A New Song
My apologies for not blogging in the recent months. I’ve been a little preoccupied. A very close friend of mine, died in September and I’ve been grieving. Ed and I were friends and also attended the workshops of Deena Spears together. He was a very spiritual person who lived his life with kindness and humility. He is gone from us too soon.
I was reading a book about communication with those who have passed on and the writer had discussed how her mother sent her signs, like butterflies and a specific song (La Vie En Rose). Upon finishing the book, I asked my friend Ed, to send me a sign to let me know he was okay. I had the television on in the background, and suddenly the song “La Vie En Rose” began to play. No joke. I was startled. Then I said, out loud, “OK Ed, if it’s you sending this song, send it to me again so I have no doubt.” The rest of the evening passed without any more strains of that song.
The next morning, I walked into work and one of my office mates had his iPod jacked into the speakers and he was playing music. The song? “La Vie En Rose” of course. I stopped and asked him - “You like that song?” and his answer was that he felt like some Louis Armstrong today. Later that day, I was meeting a friend for lunch. She asked me about how I was doing and as I began to talk about Ed, “La Vie En Rose” began playing. I stopped in mid sentence, a little freaked out. She asked what was wrong and I began to tell her. She is Italian and inclined to lean on the side of the spiritual, but is still very down to earth. She looked at me and said, “Well, I guess he wants you to know it’s him. You better listen!”
That evening, my husband and I and our kids had to go somewhere and we were driving in the car. My daughter wanted to watch “Wall E” - the Disney movie. We put it in the car DVD player and ”La Vie En Rose” filled the car. I gave up trying to be skeptical. It was just too much coincidence to dismiss. So if it wasn’t coincidence, then it had to Ed communicating - through this song. I’ve been feeling a great deal of peace about him, while still missing him greatly.
