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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Butterflies & Bob Marley

Before going through all this with my dad, I'm not sure how much I actually believed in what was out there after someone passes. I questioned my Faith a lot. But watching my dad the last couple of days of his life, I am a firm believer that there is something out there & Heaven is totally for real [yes, I've read the book ;) ]

We all knew my dad would leave us signs that he was still around us. I remember the couple days after he passed, we had butterflies around their house like you wouldn't believe. One even flew inside the house where it stayed for quite some time. & I remember after his funeral, we were all hanging out outside and there were literally 5-6 butterflies circling the yard for hours.

My sister, Hannah, was having a conversation with her boyfriend were having a conversation shortly after my dad passed away about her possibly putting off going to school. As they were getting back into her car, they noticed a butterfly on her visor. & they stayed staring at it for 15 minutes as it slowly opened and closed it's wings. Clearly my dad didn't like the idea of her putting off her last couple weeks of school ;)




My other sister, Laura, was sitting on the deck talking to my mom and Hannah and suddenly a tiny frog jumped on her- we assume it's the same frog we told my dad about in his last days as it was climbing on the side of the house.



I was shopping last week to find some things for Henry's birthday bash and as I was looking at a Spiderman shirt for me, I looked to my left to find this perfectly perfect shirt. Of course I instantly started crying. Out of all of the lyrics in the world, what are the chances?!? We may or may not have bought them out of them ;)


My mom hasn't always been big into butterflies so she was talking to herself saying that if she ever saw a turtle, she would know it's my dad. Well that day as she was driving home from the store, she saw a bunch of traffic stopped. As she got closer, she saw a huge turtle crossing the road.

Some may say we are crazy for believing in all this being my dad but really nothing else can explain it. & dad, I'm still waiting for my pennies from Heaven :)

5 comments:

Mandi Nivison said...

When my friend Michelle passed away almost 3 years ago her family saw yellow butterflies everywhere! I am a firm believer this is their way of saying its going to be OK!

Laura said...

LOVE LOVE LOVE! Too many "coincidences" not to mean something! Love you!

Juani said...

These are all amazing incidences,and are definitely more than just random acts.After my father died,I've always had a 'problem' with water - my 1st apartment got flooded,my 2nd apartment also got flooded about 5 times (because of our washing machine that mysteriously malfunctioned) and our toilet and bathroom sink keep leaking,no matter how many professionals I've had in to fix them.

After a while,a friend of the family told me that running water is often associated with the spirits of people,trying to manifest themselves in the lives of those they love,and I have to tell you,the leaking and flooding hasn't bothered me a bit ever since :)

Jeannie said...

They will always have a way to tell you they are there with you:) I LOVE those little reminders!

Bethany said...

I totally believe!!!!

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