A Sign From My Love

One day as I walking my daughter Amelia along the same path we took every day to school, we came across this piece of broken rock that resembles a heart. As many times as we've walked right by and never saw this, one day we notice it. She says, " Mom look it's a heart. Daddy sent this to you so you know he's thinking of you!"

I asked, "You think so?"

Her reply was, "Yes, he loves you!"

Since my husband has been away, we have seen and heard many signs that he is thinking of me, or of us. The first song that he ever had on his phone as my ringtone comes on the radio all the time, and it's not even a new song anymore. Songs come on the radio just when I'm thinking of him or wondering if he's thinking about me, right when I need to hear them. Some of these songs you wouldn't think would be played so much, but they are always there when I need them. I see his name everywhere; it's on the radio, on tv, or in a book i'm reading. When I interviewed for a job, the guy who I talked to had my husband's name. I see him in people everywhere I go. I see the same beard he has, or the same bald head. I can be walking around Walmart and all of the sudden I smell his cologne. I hear or see something and I am taken back to when he wrote me a letter and that specific saying in one one of his letters, or I see a book or necklace something that says "I love you to the moon and back," which is what he always says to our kids and myself. Every where I go, in everything that I do, he's there. Recently, our daughter found a song for us and I seem to hear it every single night, at least three to four times a night and it makes my heart warm.

He always told me that if he died, (knock knock on wood) that he would find some way to send me a sign that he was still with me; that he was watching over me. Maybe a cardinal in the tree, or a butterfly landing on my shoulder, or a feather falling at my feet. That was, of course, if he died. I didn't think of how many signs would be there with him just being too far away, but I see them every day. I guess I should have believed more when he said he was sending me telepathic messages, but I believe now.

I often wonder if this happens for him. Does he have little reminders of me when he needs me the most? Does he smell my scent in the air? Does he hear or see my name in the paper, or on TV? Does he hear a song and think of me? Am I ever on his mind?

I smile when I see these signs, when I hear our songs. When his face pops into my head and I can picture his face. When I can feel he's with me. That's the best feeling in the world. I just hope he feels them too. I hope he smiles when he watches our TV shows, hears our songs on the radio, and has a random thought pop in his head of me.

No matter where we go, I hope we always have that connection. It's what makes marriage great. It's what keeps our love strong until we are close together again.