I am sending you giant hugs and love from Carmel to help heal your hearts, since Miracle has now gotten her wings. St. B, as you may recall I said several years ago that animals are Angelic Conspirators...and I think it is fantastic that Miracle had a a hotline to God, to bring you a mini-Miracle in the form of Princess, to carry on her phenomenal legacy and continue her adventures with the family she loves sooooo much. Because of your constant awareness and recognition of the fact there are no coincidences...she knew how much appreciation you would get from her "Thank you" message, as well as all the messages she will be sending you from "upstairs". Does the date she got her wings have any other signifcance to you ie. birth, death, anniversary of another loved one or other celebratory significance or full circle date of when she originally came into your life ???? I think the fact we just celebrated all souls day, is pretty significant but I realize only you know the full magnitude of the date. As you know Duke did it and possibly Miracle has as well because after all ,miracles are her specialty. I know how much all your loved ones in Heaven will be loving her and I know St. Chicken will be keeping an eye on her as well.Please take some time to recharge yourselves and revel in the memories of the past and messages coming in the future. Big Love, Hugs and Prayers, Jody
Jody, I have to tell you a story about Duke and Bernie. I had never met Duke or knew about him. Several years ago, I gave Bernie a Father's Day card with a picture of a black lab that looked exactly like Duke who had died the year before. The dog had the same markings as Duke. When Bernie opened the card, he started to cry. I think the message was blessings and love to the best Daddy in the world or something like that. Bernie didn't have a dog at the time and missed having one. He hadn't gotten another big dog as Duke would knock Bobbie down by accident and Bernie was afraid Bobbie might get hurt.
I told Bernie that he really needed a dog as he is more of a dog person than a cat person. It wasn't too long before Bernie adopted Furphy. Did I tell the story right? We knew who really sent the card. I think it was at the Pittsburg retreat.
We did another retreat in Madison, CT two-weeks after Bernie's Mom Rose died. We literally found pennies everywhere. We went for a walk near a shrine of the Virgin Mary in the gardens at the retreat center and found a beautiful red silk rose on the sidewalk. We picked it up and put in on our symbol table that sits in the middle of the circle at each retreat. Bernie knew his Mom approved and was with us in the circle.
jody i just thought of that today nov 3 is our son stephen's birthday also ruth you have some facts mixed up which is normal for you duke lived half mile away at jeff's house and was my dog but away from home he died on father's day and when i was collecting rocks for his grave marker after he died i could hear him tell me to collect flowers and stop looking for rocks
pennies from heaven were my mom's specialty i found over 36 pennies in the days after she died and the sign enjoy yourself it's later than you think in her home
I think it's too cool that Miracle picked a cherished day of one of your cherished children as she is and always will be a cherished four-footed child of yours. I'll never forget you telling me at the 2000 conference in SF, that Duke got his wings on your special day...Father's day and that we talked about your Dad dying within 3 weeks of Father's day, and that he came by to pick up Duke.....verrrrry special. St. Chicken has been going non-stop. I went to pick up some meatballs at a deli the other night on the 30th, and wrote the check out, but they hadn't been dished up yet and for some unexplainable reason, for the first time in 5 years...I said no, I didn't think I'd get them after all...and I couldn't figure out why I had decided that, when I had never done that before. The next night explained everything. It was Halloween, which is my Mom's favorite celebratory day as she is such a party animal, and I went back to the deli to get some meatballs. There, right in the parking space, straight out of nowhere and I had certainly never seen there in five years as a customer....was a big red chicken, who came right up to my car, pecked on my door and started having a converstaion with me....just the thought of it cracks me up...and the chicken followed me into the deli, letting me know why I wasn't suppose to get the meatballs the night before, cause I wouldn't have missed this Heaven sent chicken for the world and my Mom, St.Chicken was obviously out partying on Halloween...just liked she always liked to do. I lOVE the pennies from Heaven, and I've noticed that in the last year I've gotten a raise, cause I'm finding quarters everywhere which are greatly appreciated, but also symbolize keeping the lines of communication open....since I use quarters on pay phones....and everybody "upstairs" knows i use the telephone as an analogy for communication between Heaven and earth all the time. When the grieving is super intense and unresolved or healed, I think it's like having the phone off the hook and they can't get through....but when there's healing happening, the "phone" is on the hook and the communication and synchronicities can get through. Get ready for lot's of "calls" from Miracle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Big Love & hugs, Jody
"Enjoy yourselves...it's later than you think". I really love that, Bernie.
I am counting on my kitty that died to hook up with Miracle. Mine was a young one...beautiful in heart and soul, and she had, actually, an enlarged heart which ended up ending her little life here. I was devastated, as she was so very special (chased butterflies, played fetch, and did all of those wonderful things). She would start panting in her play, and come to me and sit for a bit, then would run off to play again, bless her 'heart'. Her HUGE heart...in all ways. I would love for her young soul to meet Miracle!
All of my warm condolences and hugs for you and Bobbie...
Jody, what a story and such a fun one at that. I bought a paper mache chicken a few months ago that I named Chicken Joy. I look at with her head lowered, which reminds me that joy and humility go together. She is an unassuming chicken, satisfied with chicken feed I imagine.
are making my Mama sooooooo happpy. Big Cheers for St. Chicken and Big cheers for all of you for incorporating her into your daily lives, there's nothing she loves more than to be able to bring life, love and laughter. Beth, you give me great hope that I should be starting to work on those lottery numbers with her and fly you all out here for the offcial Carmel beach weenie roast!!!!!!!! Big Love & hugs, Jody
