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My Mom and I were always super close..I was an only child, born when my Mom was 38 (rather a risky birth, 1952 technology being what it was back then) and my Dad was a merchant marine, gone overseas most of each year...Mom and I took care of 40 acres and cows and it was a very blessed growing up, and throughout her loving life, she was always my very best friend, and special angel! When she had a heart failure in 1995 at the age of 80, I knew she would soon be going Home to be reunited with her family (she was the baby of ten younguns!) Our family feared for my adjustment to losing her at some point, although they should've known that my Faith has always been rock solid...they just all knew how close we'd always been...but the good Lord in his wisdom knew just what to do for me when that time came...
Mom did very well on Lasix the first six months of 1996 and she was still scurrying around her home and flower gardens, fixing the best suppers in the whole world on a daily basis and renewing everyone's spirit around her with her joy and laughter and devotion...then, in late June of '96, she contacted pneumonia and it was too much for her heart...I held her hand as she crossed over into the Heaven she had given a glimpse of to everyone she knew...friends and family wanted to stay with me that night when I left the hospital, but I urged them all to get some rest...
I returned to the quiet house and sat down on the bed...suddenly the room filled with a soft, warm glow...I felt an intense love fill the room, as if I were being hugged with the utmost loving care...a soothing, calming voice spoke not in audible words, but straight to my heart and mind, and assured me that Mom was just fine, knowing Glory, and that I would be just fine, too...this angelic presence stayed with me for about five minutes and just kept reassuring me that all was well...I knew I had a very special visit and couldn't believe I was so blessed...I dealt with the arrangements the next day calmly, with peace of mind, and oh, how my family was relieved at that! I shared my witness about my visitation to everyone in the days ahead, and delighted so many who called later to console me, and I wound up consoling them!!! PRAISE GOD on the HIGHEST!!!!
Joe Thomassen, 6 June, 2006
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