Monthly Miracles - Straight from the Heart

I posted about my story of what happened when I died and how God performed a miracle in my life so that I could live. The post was titled Angels and Miracles in case you want to check it out.

So this brought up the idea of showcasing different peoples experiences with miracles or angel sightings in their lives. Thus Fort Thompson Monthly Miracles was born. It is my hope that this can go from monthly to weekly, but in order to do that I need your help getting the word out to others to send in their stories. They can be emailed to me.

This gives us all the opportunity to read about some truly remarkable things that have happened, and how God has worked in many different peoples lives. So please help us to get the word out.

This month it is my honor to feature the story of a really good blogging friend of The Fort. Most of you know her as April, and she is the author of a wonderful blog called Straight from the Heart. So make sure you stop by and comment on her blog thanking her for sharing her story.



My mom passed away in 2000; we were incredibly close...more like sisters, than mother and daughter. Well, I stayed with her for eleven straight days when she was in the hospital. She wasn't able to speak to me, at all, because she was on heavy pain meds and she had tubes down her throat. I, finally, had to leave and go back home to tend to my family. I hugged Mom and told her how much I loved her and that I'd be back to see her, again, real soon. At that point, we all still thought she was going to make it out of the hospital. As I was leaving her room to make the drive home, I turned around and waved goodbye to her. Then, as clear as it could be...she said, "Bye, bye, hon". I almost fell over! Those were the last words I ever heard my mom speak and I'll never forget that moment!

A few days later, I woke straight up at around 5:10 AM, so I decided to go to the office to read my e-mails. About 5 mins. later, the phone rang and it was my brother calling to inform me that Mom passed away almost at the exact moment I got up and went to the office. I truly believe that it was Mom's way of telling me goodbye.

We traveled to Arkansas the next day and I slept in the bedroom at my dad's house with my two girls. They wiggled in the bed for half the night, so I went down to the floor to sleep. I was awakened very early in the morning by something rubbing up and down on my back. I thought it was our dog, Gizmo. I rolled over and whispered, "Stop, Gizmo", but he was not even in the room with us...he slept in the living room with my husband. I was by myself on the floor. I believe that it was my mom trying to bring me comfort.

People may say I'm crazy, but I believe that God works in mysterious ways and there's far more to the death experience than any of us can comprehend.

Hope you have a blessed day!

April

Love and Prayers,