FOUND ON THE BEACH by Cindi Smith

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01-Mar-2020	Cindi Smith

FOUND ON THE BEACH

Taramar Beach, Galveston, TX

On my birthday, Sunday, March 1st, we found this butterfly on the beach. Yes, it had died, but I was meant to find it. My best friend, Lisa, is holding it. You see, butterflies and Claudia were a thing. She loved them and said when she saw one she knew her mother was there in spirit. Now, Claudia lives in Heaven along with her Mom. I found this, the morning of my birthday and I believe this is a sign. Then, as I walked along the beach that morning, I looked down and saw all kinds of little shells that had not been broken in two. They all looked like butterflies in all different colors. These are all signs she is okay now and that she was wishing me a happy birthday. I felt her loving friendship. And, I thank God, I had her in my life since 3rd grade. We were life long friends. How many can say that? I was truly blessed. Dance in Heaven, my dear, dear friend.

She left a couple of weeks from that Sunday. These signs were meant for me.

Canon EOS 5D Mark III
1/250s f/13.0 at 105.0mm iso640 full exif

other sizes: small medium large auto

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laine		16-Mar-2020 01:08
We have in our family the same with the Dragon Fly...a long story I won't go into. Have you seen this...it is something to think about. The Dragonfly Story Down below the surface of a quiet pond lived a little colony of water bugs. They were a happy colony, living far away from the sun. For many months they were very busy, scurrying over the soft mud on the bottom of the pond. They did notice that every once in awhile one of their colony seemed to lose interest in going about. Clinging to the stem of a pond lily it gradually moved out of sight and was seen no more. "Look!" said one of the water bugs to another. "one of our colony is climbing up the lily stalk. Where do you think she is going?" Up, up, up it slowly went....Even as they watched, the water bug disappeared from sight. Its friends waited and waited but it didn't return... "That's funny!" said one water bug to another. "Wasn't she happy here?" asked a second... "Where do you suppose she went?" wondered a third. No one had an answer. They were greatly puzzled. Finally one of the water bugs, a leader in the colony, gathered its friends together. "I have an idea". "The next one of us who climbs up the lily stalk must promise to come back and tell us where he or she went and why." "We promise", they said solemnly. One spring day, not long after, the very water bug who had suggested the plan found himself climbing up the lily stalk. Up, up, up, he went. Before he knew what was happening, he had broke through the surface of the water and fallen onto the broad, green lily pad above. When he awoke, he looked about with surprise. He couldn't believe what he saw. A startling change had come to his old body. His movement revealed four silver wings and a long tail. Even as he struggled, he felt an impulse to move his wings...The warmth of the sun soon dried the moisture from the new body. He moved his wings again and suddenly found himself up above the water. He had become a dragonfly!! Swooping and dipping in great curves, he flew through the air. He felt exhilarated in the new atmosphere. By and by the new dragonfly lighted happily on a lily pad to rest. Then it was that he chanced to look below to the bottom of the pond. Why, he was right above his old friends, the water bugs! There they were scurrying around, just as he had been doing some time before. The dragonfly remembered the promise: "the next one of us who climbs up the lily stalk will come back and tell where he or she went and why." Without thinking, the dragonfly darted down. Suddenly he hit the surface of the water and bounced away. Now that he was a dragonfly, he could no longer go into the water... "I can't return!" he said in dismay. "At least, I tried. But I can't keep my promise. Even if I could go back, not one of the water bugs would know me in my new body. I guess I'll just have to wait until they become dragonflies too. Then they'll understand what has happened to me, and where I went." And the dragonfly winged off happily into its wonderful new world of sun and air....... Thank you God, for the story of the water bugs and the dragonflies. Please remember________who left the pond we live in...and remember me... STICKNEY, D. (1997). Water Bugs and Dragonflies. Explaining Death To Young Children. The Pilgrim Press.

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