You have to believe in certain things. You have to believe,
to keep yourself from thinking you’re crazy. You have to believe that the
people you lost but loved the most are always with you especially when you need
them the most. So many, too many things have
happened since my Dad passed that makes me believe is he is beside me and
watching over not only me but my family.
I have told the
stories before, (for my new page followers this is a brief recap) that my
youngest son was 2yo when my father passed away suddenly. He is now almost
5years old. He randomly asks questions,
says things and remembers facts/ details that no 2year old would ever remember.
He does and says these things mostly when it’s just him and I. There have been
a few occasions when my Husband, older son or my Mom have been around that he
blurts something out. Like most recently, last week we were all in the car and
he randomly says “I Miss Pop” and says a few random things about heaven. The week before that I was driving my older
son to practice and we hear from the backseat as we pass a cemetery “Is that
where Pop’s rock is, Can we see Pop”…… my older son just stares at me, waiting
for me to say something.
So, this morning. I am finishing getting things ready to
head out the door and he comes up to me with a visor he found in the bottom of
my bedroom closet upstairs.
His exact words were (4yo): “this reminds me of that hat Pop had for
driving but without a top on it” (as he is using his hands to pretend to
drive.)
Me: What was he driving?
4yo: A boat, you know when I would wear the life jacket, Hey
I wonder if that life jacket still fits me, I might need a new one.
I bring him to the downstairs coat closet and find my Dad’s
hat that my Mother had given me to keep. I pull it out….
Me: Is this the hat you mean?
4yo: Yes, that’s it, (his eye light up big as saucers). He
takes the hat; he puts it on his head.
Me: You can wear it if you want
4yo: No, I need you to put this back right where it was. I
will wear it tomorrow and I think I am going to need a new life jacket.
Me: Ok, when we go to camp, we will try on your life jacket
and see if it fits.
That was it. He changed the subject and we went to school.
The way I have been feeling lately I have to say the timing could
not have been more perfect. He’s still with me and he’s apparently telling Tanner it’s
time to get a new life jacket this year...... Camp/Safety tips from Heaven.
My Dad was a man of few words; but just like when he was
here, he knows when to speak up, when I need him most and this morning was no
exception.
Always Believe.
