Today is Wednesday, February 18th, 2009; Karen's Korner #1513

Readers seemed to like the story from Bob Eilerts, telling about a dream he had reminding him of his son, Aaron, who had died tragically in a tornado while at Boy Scout camp last summer. (If you would like to re-read the story, go to www.karens-korner.com and type in 1493 in the box on the left hand side of the page and it will come up for you.)
 
Several readers responded with similar stories.
 
The first one is from Jim Bossard. It didn't happen to him but to his mother, Elaine. Jim lost a brother to cancer when Bob was twelve years old:
 
  "I remember my Mom telling me about a time after my older brother Bob had passed away that she had held him one last time. She didn't know if it was an Angel, or actually Bob that was there to give her that hug, it was just what she needed.
  "I didn't know of this until just a few years ago when I was out visiting her for my first time out in Arizona. What a wonderful Lord we have!! It is very comforting to me knowing that He will never allow satan to throw more at me that what I can handle through or Lord and Saviour.
     " Thank You for helping me to remember.".
 
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Another one was from Margaret Askelsen who lost a sister, Karen (in her thirties) in a lawn mower accident:
 
    "I had a dream after Karen passed away that we were little girls. All three of us slept in the same bed. In the dream, it was the same room as when we were little kids and the surroundings were all very familiar. Karen kept saying to me, 'It's okay. It's okay. It's okay.'
    "When I woke up, I felt totally different about what had happened. It made me feel better. It was just the message I needed to hear and that I didn't need to worry."
    Margaret said she had never drempt about her childhood like that in the past and hasn't since either.
 
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The third one was a note from our son-in-law Ed at the time our daughter Merry had died:
 
    "Did you remember that I had a dream shortly after Merry died in which she told me the same thing - that she was OK?  It wasn't as elaborate as this man's (Bob Eilerts) dream, but the result was the same.  It was strangely comforting, just knowing that she was in a good place, even though I couldn't be with her anymore.
    " It really did help me, in a strange sort of way."
 
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I'm sure that Ed had told us that story before, but in the confusion of days following Merry's death and the weeks after that, I had forgotten. So we were blessed once again by Ed's comforting words........and those of others with similar experiences! And there were a couple of others of you who also shared......
 
Thank you!

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