Message from beyond?

[Pinot's Mom]

Sometimes I wonder if my mother checks in from the afterlife. She's been gone 11 years today, and over the weekend she may have stopped by. As some of you involved in the puzzle may have read, I was looking in one of her cookbooks Saturday (an old New Orleans restaurant cookbook-great one) and, as I mentioned in the puzzle thread, my mother used to tuck notes and articles into books for reference. Two things fell out; one, an article which became the puzzle I posted, and two, a note card reading, in my mother's handwriting (a very recognizable hand):
"Note:
Consomme with caviar and s.cream
Shrimp/Artichoke remoulade

Coffee/I.Tea/Rolls"

This would mean NOTHING to anyone else, but it was a slam dunk to me. This was the menu for just about EVERY ladies lunch my mother served. By the way, my mother was NOT from the South-she was from the Mid-Western U.S. If it was not my mother waving hello, I don't know what else could be! The other funny thing? I don't know HOW MANY TIMES I've been in that cookbook and that note has NEVER fallen out!

Well, anyway, Hello Mother! Yes, I know what day this is! We're fine, thanks for checking!

Thanks, y'all for listening!

[moosmom]

Pinot's Mom,

She sure is watching you!! My Dad makes an appearance every once in a while. I can usually tell because it's accompanied by cigar smoke. I found a love letter written to my Mom by my Dad when he was in the Navy. I take it out every now and again and read it. Makes me smile!!!

[CountryWolf07]

I think that's incredible. Absolutely, our loved ones visit us from the beyond. Wherever they are, I know they are here still. My grandparents definitely still 'visit' me from time to time. My grandfather visited me the night after he passed away. He visited me again a couple weeks later, then a month later, and now from time to time, I'll often 'encounter' him in my dreams. Usually when that happens, I'm upset or stressed out over something, and I'll tell you. He always knew what to say to help me feel better and you know, I talk to my grandparents as if they were still here. I'd like to think they're my guardian angels.

[kuhio98]

No doubt in my mind that your Mom was letting you know she is still a part of your life. No doubt in my mind....

[Karen]

"Note:
Consomme with caviar and s.cream
Shrimp/Artichoke remoulade

Coffee/I.Tea/Rolls"

A classic "ladies luncheon" menu for that era - when I am sure the ladies arrived wearing gloves, and everything was "just so!"

[Lillycat]

........i believe also.......

[Edwina's Secretary]

By the way, my mother was NOT from the South-she was from the Mid-Western U.S. If it was not my mother waving hello, I don't know what else could be! The other funny thing? I don't know HOW MANY TIMES I've been in that cookbook and that note has NEVER fallen out!

Well, anyway, Hello Mother! Yes, I know what day this is! We're fine, thanks for checking!

Thanks, y'all for listening!

That is as Midwest Ladies Lunch as they come! What a wonderful post!

[Marigold2]

A sure sign mom is watching over you. Love is so strong.

[K9karen]

About 2 weeks ago, I was putting laundry away in the master bedroom (mine now) and suddenly the room smelled like my dad. Even Logan raised her head! Thanks for stopping by Dad! Love you always and miss ya! Pretty cool!

[RICHARD]

LOL,

Sunday we were out for a drive to go visit my rommie's parent's gravesite.

Our conversation turned to my parents and I mentioned my mom in passing.

Less than a minute later the song "ANGIE" by the Rolling Stones began to play on the radio.

Yep, my mom's nickname was.......


Angie.

[wombat2u2004]

Yeah, these things happen for sure.
About 2 years ago I received a family book from England. I was on Pet Talk at the time, writing a message to Candace (Catty1), and as I was unwrapping the parcel a pencil drawing of a cat fell out from inside of the book. Now this book is about 100 years old, and I suspect the drawing is to.
Weird.....weird stuff.

[phesina]

Oh, these are all such nice stories. Thank you all very much! I can't at the moment think of anything like this that has happened to me, yet anyway..

It's like the Rainbow Bridge.. I HOPE, I WANT so much to believe that things like this are real.

[wombat2u2004]

Oh, these are all such nice stories. Thank you all very much! I can't at the moment think of anything like this that has happened to me, yet anyway..

It's like the Rainbow Bridge.. I HOPE, I WANT so much to believe that things like this are real.

Your time..........will come.
Dum dum dum dum.....dum dum dum dum (Twilight Zone Tune)

[momcat]

Several years ago I had a very close friend who was in the hospital with a brain abcess, Rick's condition was critical and he was in a coma. One night I had a dream where Rick came over and said he was going away for awhile and not to worry then he left. When I looked out the window, Rick was gone but his brother Ray waved as he went by on a bike. Ray had been killed in an industrial accident a few years before. The next morning Mike (who was about 10) told me he had a dream: he was playing in the field next to our place and Rick came by. They sat and talked for a bit then Rick told Mike he was going away but everything would be fine. Later that morning his sister called to tell me that Rick died during the night. As it turned out, his sister-in-law had the same dream as we did the same night.

Could that have been Rick's way of saying goodbye?

[CountryWolf07]

Several years ago I had a very close friend who was in the hospital with a brain abcess, Rick's condition was critical and he was in a coma. One night I had a dream where Rick came over and said he was going away for awhile and not to worry then he left. When I looked out the window, Rick was gone but his brother Ray waved as he went by on a bike. Ray had been killed in an industrial accident a few years before. The next morning Mike (who was about 10) told me he had a dream: he was playing in the field next to our place and Rick came by. They sat and talked for a bit then Rick told Mike he was going away but everything would be fine. Later that morning his sister called to tell me that Rick died during the night. As it turned out, his sister-in-law had the same dream as we did the same night.

Could that have been Rick's way of saying goodbye?

Wow! Just wow. Major goosebumps here. Sounds like exactly what my grandfather did, except he did pass away the night after he visited me. He was just smiling at me, adjusting his tie, and he was getting ready to see his love of his life again and just typing this makes me teary eyed. I was very close with them. The next day, which was the wake, and I looked at his suit and tie, and I realized, he had the exact same thing on when he visited me..