After I arrived in Vietnam in 1970, there was an
interesting observation in the first letter I received from my mother Claire. “As
your plane took off,” she wrote, “I knew you would be all right because there
was a rainbow over your right shoulder.”
When Mom died in 1974, one of the many ways I tried to deal
with my grief was to visit a psychic in Cassadaga ,
Florida
Yesterday morning, my mother’s sister and my beloved aunt Corinne
Joiner passed away at the age of 90. As I told my sister and other relatives at
the hospital, I was sure that the loved ones who had passed on, including my
mother, my father John, Corinne’s husband Jasper, and her mother – and my
grandmother - Leonna Lindell had all stood in spirit with my aunt as she made
her transition to the next life.
While we were driving home from my cousin Jim’s house last
night, my wife Debbie and I discussed our memories of Aunt Corinne. We were
naturally sad at her passing, but we felt sure that she was now safe with God
and those relatives who had preceded her.
Debbie looked out the right window of the car at one point
and said, “Look at that beautiful rainbow.” I glanced across an
open field and observed one of the most beautiful rainbows I had ever seen.
It’s now one o’clock of the following morning. I just woke
up out of a sound sleep and realized the significance of that rainbow.
It was my mother’s way of telling us that Aunt Corinne is with
them now. She is at peace, and those of us she left behind
will be all right.
Thanks, Mom…….
Charles M. Grist
www.MyLastWar.com
