I don't know if this is the right place for this...

[TOhioLiberal]

...But something...odd...Happened to me earlier this morning.

A little background:

My mom passed away Oct 3 2004. I miss her terribly and think about her a lot.

Anyway, the odd thing was, this morning in the lounge, I saw a 'post a random picture from your photo-imaging page' thread. I thought to myself, heck I'm game. Pulled up a new tab, went to photobucket. I'm thinking, page 4 image 12.

I get there, and it's a picture of my mother. This picture.


I'm not sure about matters of spirituality, or speaking beyond the grave, so to speak.
Could it be a message from my mom? A coincidence?

Color me confused and a little freaked out.
Thanks for reading.

[RevCheesehead]

1. It doesn't matter what anyone else thinks it is.

The important thing is, it was especially meaningful to you.

Your mom looks like she was a wonderful person, and a lot of fun. :hug:

[auntAgonist]

2. I think ..

You were very fortunate to have had that photo pop up. Who knows what 'caused' it to do so. Your memories of your beloved mother are what's important. Cherish her and them.
Confusion is a state of mind I find myself in very often when I think of my Mother, she's been gone since 1997, seems like yesterday.


:hug:

kesha

[havocmom]

3. The body dies

Love doesn't.

She looks surprised and happy in that lovely picture. It seems a mood for you to consider too. ;)


Thanks for posting. You have no idea how you may have helped others.

[frankly_fedup2]

4. I believe (somewhat) in being able to somehow contact each other . . .

Whether it was coincidence or your mother's way of comforting you, it gave you a feeling of comfort I'm sure. Yeah, I would kind of been creeped out too; however, I hope one day my dad will come through (come through what I know everyone asks?), and let me know he is still with me. I have him in my head and my heart; however, since he died last month (May 17th), when I'm having a bad day about it, I always ask him to show me some little sign that he is still with me in spirit. I walk around the house talking out loud to him almost everyday. Once my husband comes home, I shut up. Nothing yet but I'm still hoping.

I have talked with my family (waaayyyy before anyone had died) about having a word that pertained to only them and I have a word pertaining to me. That way, if a certain word comes up in an unexpected way, maybe it's one of them trying to contact me or just let me know that there is something after this life or me trying to contact them if I'm gone.

I read this about that magician Houdini and his wife in the 1930's (I think). They had a code as Houdini wanted to prove there was life after death and he had real disdain for fake spiritualists. He wanted to believed in some form of existence after death. As the story goes, after Houdini died, his widow went from one so-called medium to another. She never spoke of the code's words and supposedly one medium got the code correct. After getting it all correct, she claimed when it happened she wasn't feeling well and . . . well, this page tells the story if you are interested. I loved the last quote of hers.

http://info.detnews.com/history/story/index.cfm?id=138&category=people

[shrike]

5. The day my father died

I had to go pick up my husband from the airport, since he was out of town and had to fly back to be with me. For some reason, I decided to get the car washed, since my husband loves to travel in a clean car. I was waiting in line, started up the car and then on the radio came the song, "Color Him Father."

Haven't heard the song since the '70s, and haven't heard it since. I remember laughing at myself, thinking I was really losing it.

Then, as I was driving, I turned on that awful "Delilah" radio show, the one that's syndicated. Never listen to it, but for some reason I left it on, then on comes this lovely young caller, talking about her father who had died eight months before. I remember thinking, "Well, she sounds all right, maybe I will be, too."

[havocmom]

6. Sometimes, the messages we need to hear

come through at just the right time.

Lovely addition to the discussion. Thanks for that.

Maybe we all will be alright.