Message of love and peace?

Ruth · 07-20-2007, 11:34 AM

I wanted to write all of you something that I just almost can't get my mind around. Several months ago my dad passed away very unexpectedly. We were very close and in fact my parents built their dream house right next door and moved in a little over a year ago. My dad was a retired Veterinarian and his favorite animal was birds. We always had lots of dogs and cats but he enjoyed birds the most and was very upset when our kitties would do bad things to birds. Well, about a month ago a white dove showed up at both of our houses. He would land on my roof and my parents. Sit around, turn his head to me when I spoke to him and basically lived here. My husband and I fed him regular dove food and I could actually get really close to him. So close that I saw that he had tags on his claws. My family just got back from vacation yesterday and my neighbor told me that black crows attacked him (I named him Mr. Darcy) while we were gone. They will do that if another bird is weakened. The UGA Vet school has him and he is going to be OK. His real name is Snowflake and he is lost from California. I live in GA. They can't believe that he made it all the way across the country from CA! I want to believe that my daddy sent him to us....I don't know. He is so beautiful and I was the only one who could get inches from him. He followed me around the yard. I have 3 kitties too (inside only) but I am definitely going to see if I can keep him if the owners in CA don't want him back or pay for the Vet bills. My Dad also worked for the Vet school and taught some pathology classes. What do you all think? Have I lost my mind?
Hugs ~ Ruth

hutchibk · 07-20-2007, 11:51 AM

You have NOT lost your mind. Messages of love are sent from our deceased loved ones all the time, we just have to be open to seeing them!

Patb · 07-20-2007, 12:18 PM

Its a wonderful story. Keep it in your heart
patb

Margerie · 07-20-2007, 12:31 PM

Beautiful story. I hope you can keep him! A different version of pennies from heaven.

Andrea Barnett Budin · 07-20-2007, 01:33 PM

Brenda took the words right out of my mouth. Precisely. I echo her comments. That dove was a loving message to you, to be at peace, knowing your dad is feeling heavenly and will love you for eternity. It's a sign, a symbol. And you got it! Good for you.

Living OPEN to Life's Messages is wondrous. I have learned to do this since dx and learning about Spirituality. It's Truths speak to my heart and resonate with magnificent symphonic clarity.

Sending you and all my Soul Sisters loving energy... ANDI

Audrey · 07-20-2007, 01:42 PM

Ruth, I love your story about the dove--before my diagnosis I might have been skeptical, but now my eyes are more open to such messages/signs all around us. I hope you get to keep the dove.

dhealey · 07-20-2007, 02:20 PM

Ruth, That was such an inspiring story! You have not lost your mind. I truly believe the bird was sent by your dear father. You must keep the dove. I lost my mother to breast cancer in 1997 and since then have had many "pennies" from heaven. She has been my guiding force since my diagnosis in Oct. My mastectomy was on her birthday of all things and I truley believe she was right there with me keeping me calm.

Believe51 · 07-30-2007, 11:35 AM

My grandfathers favorite song to sing to my mom & aunts was "You Are My Sunshine"...(My Only Sunshine..You Make Me Happy When Skies Are Blue...). Very very old song that is rarely heard. He would sing that song all the time and still does even though he has been passed away since 1968. Whenever we need my Grandpa he comes to let us know everything is alright. We hear the song in the wierdest situations and at the strangest times. My brother and my high school & college graduations, my wedding day, my mom's birthday (Halloween=only day of the year I can call her a witch and get away with it=LOL), whenever I am lonely or scared or sad or upset he comes. The week of my husband's diagnosis Grandpa came to visit, hearing that song let me know that he was comforting me, that he was somehow sending me the sign that he was here with us, he understood and that somehow everything would be okay. So far Grandpa has only come when I ask for a sign if the outcome is good. Maybe my husband will get some time out of this; 'cause Grandpa said and maybe he has connections...LOL

Now whenever I hear it I always say, "Hello My Dearest Grandpa, thank you for comforting me, for sending the signs I so desperately need!!" This year for my birthday I did not want a thing, I mean what more could I ask for since I had my husband still here with me?? All I said was "To make this day complete, I need my grandpa to visit". An hour later....he did!!

The day I took my husband home from the hospital after diagnosis I heard a different song that was a sign I asked for from God. This is a song I relate directly to my husband's illness. I will not get into that long story 'cause you know I can get-a-talking..whew, but that song is heard whenever I need a sign from God concerning my husband's illness. (imagine that, he had not been to the hospital since he was a wee kid!!)

These two songs have special meanings for me and are heard whenever I need a sign or some inspiration, sometimes I do not even know that I need the sign. What comfort I gather when I hear them, they represent to me that God is at work!! He has his messengers and boy are they busy!!!

Coincidence??? I THINK NOT!!

I too love this post and will save the other song for another time.

Waiting For A Miracle...and commanding one soon!!>>Believe51

hutchibk · 07-30-2007, 11:52 AM

Some messages are not as beautiful as songs and doves, but very appreciated nonetheless! I lost my brother, sister-in-law, niece and nephew in a private plane crash in 2001. The NTSB and FAA could not definitively determine an official cause, but due to info that we put together ourselves and in talking to ground witnesses, our family and friends surmised that it was an issue of faulty fuel lines/vapor lock that caused fuel starvation to the engine. Right around the time that the NTSB report came out with no real cause, all three of our cars developed fuel line leaks within 3 days of each other. All well kept cars with no previous fuel problems, no explaination for this to happen. When the third one started leaking, my boyfriend pondered "what the F*%$ is going on?" Suddenly it hit me, my brother was doing this to send us a message that we were on the right track as to the cause of the crash... it was a fuel problem, just as we thought. It was his way of telling us we were right! I looked up to the clouds and told him that I got it, thanks, and if he could find a less expensive way of sending us messages it would really be appreciated!! LOL.

Believe51 · 07-30-2007, 12:03 PM

Wow Brenda, I just got the chills. What a wonderful way for him to give you all some closure. I think he was telling you just that...that you are all on the right track.

Waiting For A Miracle..and commanding one soon!!>>Believe51

StillHere · 07-30-2007, 12:17 PM

Loved all the stories, and yes I am more open to everything since dx. Here is mine. My CA27-29 markers have been rising slightly since December (28-37-41-46). My oncol asked if I wanted a PET scan to check if there was any new activity. I said yes. I was so sure that something was going to show up because my lower back and hips ache to the point of waking me up in the middle of the night. Well I had PET scan last Wed. I put my mothers ring on Fri morning because I did not want to hear the results alone. It is an opal ring that my husband I gave her for babysitting the kids when the were small (They are now 27 & 29). I wore it the first year after her death whenever I missed her (especially holidays). I seldom ware it now, but really felt a strong need to put it on last Fri. The oncol office did not call until 4:30 while I was at work. I rubbed the ring and got ready for the worst. To my supprise, nothing except possible inflamation at previous surgical site showed up. It may have just been too soon for the PET scan to show anything, but I am thrilled just the same. I did have to spray Windex on my finger to get the ring off the next day. (Windex, not soap or lotion works great - tip from jewler). I guess this is also a sign that I should start losing some weight.