I decided to give you one last glimpse of a chapter in my upcoming book. It was very appropriate as it was all about Halloween and my feelings and experiences on the matter and dealing with Kory’s death. Yesterday I was out looking for a Halloween costume and was still shocked at the portrayal of Halloween. Gone are the days of funny plastic costumes and plastic superman or princess masks that came in an awesome box. I had a very hard time trying to find a modest adult costume. That is sad. All the costumes were so dark or I would be dressed as someone’s who profession is not in my lifestyle.

I hope that you enjoy this chapter and have a fun safe holiday.

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As the leaves turn brilliant colors and the weather is perfect in Alabama in the month of October, we see signs of the upcoming holidays. One of my favorite holidays, is Halloween. It is a strange holiday here in the south. Many shun it and say that it is the devils holiday. Well if you research the origin of Halloween, you see that it is actually a religious holiday. I have been bothered by the public view of spiritual matters. We rush to see scary movies and haunted houses and spooky things. I love to go to them too! Cemeteries take on particular interest but for the wrong reason. The world view the dead as scary and skeletons and corpses. This perception always saddens me. If anyone has a connection with the spirit world it is assumed to be dark and haunting. The actual experiences are closer to the feelings that we experience at Christmas time. It is peaceful and happy and filled with light.

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My Library (in part)

Today I wanted to give you some information that took me years to collect. It is some of my favorite books that I have used in my research about death and the Spirit world.  I have read everything I could find since I was 16 years old. Some I loved and re-read and kept for my library, some I read and gave away, some were library books. One thing that I have found is I love my faith! The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has the most complete and plentiful information in regard to this subject anywhere in the world.

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I would like to address the most difficult part of dealing with the death of a loved one, grief.  It is a very strange animal. Like I said in last weeks post; grief is an expression of love. The more we loved that person the more we greave.

I remember years ago a dear friend lost her little baby boy when he was several months old. She had lost other children during pregnancy and this little boy was a miracle and a surprise.  Unfortunately he had a heart condition and he died after surgery. After he died I started to have the strangest feeling of incredible grief every time I drove near her house. I had never felt such grief before.  It was like driving into a cloud. I felt it come and I felt it go as I drove past the area. I thought it was so strange. I know I was feeling her grief.  I have felt empathy for others in their losses but not like I had during that time. I believe grief is almost tangible, and we can experience others grief. Even though I had this experience and because of my fathers death I researched all I could on death, nothing could prepare me for the grief I would experience after Kory’s death.

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