Holidays can be one of the most sorrowful periods in our lives as the memories of treasured moments spent with our loves come flooding back. These are some of the times that we most dread. We often feel alone, and our pain can be even more intense. Oh, how we wish they could be here with us again, enjoying each other’s company and laughing and chatting again.
Would you be shocked to learn that our loved ones in Heaven actually do come around to spend those special holidays with us?
“What?” you might say. “How can you know this for sure?”
In my spiritual bereavement support work since 1998, I have observed time and again that holidays and special occasions are when our loved ones will very often give us “signs” from heaven to let us know they are around us, loving us, and comforting us.
These signs may be in the form of happy and vivid dreams; the strong aroma of a scent associated with them; a special song connected to them suddenly comes on. You may just “happen” to come across a forgotten card or gift from your loved one even though you were not intentionally looking for it.
These are just a few of the many ways that our loved ones let us know they are celebrating the holidays with us, and that they are like angels on our shoulders now. Because these signs are often experienced after prayer, I believe they are a gift from God to replace our heart’s sorrow with tender moments of joy.
Christine, You are amazing. I have wondered recently how to join your group with another I belong to. It’s a support group I was able to find on Facebook for Alz/Dementia patients called Memory People. I have learned much from the group about dealing with the illness issues, and the loss of our loved one’s while they are still in their physical bodies. And, finally, the loss of that person’s loved one to death. I recommend your web site, the poem by ~Ruth Ann Mahaffey~ entitled “A Letter From Heaven”, and Sunni a lot. I think it would be wonderful for these people to be able to realize that their loved one’s are never gone from them. I’ll just keep putting the information “out there”. Keep up the wonderful work, and please tell Sunni hello from me.
Happy Easter! Hugs, Marsha
Recently, on veterans day I was planning to go to the cemetery to visit my husband’s grave, who was a veteran, and also my daughter’s whose grave is next to his. I was rummaging through a drawer for no particular reason when I found a beautiful mother’s day card our daughter had written to him about two years before her death. I placed it on the chest I use for memorabilia about their lives.