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- About Me:
- Full time worker, married for years, three young kids. Too busy to grief, husband sort of thinks this is getting old. He says 'no more drama' should be our mantra.
- About my Loss:
- Mom died two years ago of cancer. Brother died at age 50 of alcoholism. This was 6 months ago. I was there, at hospice, to watch both of them die in my arms.
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The most beautiful 'hello'
I happened to get an email update from the online grief site last week. I have suffered a lot of traumatic loss, the worst being the loss of my Mom (who was my best friend) almost three years ago to cancer. Well, I was just surfing around this site when I came across the 'after death communication' blog. I read the blog, and I thought to myself...."If Mom were to come and let me know she was here, she would be a butterfly". That was that. Well, I left the next day for vacation with my…
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I came across your page and read your blog, The most beautiful hello and about after death communication. First I am sorry for the loss of your Mom and brother, their is no greater pain than the loss of a loved one. For us it was our son Billy, who crossed over to heaven on June 26 2004. We have a website www.oursonbilly.com that your welcome to visit read our story and view a few pages of the signs that we have and continue to receive from Billy.
God Bless
Guy