A Birthday Present from Beyond the Grave
Yes, I know that sounds creepy but it's true.
Today is my actual birthday (although I celebrated it this past weekend)
I was on the phone w/ my sister whom I haven't spoke w/ in a very long time. I missed her.
She was the first to say "happy birthday" on my actual birthday.
It came up in conversation about how I no longer have anything that was our mothers.
I inherited alot of my mothers jewelery & some clothes when she died - but most of the clothes didn't really fit so I gave alot of them away to the Hubbard House, so pretty much all I had was her jewelery that I loved to play with as a child. Well, years ago when I was a teenager still living at home with my dad, our house got broken into & they stole the jewelery box with all of the jewelery I inherited from my mother & great grandmother. All of it. I had not a shred left of her but photographs.
I remember telling my sister about it (b/c she did still have some jewelery that she too inherited from mom) but Tracey just said "Well you look like mom, that should be enough."
I expressed to Tracey tonight how much that statement hurt me & of course she apologized not realizing that she was being hurtful. There is this bracelet that my sister Tracey & I always fought over to have (as adults that is). My mother had this beautiful clamp bracelet with different colored gems all over it. It was GORGEOUS - my favorite piece of jewelery of hers. I played with it all of the time when I played dress up as a kid. Well, I brought up again tonight how much I love that bracelet & wished she'd let me have it. Realizing that I was being selfish I said "Well, if you want to give me a piece of her jewelery you can give me whatever you want so long as it's pretty" lol
So anyway, we got to talking about something else & Tracey mentioned that she went to mom's grave earlier today (3/6/06) - then I heard a gasp & Tracey got quiet.
"What is it Tracey?" I asked in suspense.
"You won't believe what I just saw," Tracey continues in astonishment. "Melissa, I was looking at this green ring of Mom's & the bracelet & trying to figure out which one to give you. I really wanted to keep the bracelet but then I closed the box - which is the original pink jewelry box of the ring, it's original cotton is in it & everything Melissa - anyway, I closed the box & it had written on it 3/7!
And right now, it's 12:49am & it's 3/7... YOUR birthday Melissa!!
Melissa, Mom wants you to have this bracelet - she's telling me to give this bracelet to you."
Then, Tracey lets out another gasp...
"Oh my God, Melissa - her HAIR is in this box!! It's a strand of her dark wavey hair! You have to have this Melissa!"
Chills were sprouting all over my body by this point - then all of a sudden I got a jolt - a sudden wave from another realm. It not only dawned on me that the bracelet was mom's way before I was even born & that it was given to her on my birthday years BEFORE I was born, but that also - today - I am turning 29 years old.
29 is the exact age my mother was when she gave birth to me - 29.
I told Tracey this & she said "Melissa, you better write all of this down, all of it!"
So here I am, recording this phenomenon.
Over the years Mom has sent me dozen's of little messages from beyond the grave, letting me know she is still with me, watching me, listening to me, empathizing with me.
This time, she did more than send me a message - she sent me the most important birthday present I will ever receive -
a present from her.
Today is my actual birthday (although I celebrated it this past weekend)
I was on the phone w/ my sister whom I haven't spoke w/ in a very long time. I missed her.
She was the first to say "happy birthday" on my actual birthday.
It came up in conversation about how I no longer have anything that was our mothers.
I inherited alot of my mothers jewelery & some clothes when she died - but most of the clothes didn't really fit so I gave alot of them away to the Hubbard House, so pretty much all I had was her jewelery that I loved to play with as a child. Well, years ago when I was a teenager still living at home with my dad, our house got broken into & they stole the jewelery box with all of the jewelery I inherited from my mother & great grandmother. All of it. I had not a shred left of her but photographs.
I remember telling my sister about it (b/c she did still have some jewelery that she too inherited from mom) but Tracey just said "Well you look like mom, that should be enough."
I expressed to Tracey tonight how much that statement hurt me & of course she apologized not realizing that she was being hurtful. There is this bracelet that my sister Tracey & I always fought over to have (as adults that is). My mother had this beautiful clamp bracelet with different colored gems all over it. It was GORGEOUS - my favorite piece of jewelery of hers. I played with it all of the time when I played dress up as a kid. Well, I brought up again tonight how much I love that bracelet & wished she'd let me have it. Realizing that I was being selfish I said "Well, if you want to give me a piece of her jewelery you can give me whatever you want so long as it's pretty" lol
So anyway, we got to talking about something else & Tracey mentioned that she went to mom's grave earlier today (3/6/06) - then I heard a gasp & Tracey got quiet.
"What is it Tracey?" I asked in suspense.
"You won't believe what I just saw," Tracey continues in astonishment. "Melissa, I was looking at this green ring of Mom's & the bracelet & trying to figure out which one to give you. I really wanted to keep the bracelet but then I closed the box - which is the original pink jewelry box of the ring, it's original cotton is in it & everything Melissa - anyway, I closed the box & it had written on it 3/7!
And right now, it's 12:49am & it's 3/7... YOUR birthday Melissa!!
Melissa, Mom wants you to have this bracelet - she's telling me to give this bracelet to you."
Then, Tracey lets out another gasp...
"Oh my God, Melissa - her HAIR is in this box!! It's a strand of her dark wavey hair! You have to have this Melissa!"
Chills were sprouting all over my body by this point - then all of a sudden I got a jolt - a sudden wave from another realm. It not only dawned on me that the bracelet was mom's way before I was even born & that it was given to her on my birthday years BEFORE I was born, but that also - today - I am turning 29 years old.
29 is the exact age my mother was when she gave birth to me - 29.
I told Tracey this & she said "Melissa, you better write all of this down, all of it!"
So here I am, recording this phenomenon.
Over the years Mom has sent me dozen's of little messages from beyond the grave, letting me know she is still with me, watching me, listening to me, empathizing with me.
This time, she did more than send me a message - she sent me the most important birthday present I will ever receive -
a present from her.