Recently, while I was working at home, I received two musical signs from my mom in spirit. Spirits will use music to send signs to let us know they're around. In today's blog you'll see how my mother made me hear 3 of her favorites within 2 hours!
My mom passed in 2013. She loved music. Back in the 70s and 80s I used to play pop and country music for her and she had instant favorites. I put together a cassette tape (yes, a cassette!) of many of her favorites including 3 songs that played within 2 hours on one day recently.
When I first logged on to work from home, within the first hour I heard Dolly Parton's song, "Here you come again." That song brings back a fun memory I have with my mom. Shortly afterward, I had to reboot my computer, and logged into an "easy favorites" radio station where I first heard, Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers' "Islands in the Stream," followed by Fleetwood Mac's "Everywhere."
Three of my mom's favorite songs in 2 hours is NOT a coincidence. She was letting me know she's around. Why that day? It was the week of my aunt's birthday (her sister), and she wanted to let me know they're together in spirit, and they've made up from all the earthly issues they had.
We got a sign from our dog Sprite (who passed in 2013) that he was around on his birthday!
Sprite in 2011
If you've read either of my "Pets and the Afterlife" books, you understand that pets in spirit can send subtle messages to let us know they're around during birthdays (theirs or yours), anniversaries (adoption, passing, etc.) or even holidays. They know these times because when they are alive in the physical they can read our emotional energy levels and know those dates are special times. When they're in spirit, they can also read that energy, so they know enough to return to us at those times to let us know they are still around us. That said, our dog Sprite, who passed in 2013 gave me a subtle sign this year, 2019, on what would have been his birthday, Dec. 23. Sprite was a dachshund who passed away on July 8, 2013 at 16 1/2 years old. Sprite was a funny little guy, who liked to keep to himself and didn't play with toys (he came to us from the rescue just before he turned 14 and wound up have several surgeries and 22 rotted teeth removed). Sprite loved our other dogs, Dolly, Franklin and was getting accustomed to Tyler (who was young at the time). Because he had most of his teeth removed, he found it difficult to eat his food from a bowl, so we bought him a small, square dish that was flat with slightly elevated/angled ridges around it. When Sprite passed, my friend Troy, a medium, told me that Sprite wanted us to keep his dish and use it for our food. So, I did.
Sprite's special dish (with a chip in it)
Yesterday, on Dec. 23rd, I quickly needed to get a small dish to prevent a spill in the kitchen, so I flung open the cabinet and grabbed the first dish. It was Sprite's special square dish! I realized immediately that it was his birthday, and the he directed me to open the cabinet and grab his dish as a reminder he is still very much with us. That's how spirit works. Even something as subtle and simple as a dish can be a sign. To read Sprite's story and how he came to 2 other mediums with the same message, and to learn many ways that your pets can send signs, read "Pets and the Afterlife" by Rob Gutro on Amazon.com (Under $9 paperback /$2,99 kindle.
For those who know me (Rob), you know that I get signs and messages from people who passed away- and either remain Earth-bound (as a ghost) or cross over into the light (as a spirit).
Usually they give us signs around birthdays, anniversaries and holidays.
(You just need to look for them).
Well, my mom was no
exception. She gave me several signs she's around - and this is the week
of her birthday and what would've been her and my dad's 60th wedding
anniversary.
Spirits can come in many ways, like through dreams or music. My mom came through in both ways.
Rob's mom in 1955
A VIVID DREAM / VISIT - This morning, I awoke from a dream of walking into a brightly lit room that had huge windows with the sun poring through, and my mom was sitting down with our (late) poodle, Gigi, who was her favorite dog in the world. My mom appeared as she did when she was in her late 20s/early 30s! She was young and vibrant, and smiling. (She looked like she did in the picture here)
She was sitting on a large white couch or bed and Gigi, her poodle was curled up with her. She was very happy and content. The next thing I noticed was that a Weimaraner was walking next to me- and I think it was Buzz, my weimaraner who passed in 2005. It was all so very real. That's the difference between a visit and a dream. This was definitely a visit and I got to see mom, Gigi and Buzz. How cool.
MUSICAL SIGNS - While I was teleworking later in the day, I was listening to WSM-AM 650 on-line. That's a radio station out of Nashville that plays classic country. Well, there were two songs in a row that my mother included in her favorites: 1) Dolly Parton's "Here You Come Again" (that brought back memories from the 1970s of Mom and I sitting down facing each other, slapping each other's knees and singing the song) 2) Glen Campbell and Steve Wariner's "Hand that Rocks the Cradle (Hall of Fame for Mamas)" song came on second. Mom loved that song and said she agreed that there should be a hall of fame for mothers!
Here's the video of the song: https://youtu.be/g6MGou_HzbM
Seeing signs from our loved ones that have passed just takes a bit of attention to detail and knowing what they enjoyed in life. Why? Because that's how they identify themselves - and that's exactly what my mom did recently.
I went into a CVS store for vitamins, but decided to look at birthday cards even though I didn't need any at the time. The very first card that caught my eye was a dark background with something white sticking up so I pulled it out of the rack and it was a poodle on a birthday card!
So what? Well, my mom had a poodle named Gigi, that she doted on, loved and cherished. My brothers and I said that Gigi was my mother's favorite child. In fact, Gigi passed in October 1993, and right until the day my mom passed in December 2013 she talked about that beloved dog every day.
Mom influenced me to pick out that card to let me know that she is around. She also wanted to make sure I realized it.
Here's where the double confirmation came in. As soon as I picked up the card over the intercom of the store came the opening notes of one of her all time favorite songs, "Everywhere" by Fleetwood Mac!
With spirit, there truly is NO such thing as a coincidence. My mom wanted to ensure that I knew she was around me that weekend. I didn't expect a message in a CVS, but that's the point. We never know when our loved ones will be around us so pay attention!
LINK TO PLAY VIDEO: http://youtu.be/uKSmskT3fPQ
On June 29, my (Rob) mom and dad's house was sold. Mom and Dad wanted to give us one last sign that they knew the house was being sold and they did.
The day before the sale, my brother Doug (the executor) went to the house to meet with a technician from the house alarm company. He was going to disable the alarm before the new owners took over, so they could decide what to do with it. When Doug met the tech, he was told that the alarm went off by itself early that morning - and rang so long and so loudly, that the neighbors called the police who in turn sent a tech over to turn it off. The police found nothing out of order - no forced entry, nothing broken.
A house alarm ringing
It was just Mom and Dad setting off the alarm one last time to let their three boys know that they're still around us and watching over us. It was also an acknowledgement that they know the house was being sold.
What's interesting is that in the SIX MONTHS that the house was empty, the only other time the alarm went off by itself was on June 19th, my parents' wedding anniversary and my mother's birthday- so that was their first sign. This is their second sign.
So, keep an eye or ear out during anniversaries of any kind because you may get a message from someone you know - although it might not wake up an entire neighborhood!
It's Amazing how spirits can send signs.
Today would've been my mom's birthday and my parent's 59th anniversary.
Both have passed, but they just gave me and my brothers and AMAZING SIGN.
This morning I asked mom and dad to give me a sign that they're fine and still around. They delivered!
A LOUD AND CLEAR SIGN FROM MY PARENTS' SPIRITS:
This morning, June 19th, my younger brother Doug called me (he lives in
the same town as my parents lived) and said he received a call from the
alarm company that monitors my parents' house. The company told him that that the burglar alarm on mom and dad's house (which has been vacant since mom passed 12/29/13) went off this morning! -
Of course there is no one there and no one had entered the house.
Because spirits can manipulate electricity, Mom and Dad made the alarm go off as a way to communicate to me and my brothers- that they're still around, still looking out for us. A final note- birthdays and anniversaries are the time that spirits will usually come through with messages for the living. This is yet another example of that!
I'm a simple guy who enjoys the simple things in life, especially our dogs. I volunteer for dog rescues, enjoy exercising, blogging, politics, helping friends and neighbors, participating in ghost investigations, coffee, weather, superheroes, comic books, mystery novels, traveling, 70s and 80s music, classic country music,writing books on ghosts and spirits, cooking simply and keeping in shape. You'll find tidbits of all of these things on this blog and more. EMAIL me at Rgutro@gmail.com - Rob
