Posted April 8, 2026 in Sacred Stories

Fox Squirrel

One day when I was a kid I was outside our house and saw a fox squirrel in a tree. It was the only time I had ever seen a fox squirrel by our house.

While I was watching the squirrel my mom came out and told me my grandpa had died. Grandpa loved […]

Posted April 3, 2026 in Sacred Stories

A Special Guy Passed on Maundy Thursday

She received a text from a friend early on Good Friday morning. “Dad passed away yesterday. We were all there with him. He was such a special guy. Extremely glad I got to spend so much time with him the last few years.”

Maundy Thursday, falling in Holy Week before Good Friday, commemorates the Last […]

Posted March 31, 2026 in Sacred Stories

Jingles and Hopeful 2026

They were both still processing their son’s death and he was again retracing some of the trails they had hiked over 25 years ago, when Adam was eight years old. As her husband was leaving to hike this time, his wife told him, “Adam is going with you. I’m praying for signs and experiences for […]

Posted March 31, 2026 in Sacred Stories

Holland Window

She was visiting her daughter and family out of state when they delivered a love-meal to a family welcoming a new baby into their home. “I want you to come in so you can see the Holland window,” her daughter insisted, “because you will love it and the story about it’s significance.” The following “Story […]

Posted January 31, 2026 in Sacred Stories

Heaveniversary

She decided to have a memorial image of a screenshot she had taken of the last text message her mom sent to her done on canvas. The order was scheduled to arrive February 2 or 3, but it arrived on January 30, just one day before her mom’s 1st Heaveniversary.

At 11:33 on January 14, […]

Posted January 29, 2026 in Sacred Stories

Acts of Kindness

She met him while riding bike with her parents during a week’s visit in the Fort Myers, Florida, area. A Veteran, he was laboriously walking with a cane, pulling a basket behind him, stopping every few steps to lean and breathe. Her dad asked him, “Are you going to make it home?”

“As long […]

Posted January 21, 2026 in Sacred Stories

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One morning she woke up at 3:33 am and was unable to go back to sleep.

That afternoon, working in the kitchen, she glanced up to see the clock on the stove announcing it was 3:33 pm.

Later that evening she was on a group text with a few of her closest family […]

Posted December 6, 2025 in Sacred Stories

Ornament Hanger

Wintering together in Florida, with no chance for a white Christmas, they had both gone to a neighborhood tree-lighting with hot chocolate and cookies. Santa (the President of the neighborhood association) gifted each of them with an ornament he had made in his workshop. (He is also quite accomplished in stained glass as well!)

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Posted November 24, 2025 in Sacred Stories

Good Mojo

She was calling a hospital in Michigan while she was in Florida. She desperately needed help speaking to her long-time friend. Her friend’s daughter said her mom had been convinced she would never get home. A few days earlier, while her friend’s daughter was there with her mom, they had spent 23 glorious minutes on […]

Posted October 23, 2025 in Sacred Stories

12:12 - Ten of Cups

At 12:12 am she received a Tarot reading video from a friend via Facebook Messenger. Reaching out later that morning, she was told the message had not come from that friend. Having a sense it may have been a message from their friend who had recently died, the following day she shared the video of […]