Lorraine

Every Monday, my classroom goes on a field trip. This particular Monday happened to be the day after the medium and it was all I wanted to talk about. We were short staffed so Lorraine came in to be our sub for the day. While on the field trip, I was yapping all about the stories I had heard and how I couldn't believe how REAL it all seemed. Lorraine told me that she was a huge follower in spirits and receiving signs. She couldn't escape conversation with me even is she tried. She was telling me about books she reads and different readings she had been to. She even went to hear from a pet one time!!! It was a wonderful gift to speak to Lorraine because she is an older woman who I don't really get to speak to at work because our classrooms are far from each other. I realized how much in common we had which include having heavy drinkers for fathers and how similarly we coped. I always (and still) felt wierd saying "my dad's an alchoholic" because I never saw him as that. He wasn't mean, or scary, or stumbling on the side of the road while searching for rides home. But the truth of the matter is, I lost about eight years with my father because he chose alchohol. I was lucky to have the past three years getting to know him again and I think the past few years was a blessing. Lorraine knew this story too well. She claims her Father drank himself to death. I'd like to not think that is the case with my dad, but I would love for him to let me know what was going on with him. The sad thing is...no one knows. Anyway, the most interesting part of my conversation was when Lorraine told me about the concrete signs she receives from a close friend of hers who passed a little over a decade ago. She said when she feels like she's losing faith, she simply asks...and she receives. How wonderful. Her stories were just as powerful as the ones I had experienced. What's even more powerful is that these stories are not used to persuade. They are not used to "swear they are not crazy"...ya know what I mean? I feel like a lot of people think this is all cockamayme. When I share this information with people I try to not sound like a creep haha.
A few days later, Lorraine left a book in my office at work and the real journey begins.
...Now wouldn't you say that Lorraine was brought to me for a reason that day? I think SOMEONE is trying to help me heal in some way. Remember things are not just a coincidence!