My Brother, My Angel

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Story type: Angel
Location: Edmonton Alberta
Source: Form Submission
Date submitted: Wed Oct 17 03:41:06 2007

I've had so many experiences with loved ones passing but a few incidences that occured after my brother passed away in May 2000 from a brain hemmorage, made me want to share my stories with you.

I've lived in Edmonton for 10 yrs. Have had so much difficutly leaving all my family 3000 km away. In May 2000, one of my dearest and closest brothers Michael passed away. I went home to his funeral which was in itself devastating yet so memorable as 300 children lined the streets to wave goodbye to a man who was a janitor at there school , but was also like a Dad. He always insured that there mittens and hats were in tact in cold winter months. Wiped there runny noses and so much more.

Michael was a great spirited person in life. He touched many lives, as he was always the listener , the calm one in the family. He use to always say...."awww why whine, we are all going to die one day". What can you do , but live and just live in the moment, as he would say.

After his funeral I returned to Edmonton and went into a depression, and had such difficulty letting him go. I constantly prayed for signs from my beloved brother and one night, as I was in our recroom watching television, I took off my diamond earrings ( as they were bothering my ears) , and told my husband I was going to go upstairs to put them away, as they were just tiny diamonds and easy to lose. I went up to the bedroom (2 storey home) and it was dark. As I entered the bedroom to the right of me was a hutch and the top of the hutch opened where there was a jewelery case inside. I opened the hutch without opening the light and carefully slipped them inside. The next morning as I came down the stairs, in full view was the kitchen table which sat infront of the picture window. The sun was gleaming in and as I blinked and thought I was seeing things, I look again and there on the table were my diamond earrings. I thought my husband was playing a joke on me , so called him at work and asked him if he noticed anything unusual that morning. He being the biggest skeptic I know ,said actually, when I sat to put my boots on this morning, I place my lunchbox on the table and looked and saw your earrings. Wondered why you would put them there. My heart danced as I knew I got my first sign from Michael.

Second sign was I know my brother loved to garden as I do. One day I planted 2 rose shrubs aside each other along the walkway in the front of our new home. As a joke I said in my head, Okay Mick, let's see who the green thumb really is in this family. One night I dreamt of those little snow glass domes that you shake and it looks like snow falling . Inside the dome , was my brother standing beside roses, and I awoke giggling. My husband said what is so funny . I explained the dream thinking how funny my bro would be in a snow globe and told him, that on the right of my bro, was this huge gorgeous bush of roses and the other side perhaps about 3 roses. He laughed and shortly after , got up for his morning coffee. All of a sudden he is yelling to me to come see outside. Amazingly the rose bush on the right which only had buds the prior day, was in FULL bloom and the one on the left had about 4 roses. Even Husband Mr. Sekptic, was in shock and awe.The neighbours came that day to comment on the roses, saying how the heck did you get so many blooms in one night.

Third sign and final, was one night I lay in bed and was burdened deep with depression and missing my brother and asked him to give me a sign . This time....in a very dark room with blinds closed, across the top of my closets , came a flicker of light, (kinda like a lighter in the dark and you light the flame and just drag it threw the air). It lasted seconds and was gone. That is when I knew my brother is still with us, even if his physical being isn't. Gosh how I miss him so! My angel, my brother:)!

I still, even with these signs, have a hard time believing that our loved ones really give us signs. Sometimes I think I just believe it's them and not coincidence, however these signs sure make me rethink my thoughts time and time again.