Heaven Sent

Cathy Conway Shaw

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Jun 15, 2014

Something told me to look up into the sky on  Father's day.  This is the view from my backyard.  Can you see the heart, shaped by the tree leaves?  It was hard to capture in a picture because as the wind blew it changed the branches.  I couldn't believe my eyes.  Thanks mom,  I love you too and I will continue to look up, even on the days that I am feeling down.  I call this picture my message from above.  I received this message on Father's day weekend with my dad sitting next to me while he repeatedly asked me where my mom was. "She's in heaven dad." That is my repeated answer to that repeated question.   He has dementia, his perspective is unique, his thoughts are fleeting, but there is always a kernel of memory that springs from his mouth that allows me to believe that God has found a way to protect my dad from the pain that weighs heavy on our hearts after a loved one crosses over.  He has lived  a life of giving and in the craziest of ways he has been given the gift of not remembering the day or the reality that my mom crossed over.