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Originally Posted by GuinnessStout

So I have to share my story... My grandpa passed end of last week and I was my grandpa's world... You could not even reach the pedestal that this man held me on. He loved Cracker Barrel and their fried apples so we used to take her there all the time before his mind went. Well we stopped as a family to eat at CB on the way home tonight.. None of us ordered fried apples but the waitress brought a bowl to the table and said I don't know why I brought these none of you ordered them...


In heart I feel that was a sign he was letting us know he is ok.

Originally Posted by mimimomo

I believe in the signs too. When my Grandmother passed away, the morning after, I went outside to get the newspaper. A crane landed on our neighbor's house, right in front of our house! We have a painting that my uncle painted, it's of 4 cranes, they symbolize longevity.
There is a lake that's by our house where we used to live over 10 years ago, so it was from that lake, but I've never seen a crane around the neighborhood the 5 years we lived there. I believe my Grandma was telling me that she's ok & have moved on.
So I believe your Grandpa was telling you & your family the same.

Originally Posted by McheleM

I believe that too.

My grandma loved cardinals and since she passed we have had a red bird that sits on the trellis in front of our window almost everyday.

Wow, those are wonderful stories. My neighbor, Kim, told me this story.... Her brother died last summer and Kim and her husband took her brother's children out on her brother's house boat later that summer. Kim told me that it rained and afterwards there was the most beautiful double rainbow that looked like it ended right at the boat. She said she knew that her brother was telling her that things were going to be okay.

For me, I am especially touched by these stories today, since we drove 12 hours yesterday to attend a memorial service for a dear friend today. Hope we see a sign such as you three have described.