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I love you find comfort in using your son's headphones. What a great idea to stay connected. I ask for signs. I always get them. One morning I asked for a sign, then went about my day. I came home from an errand to find begonia petals spread across the kitchen, dining area, and living room. I have begonias in my kitchen window. All the windows in the house were closed. I could tell dozens of stories like this. Just ask. Out loud. Our loved ones in spirit are only a thought away.

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Now that story brought a smile to my face 😊😊

In the first months I always saw shooting stars outside at night and took them as a sign. I realized recently that I hadn't seen one in several months so I had a chat with him about it lol.

Last night when I stepped out into the darkness, within seconds a shooting star blazed across the sky ❤

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My turn to smile. What a great kid you have!

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Indeed. I think we all have great spirits watching out for us ❤

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Of course my connections with my grandson are all about his intellect. I still feel weird talking out loud to him, but I often pick up little pearls of wisdom from programs I listen to or things I read such as "look at the natural world for the answers to life's challenges." By googling that expression I learned about a whole science called Biomimicry, that I'd never heard of before. I've been collecting these kinds of proverbial sayings for years. I used to send them to my grandson who shared them in his "bubble" and always told me the guys loved and were inspired by them.

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Not only did your intellect touch him, it touched a whole "bubble" of people. I hope he somehow makes his rounds to his bubble once in a while, to make sure they're all doing okay ❤

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Not woo-woo at all — and if we do this on our own, in whatever way works for us, we're far less likely to fall under the spell of charlatans waiting to exploit our grief.

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I have those thoughts once in a while too. I feel like grieving people are easy prey if we’re not careful.

Good topic for a future post possibly.

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It really would be! You're welcome :-)

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This is beautiful. I have full on conversations out loud with my loved ones. I get replies and don't question whether it's me and my brain responding or it's them. I choose to believe it's them.

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And for those of us who live alone, who else are we going to talk to!

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