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Post by crimsoncat05 on Oct 15, 2018 18:43:15 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'm sorry for your loss... and I believe that, too. I had something similar happen (also with that comic strip, oddly enough) very soon after having to put one of our cats to sleep. I'm not sure if I actually *believe* in spirits, or whatever (I'm a skeptical scientist) but my sister and I both had experiences relating to when our Grandma passed away, where we KNEW it was going to happen/had happened on that day, but we knew before our parents told us about it. So I don't count anything totally out.
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Post by candygurl on Oct 15, 2018 18:45:57 GMT
My sister just passed away Friday...these stories are giving me hope that she will leave us signs. Knowing her personality, I have no doubt she will, I am just hoping I can see them for what they are.
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Post by Mel on Oct 15, 2018 19:55:40 GMT
My sister just passed away Friday...these stories are giving me hope that she will leave us signs. Knowing her personality, I have no doubt she will, I am just hoping I can see them for what they are. I'm so sorry for your loss too!! Hugs!
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Montannie
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Post by Montannie on Oct 15, 2018 21:02:50 GMT
My sincere sympathies on your loss.
My very good friend at work died suddenly one night. We cleaned up her office, and unplugged the desk phone, wrapped the cord around it, and set it on a file cabinet outside my door. One day, the phone rang! We all knew it was Linda, up to her tricks!
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Post by malibou on Oct 15, 2018 21:06:52 GMT
My sister just passed away Friday...these stories are giving me hope that she will leave us signs. Knowing her personality, I have no doubt she will, I am just hoping I can see them for what they are. I am so sorry for your loss. I do hope that something happens, it's really quite comforting. In the meantime, may your happy memories of your sister help to see you thru your more difficult days.
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Post by flgirlatheart on Oct 15, 2018 23:56:02 GMT
I absolutely have! My dear grandmother passed away almost two years before I got married. The day of my bridal shower my mom and I were talking about how much she would have loved to be there. As people started arriving they rang the doorbell and I thought to myself how much I wished one of those rings could have been her arriving. Not once but twice the bell rang and when I opened the door no one was there. I told my mom that grandma was just letting me know she was there after all. Still makes me tear up and it’s been 14 years!
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Post by scrapnatya on Oct 16, 2018 0:40:37 GMT
I'm a believer.
I'm so sorry for your loss.
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Post by leftturnonly on Oct 16, 2018 3:28:34 GMT
My sister just passed away Friday...these stories are giving me hope that she will leave us signs. Knowing her personality, I have no doubt she will, I am just hoping I can see them for what they are. Aw... I'm so sorry for your loss. That's so recent. {{{{Big Hugs}}}
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Post by peajays on Oct 18, 2018 3:04:43 GMT
I read this post when I didn’t have access to my photos. Firstly, let me just say that I’m sorry for your loss. Here is what happened to me when my dad passed away. While driving home from his house late one night soon after he passed(I’d driven this road many many times) I actually for the first time ever got stopped at the train tracks, and while the train went by, Josh Grobens “your raise me up” came on the radio....I sat and cried. A few months later, my Dd was being confirmed in our church, and my dad would have been so proud to see her up there....after the service while taking photos...we noticed an orb in only one of the photos...and it was right over my face, so I felt(knew) that he found a way to be with us all that day.
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Post by flute4peace on Oct 19, 2018 16:28:23 GMT
I am so sorry about your Dad. I 100% believe that you received a message from him today. I would frame that comic. Completely agree with this! I don't believe in coincidences. It would very much bring me comfort!!
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Post by flute4peace on Oct 19, 2018 16:31:54 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!! Oh my gosh. I'm sitting here at my desk with the tears.
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Post by Marina on Oct 19, 2018 16:49:17 GMT
I’m so sorry for your loss. What a lovely quote and well worth framing.
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Post by peano on Oct 19, 2018 17:12:39 GMT
I’m so sorry for the Peas who’ve had recent losses. Really enjoying reading all the stories.
I have a dog experience. My beautiful golden retriever Waldo was the dog of my heart. He entered my life during a very low time and I believe he saved my life. He was the embodiment of joy and taught me the value of living in the moment.
When I was forced to put him to sleep, my then BF, now DH, and I returned from the vet to my apartment and turned on the tv, looking for a distraction from our grief. The screen was pink—every channel solid pink. It had never done this before. In the symbology of color, pink represents love. The next day, (and every day after that) no more pink, just regular tv.
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Post by craswell on Oct 19, 2018 18:45:39 GMT
I do believe in messages. These stories are all so lovely.
My great aunt, with whom I was very close, always kept African violet plants. Hers were almost always in a bloom; she had a real knack for them. After she passed away, I bought myself an African violet, but it never bloomed. I had it for several years on my kitchen windowsill with no luck. One day I was talking with a close friend in my kitchen about my aunt - just swapping stories about important people in our lives. The next day, when I came into the kitchen to start breakfast, the plant was blooming for the first time. It stopped me in my tracks.
I also received a more literal message from the same great aunt. She passed away when my son was almost 4 years old. Nearly 5 years later, he received a card in the mail. I was taken aback when I saw her handwriting on the envelope and her return address in the corner. It was a birthday card to him for his 4th birthday! It must have gotten lost in the mail for years.
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Post by tentoes on Oct 19, 2018 21:34:50 GMT
So sorry you lost your dad, but yes, I totally believe in little incidents like that. For instance, here is what happened to me. My first birthday after my mom died-I was walking down the hall, and her photo jumped off the wall and fell at my feet. (scared me half to death by the way.) The photo had been on the wall (with many other photos) for many years. NONE of them had ever fallen off the wall, and none have since then. I really believe she was wishing me a happy birthday--and she knew how much I was missing her.
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Post by gotranch on Oct 19, 2018 23:07:45 GMT
I do think that there is something to these messages and reminders of our loved ones. This occurred about 6 years ago on the day of my FIL funeral. This a copy what I wrote about the experience.
God works in mysterious ways. We were witness to this awesome experience in the midst of a sad day. The day of FIL's funeral, Annie (local librarian) brought me a book she had rescued. It was a book of Catholic Teaching with a copy write of 1886. When the book was opened, we discovered it was truly a treasure that contained family records of FIL’s grandparent’s marriage, as well as, birth and death records of his mother’s family. MIL had never seen the book, but knew about it because FIL had mentioned it several times. FIL had been promised the book by his Aunt, but never received it.
Annie found it in the old museum before it was torn down and saved it because she knew it would have meaning to someone. The amazing part is that she did not know who the book belonged to until she read FIL’s mother’s name in the obituary a few days earlier.
We can’t help but think that it was through God’s intervention that the book was returned to our family on the day of FIL’s funeral. Bless you Annie for being an instrument in this miracle.
We come from a small town where almost everyone knows each other. FIL's mother's family is not from the area, so the names in the book were not familiar to anyone locally. I loved reading everyone's stories.
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Post by tara on Oct 20, 2018 0:57:10 GMT
My parents divorced after 25 years. After the divorce they stopped hating each other and became friends. They even went with us on vacation a couple of times. One year we drove from Ohio to Florida. After so long in the car, they started to bicker. Dad told mom when he died, he was going to haunt her. A few years later he did die. He always like old country music. Think Hank Williams sr., johnny cash, bill Monroe. She was younger so she really didn’t like his music. For a week after he died, she would wake up to that music playing around her. She lived alone so there was no explanation. We just laughed and said that he kept his promise.
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Post by leftturnonly on Oct 20, 2018 4:27:14 GMT
Goosebumps from head to toe, that's what I've got now gotranch.
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