For the first 16 or 17 years of my life, I never heard of butterflies being associated with death. The first time I heard someone associate the two, I thought it was an interesting concept, but it was just that. But over the years, I heard it more and more and began to believe there might be something to it.
Often times we’d be somewhere and someone would see a butterfly and say there’s “such and such” or “such and such” is sending us a message. I always thought that was nice and it made me feel good.
Last week we attended a memorial service for Bobbie the Nun at Chardon. It was very nice, and afterwards, we visited the gravesite and one of the Nuns released 3 or 4 butterflies from a container near the headstone. A couple of the butterflies fluttered about a bit, but one flew directly to a flower on Bobbie’s headstone and another flew directly to Terry’s shoulder — there was no circling or complicated flight pattern. From the container, it flew directly to Terry’s shoulder. There were lots of people standing around, but the two butterflies went directly to the flower and Terry — and stayed there. I believe the one was still on the flower when we left.
I read a little on the subject today and it seems that many people associate the appearance of butterflies with messages beyond death. When people suffering from the loss of loved ones have this kind of unique experience with a butterfly, they feel it is their loved one communicating with them. They interpret the appearance of the butterfly as a message that the deceased is okay and continues to live in another realm.
Butterflies have been around for 150 million years. There are over 20,000 types of butterflies, they live on every continent, except Antarctica and they only live a few weeks.
They can only see the colors red, green and yellow — Terry’s dress was black with white dots (??!?)
Believe what you do — or don’t — what I described is exactly what happened. I’ve heard about things like this, but it’s the first time I’ve experienced it…. it made an impression.
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