In awe again...

[yasmina27]

Yesterday afternoon, we celebrated my mom's b-day at our house before the superbowl. We are in the Pittsburgh area.

Some of you may remember me posting about my dad's passing in mid-December. Right after he passed, I heard the most beautiful music. I was posting specifically about my spiritual quest, and the feeling I had that I am meant to be doing something more with my life.

Anyway, after we had eaten, and were waiting for our food to settle before having cake, I found a picture of a man wearing a "Terrible Bra". (Don't ask - it's much worse than you can imagine!) I called my mom, sister, and husband over, as they were closest to the computer. My husband snickered then walked away, my sister & mom looked and were appalled, but laughing (particularly at the tassles!). Then I heard it.

My dad was laughing! I swear to God and the Mother! I heard it in my right ear. When I turned to look, the only people in the room were my sister and mom, & neither of them sound like him. My husband was gone - to drink more beer no doubt:). My nephew, who can sound like dad on occasion, was upstairs playing Gamecube with my daughters. I must have had the most quizzical look on my face, as my sister looked at me like "what the heck are you doing?". My mom and sis are mainstream presbyterians, although my mom is more open to the possibility of after-life communication - she loves Sylvia Browne. I myself am nominally a member of their church. I am totally open to all possibilities and have often told dad to let me know he is OK. I talk to him all the time.

I dreamt Saturday night about Dad, but don't remember the details. I had told them 5-10 minutes earlier about my dream.

Again, I feel as though I'm being pulled to do something with my spiritual gifts, small though they may be. With work, I believe they could become greater and be put to work for the good of all humanity in some way. I'm being shown signs, and being given gentle yet surprising kicks in the behind to get on with it already!

Or am I making too much of this, and should just appreciate the messages from beyond that he is well and with us in spirit?

Thanks for reading this, and if you have any ideas or suggestions of what I should do, study, or pursue I would be most appreciative!

Karen

[MissWaverly]

1. I find that the bond lasts 3-4 months then closes

I believe it's to help with the grief process, but maybe you have a wonderful gift that you
can develop, but this is the way it's been when I lost 3 people close to me. (Not at the same time). When you lose someone the hardest thing is that they died, but in time you will realize that the best thing was that they lived and you shared love with them. But
it's hard, even now I will walk down a busy street and see someone that looks like my mom
from the back but it's not her, will never be her.

[FreedomAngel82]

3. Right

I think it all depends on how close you are to the person and everything and how much in pain you are in. My grandfather for a while popped in here since I was really down cause he was the only person I've ever lost I've been so close to. So now days he just stays around my grandmother but still come and visits. I've never felt if my great-grandmother (dad's side) comes over anymore. She did for a while too but I can sense she is with my great-grandfather.

[MissWaverly]

6. I think they go on, though sometimes if we honor them they

return, Like one year I decided to forgive my parents and prayed for them to be at peace.
That night I dreamed that I was driving and I pulled along side a woman and she turned around and said "You hit me." This really freaked me out since it was my mother. The
next day I was driving along the same road as in my dream and when I got to where I had
seen my mother (I saw a huge car rapidly coming straight at the driver's side of my car,
I stood on my brakes, did a "Starsky and Hutch" stop and this old lady in a huge car
raced by me, she had run the stop sign. She was going at least 70, and she had to
be at least 85. She would have killed both me and my passenger. So I guess it pays to
have friends in high places.

[FreedomAngel82]

2. Oh how wonderful!

I remember your post and I'm glad you can talk to your dad a lot. :hug: Maybe he can help you with your spiritual journies and your gifts and figure out your strengths etc. :hug: I would just suggest try talking to him more. Is he around just because he wants to be or something else? My grandfather is around my grandmother since they're mates and he wanted to stay around. I have seen him in dreams and I see him whenever I go and visit my grandmother. :) He used to pop in but hasn't in a while. My Mom is like yours. She believes in the afterlife too and spirits and has had some things happen to her as well. :)

[LaurenG]

4. Oh what a great treat

I also heard from my father in December. He died in Jan 05. My mom had fallen and broken her hip and I was despondent, feeling like I would lose her too. (she has about 20% of her heart capacity so I was very worried about the surgery). I was on my way outside to shovel the newly fallen snow, I had on all the cold weather gear, and as I grabbed the door knob to go out I heard "don't bother the snow won't last, it'll turn to rain in about 40 minutes" in my fathers voice. I was startled and looked around as I was home alone. I thought I was losing it so I started out again and again heard "I wonder if you heard what I just said". At this point I just sat in front of the door and cried. We carried on a conversation about all kinds of things. He told me my mother would be fine that she's not due to go for about 2 more years. Well my mother did come out of surgery just fine although she scared the docs in surgery she was out of the hospital in record time and she cooked Christmas dinner for the family in New Mexico. Oh and the snow did turn to rain in almost exactly 40 minutes.

I hope you do, do something with your gifts. I hope you discover the way that you can best serve. What a great gift from your dad. :hug:

[japple]

5. Thanks, Karen for sharing this story. It really made me smile to

read about your father laughing with you. Please don't underestimate your spiritual gifts. We all have them and we all need to work on developing them to their fullest potential. Ask your guardian angels and your higher self to assist you.

I know I keep bringing up Doreen Virtue's book (Divine Guidance), but that's only because it's the only one I've read so far that tell you how to develop stronger communication with god and the angels. Others have recommended Neal Donald Walsch's Conversations with God. It's all there inside of us waiting to be discovered.