’s health fail. I mentioned a favorite quote by Ram Daas that ends with “We’re all just walking each other home.” Today the comic strip “Mutts” shows the man and his dog walking on a path in the woods and the only caption is that quote. In my brain I know this is just a coincidence, but in my heart I want it to be a message from my father letting us know he is home. It is just so fantastically apropos that this happened just days after his passing and funeral. Has as anyone else ever felt that maybe they have received a message from a loved one? I’d love to hear your stories. I figured this out this morning at church when the message seemed like it was written exactly for me. I’m sure amazing quotes and messages occur everyday! However, it’s only when we are open to them, when we are hurting, when we need them that we see them!!!! I love your post sooooo much!
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Post by CeeScraps on Oct 14, 2018 18:22:12 GMT
Yes! I believe in messages too. I've had quite a few. Watch for them, listen for them they are there.
My dad died 7 months before our only child was born. One morning I was sitting on the couch with my dd laying, kicking, and cooing. I looked out our sliding glass door and there was a white dove on our deck railing. I had never seen a white dove anywhere in the neighborhood. I instantly cried, and sobbed for awhile. I didn't move as I didn't want the dove to fly away. I talked to it in between my sobs.
I wanted to take a photo. At that time we didn't have cell cameras. I had a film camera that was on the other side of the room. I treasure that memory. I can still feel it as though it was happening now.
I believe there are signs all around us. We just have to notice them. You will continue to see signs. I still have them 22 years later. Just be open to them.
{{{hugs}}}
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Post by iteach3rdgrade on Oct 14, 2018 18:35:23 GMT
We struggled with infertility for many years and in 2006 I became pregnant naturally after 4 failed IVFs and other frozen cycles. I shared with my parents as soon as I knew and my relatives take comfort in knowing that my dad knew. He died less thank 2 months later. Anyway, my son was born 11 days early, on Father's Day, the first without my father. Focusing on my son was exactly what I needed for the pregnancy and after.
I'd frame the cartoon.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Oct 14, 2018 18:59:26 GMT
I’m so sorry for your loss, and I think it’s far too specific to be coincidental. I agree, frame the cartoon because it brings you comfort.
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Post by mikklynn on Oct 14, 2018 19:02:19 GMT
I am so sorry for the loss of your dad. I completely believe this is a sign from him letting you know that he is at peace. I would also cut out the comic strip and write about the conversation that you had with your mom or keep what you wrote to us. God bless you. I agree! Once at work, I KNOW my DH's sweet grandmother, who had passed years earlier, put her hand on my shoulder and said my name. I was not thinking of her, it just happened out of the blue. It was so real, I actually turned around to look for her. Again, I am so sorry for your loss.
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Post by mustlovecats on Oct 14, 2018 19:06:20 GMT
I usually don’t believe this is a message, just a comforting coincidence.
But I lost my best friend last month to cancer, and today while I was at a house I might buy, the whole house was decorated with camels. Camels were her thing. There was a beautiful story of why and for years I have texted her every cool camel image I have seen. It felt like a wave hello from my friend to go into this house and see all those camels.
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