This week, hear a story of how spiritual connection

supported Morgan to move from grief to growth.

The world I relate to is the earthed, grounded, practical soil that I walk on each day when I feed our cattle. When I lost my partner and then my son, it wasn’t natural for me to connect with them spiritually in an etheric space. It takes time for me to drop into a place where my mind is quiet and I can hear the voice of my soul. I usually have to be outside or doing something hands-on to get into that place.

I wanted to connect but didn’t know how. My mind wanted to see a real spiritual experience. After our son died, I wanted to know that he was okay and not in pain anymore. My mind couldn’t rest until I had some sort of confirmation. I especially longed to feel him in a real way. It had to be a way that my sharp, rational mind couldn’t dismiss and convince me it wasn’t true. It had to be so real that was as plain as day. 

The animal world can see and hear those who have crossed over much quicker than our muted perceptions. After he died, his dog Bella lay down for 3 days and wouldn’t move. We brought blankets that smelled like him and padded them around her. She stopped eating and drinking and would lay on the couch with one paw dangling feebly. We mostly let her be. Her head barely left the ground. She was stone still in her grief.

Around the third day, I was sitting in a chair and thinking about him. Suddenly, Bella leaped to her feet and bound around the corner to greet me. Her manner shifted immediately. She pranced and danced around me and was relentless in her elation. She jumped up and down on me, her paws landing solidly on my chest, and she stuck her wet, shiny face right into the empty space beside my head.

I suddenly heard an unmistakable bellow of laughter directly in my ear. I couldn’t make it up it was so loud. I knew the voice and tone in an instant. It was his laugh. I laughed aloud for the first time and jokingly yelled, “Okay, I got it! Enough!”  Bella stopped jumping and never returned to her post on the couch after that. 

After this moment, I realized that I wouldn’t have believed the laughter in my ear without the past few years of spiritual practice and soul growth. My mind would have dismissed the connection I most needed at that moment. I had the confirmation I needed, and light started to break through inside of me. 

Best,

Morgan