Sharing Signs
Today I picked up a book I’d been reading a while back, “Signs: The Secret Language of the Universe” by Laura Lynne Jackson. I happened to open it to a section where she encourages the reader to share their experiences with signs, as they’re meant to not only connect us to our loved ones who have passed on, but also connect us to each other here on earth.
As someone who is fortunate to have experienced many encouraging signs, there’s still one that blows the rest away (no offense to all my other departed loved ones).
Zack was more little brother than cousin - always with my siblings and I - going beach camping and boogie boarding, swimming, carpooling to school and sports practices, going to holiday gatherings and birthday parties, getting lunch at Carl’s Jr. on half-day Fridays, going to the movie theaters, listening to scary stories about El Cucuy, having sleepovers, and watching our favorite movies (and quoting them) repeatedly.
One of our favorites was the 1994 classic Dumb and Dumber.
We would rewind and rewatch the scene where Lloyd is riding the motor bike back to Harry after trading their van for it on the way to Aspen and the engine pops and he swerves back and forth. Practically peeing our pants we were laughing so hard.
In 2013 Zack died in a drunk driving accident. It was shocking and I know my family and I are still processing the complicated grief in our own ways more than a decade later.
About 3 years after Zack passed, I was working at an Ad Agency and while at my desk, the colleague next to me sat down and started singing a song:
Mock. YEAH. Ing. YEAH. Bird. YEAH. Yeah. YEAH.
I genuinely wasn’t sure if I was hearing correctly. I stopped what I was doing to listen.
I’d been thinking about Zack that morning. I missed him and would replay his voice in my head because I was afraid I’d forget the raspy, soft sound of his voice.
Sure enough, my coworker was singing that song from Dumb and Dumber!
I asked him what compelled him to sing that song. He said it’d just popped into his head.
No specific reason.
Just a sign from Zack.
To this day, that moment remains such a tender experience. I’d explained to my coworker the significance of that song and memory and thankfully, he received it with the reverence it deserved.
Grief is complicated and hard. Being open to signs seems to be the only silver lining sometimes.
Grieving our loved ones is also a beautiful part of being human and feeling the full spectrum of our emotions can teach us so much.
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What signs have you received?
And which are your favorites to receive?
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