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I do believe the butterflies are "sent" by your dad. I'm glad you were able to have that experience today. I'm sorry it made you cry, but it sounds like you were able to have some good memories. When my uncle died, a scissor-tailed fly catcher (his favorite bird) flew right beside the car right at our eye level for about half a mile that my aunt and I were in as we left the cemetery after his burial. We just know it was him telling us that everything is OK!
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08-28-2008, 05:28 AM
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Aww sending you hugs Janet, we all need to cry sometimes Janet!
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How cool was that???? I hope it made you both feel better. I know when the butterflies come so close to me that it just makes my whole day better.
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08-28-2008, 06:46 AM
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I've been having more little cries lately. I start thinking about my Mom and I miss her so much. Then I'll start thinking about my Dad and how much I miss him. I feel so old without my parents.
Last night, I was having trouble getting into the tub (keeping the cast dry while sitting in a plastic patio chair) and I just sat there and had a good little bawl. Hubby thought I had hurt myself, but I was feeling sorry for myself. My Dad sends me hawks. They come sit nearby and just watch me while I'm working outside. I swear I never saw one here when he was alive. I hope my Mom sends me butterflies!
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08-28-2008, 07:34 AM
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I just love all these stories!
For some reason, I feel close to my grandpa. We weren't particularly close before he passed away, but I knew he was always very very proud of me. And my grandma still tells me to this day "Your grandpa would be so proud" and I just feel like saying "I know" because I just FEEL it. He passed away when I was only 10 years old, and I remember when he passed I kept thinking of his voice in my head, the way he said things, because I didn't want to forget. And I'm sad now that I'm starting to forget. I think as proud as he was of me, I'm proud of him too! He survived WWII and he farmed and held down as many jobs as he could to support my grandma and the kids. I just love listening to my grandma and my dad tell stories about him. When I went to that psychic, she told me there are two spirits with me, and I just know that one is him. Ahhh I'm starting to get teary at work now! I've never really talked about that before.
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08-28-2008, 08:41 AM
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Well, Lindsey, you know you can always talk about it here. I love feeling that my dad is close. I wish I could feel that way about my sister. She passed away in 1980, 3 days before her 40th birthday. She was 15 years older than I and I was just getting to know her better as adults when she passed. I just never feel her near...I wonder why????
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08-28-2008, 08:46 AM
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I feel the same way Janet. I've had relatives pass that I was closer to, and who knew me for longer, and I just feel like they're gone, whereas I feel my grandpa is with me.
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08-28-2008, 02:43 PM
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Want a story? My Dad's Mom was a very strong matriarch to many people in our community, especially her g-kids. My first g-kids are twin g-sons born at 6 months, weighing 2.4 and 2.8 pounds. They were lifeflighted to a neonatal unit (70 miles away) and in guarded condition, not expected to live. My daughter would sit with them during the day, I would stay in the evening (after work), and my SIL would sleep at the hospital at night. My schedule was that I would drive 30 miles to work, drive 40 miles to hospital (for about 6 hours), then drive 70 miles home each night (late).
The babies were in beds next to each other so I would sit between them and go back and forth talking and touching them. After a couple months of doing this, co-workers, nurses and doctors were commenting that I needed to take a night off. A doctor came and was literally leading me out of the ICU. When I looked back at the baby boys, I saw an image of my Grannie Susie sitting there between them, in my place. I drove home and had a wonderful night's sleep. I called to tell my Dad and he bellowed out, "Oh, I wish I could have been there!" Nobody has ever questioned my vision because lots have had similar ones of her. BTW, Andrew and Brandon were 17 years old this past Monday.
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