A wedding day 'sign' from my Dad who has passed....sorry a bit long
Just months before my Dad (unexpectedly) died, he gave me a small lighthouse figurine and said, 'I BOUGHT THIS FOR YOU BC I WILL ALWAYS BE HERE FOR YOU, I WILL ALWAYS HAVE THE LIGHT ON FOR YOU' He wasn't really the mushy type, he never said/did things like that, so I always treasured that little lighthouse figure and displayed it on my piano.
After he died, it's meaning became bigger. Everytime I saw a lighthouse, I thought it was my Dad saying 'hi' to me. The coincidences were really undeniable....
At his funeral, on the gravesite next to his, was a greeting card with a huge lighthouse on it, what were the chances of that card being there???
I can tell you thousands of 'lighthouse sightings' since then that I know in my heart are from my Dad. He 'shows up' everytime I need him....
Last Father's Day I went to a Yankee game and the guy sitting next to us had FOUR Boston lighthouses on his shirt, on my Dad's birthday last year one of my clients bought me a lighthouse trinket box. The topper was when my best friend's Mom was dying in the hospital last year, I specifically prayed to my Dad and asked him to show me a sign that my best friend's Mom would have his help getting to heaven....when we got to the ICU waiting room, there was not one, not two, but THREE lighthouse murals decorating the walls of the ICU waiting room. My best friend gasped and we both broke into tears! Her Mom died that night.
These things can't be coincidences! In my mind, anyway!
Sooooo....my wedding day comes. I was sure I would see a lighthouse, but I was inside the RH most of the day/night. We went out for pictures, I looked at every single license plate/bumper sticker that drove by, everyone's clothing, etc....but no lighthouses. I was very sad and disappointed, but I had a lighthouse pinned to my bouquet, so I convinced myself that that was good enough. Deep down I was so disappointed that my Dad was not 'there for me' on my wedding day.
Lo and behold....I get my pro pics back weeks after my wedding....in the cocktail room, under the shrimp display......a tablecloth with 100 lighthouses on it!!!!!!!! I had goosebumps all over when I came across this pic!!! I did not go inthe cocktail hour that night, and prob for good reason....bc I would have broken down crying seeing his sign to me!!!
Now, I know deep in my heart, he is ALWAYS there for me. My Dad wouldn't have missed my wedding for anything in the world. He WAS there and he gave me a sign to let me know......
After he died, it's meaning became bigger. Everytime I saw a lighthouse, I thought it was my Dad saying 'hi' to me. The coincidences were really undeniable....
At his funeral, on the gravesite next to his, was a greeting card with a huge lighthouse on it, what were the chances of that card being there???
I can tell you thousands of 'lighthouse sightings' since then that I know in my heart are from my Dad. He 'shows up' everytime I need him....
Last Father's Day I went to a Yankee game and the guy sitting next to us had FOUR Boston lighthouses on his shirt, on my Dad's birthday last year one of my clients bought me a lighthouse trinket box. The topper was when my best friend's Mom was dying in the hospital last year, I specifically prayed to my Dad and asked him to show me a sign that my best friend's Mom would have his help getting to heaven....when we got to the ICU waiting room, there was not one, not two, but THREE lighthouse murals decorating the walls of the ICU waiting room. My best friend gasped and we both broke into tears! Her Mom died that night.
These things can't be coincidences! In my mind, anyway!
Sooooo....my wedding day comes. I was sure I would see a lighthouse, but I was inside the RH most of the day/night. We went out for pictures, I looked at every single license plate/bumper sticker that drove by, everyone's clothing, etc....but no lighthouses. I was very sad and disappointed, but I had a lighthouse pinned to my bouquet, so I convinced myself that that was good enough. Deep down I was so disappointed that my Dad was not 'there for me' on my wedding day.
Lo and behold....I get my pro pics back weeks after my wedding....in the cocktail room, under the shrimp display......a tablecloth with 100 lighthouses on it!!!!!!!! I had goosebumps all over when I came across this pic!!! I did not go inthe cocktail hour that night, and prob for good reason....bc I would have broken down crying seeing his sign to me!!!
Now, I know deep in my heart, he is ALWAYS there for me. My Dad wouldn't have missed my wedding for anything in the world. He WAS there and he gave me a sign to let me know......
