The morning drive to work was humid, and the air was thick as you can see. The haze hung close to the ground, and it didn't improve as the day went on. The heat and humidity is back for the next couple of days, but we are expecting some storms tonight, so hopefully it will improve.
In yesterday's post I mentioned an incident, an encounter if I may that my Nephew experienced, and shared with us last evening while visiting with family friends. First of all, let me give you a quick background. My Father had a Chevy HHR, and he loved his car. The color was unique, kind of an off green, with a tint of grey I'd say, very different, and in the four years that he had it, we have never seen another one matching that color. The wheels on his HHR were also unique to Dad's liking. Anyway, on the day that Dad passed away, he had picked up my Nephew Kyle at his house, and then drove to the golf course. We learned from the ER physician that Dad most likely died almost instantly while still on the golf course from Sudden Cardiac Arrest. In the ambulance, he was diagnosed with what they refer to as Asystole, no cardiac electricity. After the administration of the maximum dose of powerful cardiac medications they could give him, there was still no cardiac activity, so we assume, based on what the physician said to us, Dad died instantly, and painlessly. After the ambulance left the golf course enroute to the hospital, my Nephew Kyle drove my Dad's car back home. Just up the street from where Kyle lives there is an intersection. As he approached the intersection, Kyle spotted the car. Kyle said, "I saw the car, I had to take a second look, because it was the exact same color as Grandpa's car. Then I saw that the HHR had the exact same wheels that Grandpa had on his. When I saw the driver I was really surprised, because he was built just like Grandpa, and there was a female in the passenger seat." Kyle said he pulled into the driveway, jumped out, and as he turned to look at the road, "As he drove past he blew the horn and waved." Now I know, there surely are other cars like his, but in the four years that my Dad had his car, we have never seen another one the same color, and absolutely none with the same wheels. Then the fact that this happened shortly after my Dad died, plus there being a female in th car too (my Mother died in July of 1999) and Dad had been mentioning lately that he missed Mom, now to me it is more than just a coincidence. Were they ghosts? No i do not think so,but I do believe that whoever it was, this person was used, a way of sending a message of comfort to Kyle who surely was still upset about what had happened. I truly believe Dad did not want Kyle to worry or blame himself for anything that happened, so he needed hbim to know that everything was ok. Kyle is only 19 years old, and his experience that afternoon had to be traumatic. One more incident or encounter that occurred the same day. The friends we visited last night were very close to Dad, and when I called them to break the news to them around 5:30pm, she was hysterical. She told us that after she hung up from talking to me, she called her Son and was standing in her dining room talking, and looking out the window out toward the road which is close to the front of their house. While she was standing there talking, all of a sudden she saw the car, the HHR drive past. Again, the HHR was the same identical color. She said she screamed, "Oh my God, Russell just drove by!"
I truly believe these two incidents or encounters were messages to two of the people who Dad knew needed to know he was ok. Dad apparently made his rounds to let them know that everyhing was good. As a family we were all worried about our Nephew, and for our friends, but these two encounters truly were messages of comfort. Conincidence? Perhaps, to us, it was a personal message of comfort, delivered through this mysterious person and his car.
Very sorry to hear about your Dad, though it sounds like he's keen to let people know he's happy.
Have a good weekend Rick..... xoxoxoxox
It is most interesting - I have heard of similar happenings - all message to let us know these departed souls are at peace.
Nice capture for today.
and so many are not and gosh what they must miss in this life. I loved that this has happened and it will certainly help family and friends to know that he is with his darling wife again, and in the Heavenly Home God had prepared for them and all believers.