A few more coincidences
(or something like it) ---
- The same night I heard Patrick's voice, I put in one of my James Van Praagh videos. I find it odd that out of the 4 or 5 tapes I set out over the weekend, the one I chose to watch was the one where they had a short segment on Automatic Handwriting. Lol! That part came on just before Mom was about to go to bed, too.
- I was writing down a new note for one of my stories the other night when it dawned on me that one of my obsession movies, “The Ghost and Mrs. Muir,” has a theme similar to mine. Not only with the ghost thing, but that the ghost helped the heroine write her novel. (Just like you said you think Patrick does with my writing).
- I have always been OBSESSED with looking at the stars and hope one day to see a skyful of them out in the country. (Of course, lots of people like the stars but I mention it b/c Patrick did in Mom's AW and I did have that beautiful stars/swans dream a long time ago).
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I was wrong. Muy incorrecto. Mom says that Patrick is not my MAIN guide, but that he has appointed himself as my ‘protector guide’ if-you-will. And it was him that set the warning bells off for me with that
creepy guy I dreamt about a few times in High School, and then saw in college. (My sister didn't know any of the above, but the day after I saw him she told me she dreamt I was murdered. She was acting weird that morning, so I had to urge her to tell me why she was looking at me so strangely).
And Mom said that when we were in the car the other day, and I was telling her about that poem, that she heard Patrick comment. He wasn’t sending a message to Mom or anything. She said she was just hearing him comment on what I was saying. She heard him say in agreement, “That’s right.” Lol! So I guess he was in the backseat that day, listening to us talk.
Impressing once again
This is funny- I have to tell you this. Last night I was lying on my bed waiting for my son to get himself in bed so I could go in and say good-night to him and my eyes drifted over to one of the music boxes that I have in my room. I was looking at it and then all of a sudden out of the blue "somebody" impressed me with the strong idea to record the music box playing and to send it to you so you could hear it! LOL! I just remember thinking that it was such a logical thing to do at that very second and that I should turn it on and record it on the computer and send it to you so you could hear it. LOL! Then I realized what I was thinking and I couldn't stop laughing. I know that was Patrick trying to impress me to do that because he knows that you want him to play that music box so bad. LOL! Like I said, I was just lying there looking at it and then that idea just "popped" into my head out of nowhere and at that very instant I thought it was the best idea ever! LOL! Then when I realized what was happening I couldn't stop laughing and realized how stupid it was. LOL! So Patrick seems determined to get you to hear that music box playing! LOL! Just thought I would tell you that.
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I am pretty sure he meant it was a gift to you in your past life. Meaning, in that life, he built all that for you. Does that make sense?
Mom said that makes sense. I believe it. I just can’t understand how he could have pulled it off if he and I were never together, especially if he was married to someone else. Or… he could have built it for me at a time when he was alone again. Sort of like that movie “The Notebook.” He built that house for her, hoping that just his action of building the place would help her to find him again.
(Note: The next morning, guess what was on tv. That’s right, “The Notebook.” Lol! And it was on the part where Ally comes to him after the house is built. And in this movie it mentioned how she waited for him for 7 years. Lol!)
Also, weeks later it dawned on me that he could have said he built that place for himself, and it would have been normal for someone of his station to have staff there all the time. Maybe he appointed me chatelaine there.
I saw YOU in that castle all by yourself remember? You were waiting for HIM to return. That was when I saw you with the white fluffy persian cat at your feet. You looked very sad and lonely. I think that he had that place built for you, kind of like how a king would secretly build a home for his mistress (not saying you were a "mistress" to him though- just using that as an example). I don't think HE actually built it himself but I'm sure he made sure that it was built for you exactly the way you would like it. And I do think you were together for a while but then he was either called to duty or something else happened that took him away from you. Remember when Patrick was here last week-end and I mentioned that he was "called to duty" and you were left waiting for him to return and either he never did return or it was years later? That place that I described I feel was your home that he built for you (well, he had someone build for you - I doubt that he was a "builder". lol). And it WAS secluded and remember how I said that I got the distinct impression that the 2 of you had to keep your relationship a secret? Well maybe that was where the 2 of you would meet in secret. Makes sense- the place was secluded so no one would be around to see the 2 of you together. HOLY CRAP! Wait a minute! Something just popped into my head!!! Remember you said you had that dream of the 2 of you where you were in a cabin or something and then Patrick burst through the door and you felt like you had the feeling like you were anticipating him coming in? I just realized that could've been a memory from a past life or Patrick showing you what happened in your past life when he finally returned!! And I remember you saying that you were both thinking "to hell with what everyone else thinks- we will be together if we want to be". That all makes perfect sense to me now! I hope I explained that all right- I was typing so fast I could barely keep up! LOL!
Cameo
I was just outside on the deck having a smoke thinking that I was going to email you when I came back in and I closed my eyes for a couple seconds and I all of a sudden saw a piece of jewelry or a brooch with a Cameo on it. I'm not sure if that is a message for you or not but I thought I'd tell you anyhow. Does that mean anything to you?
I love cameos and have quite a few, but never really wear them anymore. But… the day my brother got married I wore my cameo ring again. Maybe that was Patrick’s way of letting me know that he was there at the wedding, too?
It wasn't a ring, I don't think. It looked more like a large brooch with fancy gold trim around the edges of it. BUT- that may not be literal. It could just represent that you love cameos, not that you have that exact one.
That’s what I think. Also, until recently, my desktop wallpaper was this POTO picture with a cameo. So not only do I have cameo jewelry, but until last week the above picture was on my desktop. I was even telling Mom just the other day about how so many times at school, the kids always said that they had never heard of or even seen cameos before then. Lol! (Weird, but true).
Her reply:
Ok, OMG! That Cameo is IDENTICAL to the Cameo I saw yesterday!!!!!! The orange on the inside, the gold around the edges and the white cameo- THAT IS IT!!!!! The only small difference is that the one I saw , the gold around it looked a tiny bit different but like I said, I only saw it for a split second and I got distracted. I definitely remember the orange on it! And I remember that it was lying on something too like in that picture! Maybe Patrick is telling you that he noticed? Or maybe he wants you to put it back! LOL! That is too cool! I almost dropped to the floor when I saw that picture. I'm so glad you sent it to me- that is definitely what I saw! Oh also, this is odd but as I was just looking at that picture, I noticed it said "Erik and Christine". I totally forgot that his name was Erik but I have been seeing that name EVERYWHERE for the past week or so and I have been wondering if it is a message for me but now that I remember that the phantom's name is Erik I think it is a message for you. I mean I have been seeing that name so often lately that it was starting to drive me nuts. lol. I think I know why now!
Tobin
I remembered something else that I believe Patrick showed me. It was at the same time I saw the purple flowers and white horse (not all together of course, but one right after the other). It was a picture of 2 gold wedding rings intertwined.So I think your mom's AW was alot more accurate than I thought. I know I said I did not get the feeling that the 2 of you were ever married but now I am definitley thinking otherwise. Why else would he show me 2 gold wedding bands intertwined? And in your mom's AW, didn't Patrick say that you WERE married?
Ok, next. For the last 2 days I have been hearing the word "Tobin" in my mind very loud and clear and it just pops in there all of a sudden. So I looked up the word Tobin and look what I found-
My GUESS on this would be that Patrick was trying to tell me you were Irish and that was your clan name or crest. Could be wrong but I am trying to go with my first gut instinct here and that is what it is telling me. You DID have red hair which is a trait of Irish people but then again anyone could have red hair.
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Tobin is definitely an Irish name. And to be honest I actually prefer being Irish than French back then. Lol! I'm not into anything French in this life, but I have always loved the Irish accents. I've actually often wished that I had an Irish accent and oftentimes I have to force myself not to create any Irish characters in my stories. Lol! Especially with the women. I must admit that I've always been much more drawn to Ireland than France. I don't have any passion at all for France in this life, and they do say our passions in this life often stem from our past lives. So that alone tells me that me being Irish is the most plausible. I'm definitely leaning more towards the Irish possibility.
Well that tells me right there that you probably were Irish then because like you said- we are always drawn to places that we have lived previous lives. And plus you wishing you had an Irish accent is another good clue too. Sounds like you are very drawn to Ireland so I would definitely say that you were Irish.
About Ireland -
Remember how Mom said that Patrick had that castle built for me and that I thought he was crazy for doing it? I just remembered that when Mom said that my reaction was something akin to - “Why this is ridiculous! Why you’re a foolish man indeed!” – I could hear myself saying that in an Irish accent. Lol! I had forgotten all about that.
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Annabelle and Ireland:
Oh boy…. I have another coincidence for you. “You’ve Got Mail” is on tv, so I decided to take off my makeup and then go downstairs to make a bowl of ice cream that I can eat while watching the movie. Well, on my way downstairs I heard Tom Hank’s character shout, “Hello, Annabelle!” Lol!
Now, if I hear that name again soon… then I'll KNOW that that was my name.
Also, I receive a lot of spam e-mail but today one of them was an “Experience Ireland” email. Lol! That’s the first time I’ve ever received that one.
And this might be nothing, but a couple weeks ago I couldn’t sleep. I just wasn’t tired and so I got hooked on watching “Far and Away,” which I’d never seen before. (I missed the beginning of the movie). I stayed up until like 2 am to watch that movie… set in Ireland by the way.
Roosters?!
By the way, when I was looking for something to get your mom to include in the package, I came across these plates that you hang on the wall and they had roosters on them. (I wasn't thinking of getting them for your mom- I just happened to see them) and they caught my attention because I was also looking for something to put on a bare spot in my kitchen and so I decided that I absolutely loved those plates so I bought 2 of them. Well when I got home I realized that I hate roosters. lol. So now I have 2 plates hanging on the wall with roosters on them. Anyhow, the point of this is that I later thought that maybe your mom likes roosters and that's why I felt compelled to buy them? I don't know but something did because I never would've bought those on my own. I can't stand roosters but I freaking bought not one but TWO of the stupid things and now they are on my kitchen wall. lol. Oh and when I was shopping for things to put in your package, I did feel like there was a presence with me helping me pick things out, so maybe it was Patrick.
Oh my God. Lol! Mom and I are ALWAYS making a joke about roosters in kitchens. My brother HATES them and he is always telling us that we have too many roosters in our kitchen. (We only have one fancy glass ‘window’ picture with a rooster, a little canister and a fancy iron pot rack with roosters… and to my brother that’s extreme. Lol!) So whenever Mom and I are at the store and we see statues of roosters, etc. we always say we’re going to buy it just to tick my brother off. Lol! I think that’s so funny.
Maybe Patrick impressed you with that. You did say he’s really good at impressing things upon people. Sort of like mind control. (Reminds me of the Phantom. Lol!)
Rampant Lion
And also, the other day I was in Walmart and I was waiting in line to pay for my stuff and there was a mom in front of me and all of a sudden she turns around and yells "PATRICK!!!!!!!!!!" REALLY loudly! Scared the crap out of me! LOL! I just thought that was funny. About a couple hours after that I was driving and a truck passed me and on the back was a paining of what looked like a lion from a Scottish crest or something and underneath it, it said "The Scottish Lion". I thought that was weird too. lol
Another impression?
(Through music)
I woke early this morning, and so around 9 o’ clock I decided to work on my story. I often listen to music while editing or writing, and this morning I decided to put in the cd of a song my brother composed over his computer when he was 16. It’s called “Kingdom Skies,” and has a very medieval feel to it. It’s like the song is telling a very old story. My niece used to call it “The Beauty and the Beast song.” Lol!
It AMAZES me that my brother wrote this on his own when he was so young. He doesn’t even read music and wrote it all by ear/trial and error. Anyway… when I heard that song that’s when I pretty much decided to definitely start writing. I had notes written down, but never actually sat down at the computer and started writing scenes.
Anyhow…. listening to “Kingdom Skies” got me thinking about how you said that Patrick is very good at “impressing” people. I often wonder if Patrick somehow impressed/influenced my brother to write that song; hence it’s medieval/fairytale-ish quality. And in doing so, he knew that my hearing that song… which was sooo creative and really did tell a story… would catapult me into the writing. Light a fire under my arse, if you will.
Love is Real Coincidences
- For the past couple days I’ve been feeling very uneasy about the twin flame/soul mate theories out there. (It makes me think Patrick doesn’t have his own identity, and vice versa. But over these 26 years I HAVE slowly been learning his personality, ya know?) But I was reading about the theories when I came across this. (Pay attention to the BOLD print):
5. Why do many soul mates continually return to each other?
Because the love is REAL. It is true, and it NEVER dies. You can be apart for decades, and the love will still be deep inside, even if you are living a full life on the outside.
True love IS eternal. Yadda yadda yadda blah blah blah
Okay… but then maybe half an hour later I stumbled across another site. On it was a topic with the title Only Love is Real.
Dec. 21, 2006
Merry Christmas To Me!
This is just too awesome for words. I mean really, really AWESOME! Dad came home for Christmas yesterday, and today he and mom were walking through the mall. When they passed Carlton Cards(a store my mother never so much as glances at), she heard a male’s voice. She said it was a male voice which said very QUICKLY and very URGENTLY – “Stop!! Phantom!!” Mom immediately stopped in her tracks, grabbed my Dad’s arm and told him she had to go inside that store. (She didn’t want Dad to think she was crazy, so she didn’t tell him just why she wanted to go in). Well, she walked into the store and guess what her eyes fell upon….
A PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Christmas ornament. Lol! (I am obsessed with that story and Gerry Butler's breathtaking performance in that movie. It goes way beyond being a favorite movie to me. It's in my soul! And Patrick must know this - hence his referring to me... via my friend... as "Christine" and now the POTO Christmas ornament he led Mom to today). It plays POTO really loudly, and it lights up. When she took it to the register to pay for it, she was in for another surprise b/c the $28 Phantom ornament rang up as $3.99!!!! What are the chances of a 2006 ornament like that being marked down 24 dollars?! She was going to wait until Christmas to give it to me, but couldn’t wait.
I’m really glad she gave it to me today. I guess Patrick is letting me know that he’s around and has been watching me work on his website. (As I type, this is the first week I've been working on it).
So now I have even further proof that Patrick is really good at impressing things upon people. Though this was more than that, as Mom heard his voice this time.
I just noticed that the day Mom heard him yell “Stop!! Phantom!!” was December 21st; 12-21. So there’s those soulmate numbers again. I also realized that when I asked for a sign from him before... the silly rubber ducky sign... I received it on October 12; 10-12. So maybe receiving my sign, and that gift, on days where those numbers are prominent is his way of giving confirmation. Maybe seeing 1’s and 2’s on the clock all the time are no coincidence. Maybe there’s a message there.
This is the Stained Glass Mom did for me. At first she wasn't wild about doing this pattern, but it's the one I REALLY wanted her to do for me. It quickly grew on her though because now this is her favorite piece. It's supposed to be of Patrick and me in our past life. (I say this b/c the man in the SG looks like Patrick, and everyone in my family tells me the lady in the SG reminds them of me). I've always wondered if Patrick "led" us to find this pattern book, as the first second I laid eyes on that pattern, I saw Patrick.
The Highlander
The first time Patrick influenced Mom to buy something for me, she paid a lot of money for a Highlander painting. She saw the painting, left the store, and then immediately went back in b/c the urge to buy it for me was so strong. So I guess the POTO ornament ringing up 24 dollars off the regular price was Patrick’s way of thanking her for buying the expensive HL portrait for me before. He decided to save her some money this time. Lol!
(By the way, the beads the man is wearing in the portrait are 300 year old Celtic beads. The man was adamant about the beads being in the picture).
The inscription reads:
"This is for Kristin. May the 'Highlander' always speak to your heart!"
January 31, 2007
This is a weird (I guess) coincidence. I copied and pasted passages from The Princess Bride novel on my MySpace page yesterday, and what were my results on a quiz today but --
YOUR LOVE QUOTE
"Death cannot stop true love.
All it can do is delay it for a while."
I’m sure this isn’t the case, but I like to think it’s a message from Patrick. I’ve been feeling frustrated with him lately for not letting me know he’s around via dreams, taps on the walls, turning off my fan, etc.
Of course, it may be just a coincidence. I DO believe that not all coincidences are messages.
(Note: A couple days later guess what aired twice in a row on tv. Lol!)
February 1, 2007
This is likely nothing as well, but someone on MySpace posted a POTO vid today, which she’s always loved and that her friend made a while back. I’m not saying there’s a message from Patrick here…. but I am open to it as he has been on my mind lately and he has – many times – done stuff like this. (Songs, poems, coincidences, etc. I guess this stuff is just a lot easier for him than the ‘cheap tricks’ usually associated with spirits; turning off lights, tapping on walls, etc.) And when I started working on this website, Patrick definitely knew it - hence his leading Mom to the Phantom music box then. So maybe he's around as I'm working on my MySpace page this week as well.
The lyrics to the song can be found below. The video was done really well:
For Always Video
For Always
by Josh Groban and Lara Faban
I close my eyes
and there in the shadows I see your light
You come to me out of my dreams across the night
You take my hand
though you may be so many stars away
I know that our spirits and souls are one
We've circled the moon and we've touched the sun
So here we'll stay
For always, forever
Beyond here and on to eternity
For always, forever
For us there's no time and no space
No barrier love won't erase
Wherever you go
I still know
In my heart you will be
With me
From this day on I'm certain that I'll never be alone
I know what my heart must have always known
That love has a power that's all its own
And for always, forever
Now we can fly
And for always and always
We will go on beyond goodbye
For always, forever
Beyond here and on to eternity
For always and ever
You'll be a part of me
And for always, forever
A thousand tomorrows may cross the sky
And for always and always
We will go on beyond goodbye
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This may be nothing, but today I realized that out of the THIRTY videos on my MySpace page, the "For Always" song is smack dab next to my stained glass picture of Patrick. Lol!
Feb 16, 2007
How's this for a funny horoscope?
The first part of it could echo the soulmates theory, not to mention that dream I had a while back with the tarot cards; with ME sitting on top PATRICK'S horse. That I am Patrick, and he's me. I'm still trying to wrap my mind around that idea, although I must admit most of the time I try to ignore it. I dont think I'll ever truly understand it, so why think on it too much? Of course, it could be nothing but if there's one thing I've learned this past year it's to be very openminded:
Your partner is your "mirror" now. How you see them are YOU somehow.
Again... probably nothing at all, but recently someone on MySpace put the picture above in my comment box. Just a pretty picture with an inspirational quote. I only mention it here b/c it's a white horse like Patrick has and that I've dreamt about before. But I honestly think it might be nothing, as the same picture was posted on a couple other sites. So it's either a little sign or coincidence that out of the 2 or 3 pictures they posted, the one put on my site was the one with the white horse.
Remembrance
A friend and I were discussing past lives (not in depth), and the next day she started reading another book of hers b/c the audio book she wanted to listen to on her way to work she didn’t have. So she picked up “Remembrance” by Jude Devereaux. She asked if I’d ever read it and said she thought it a little strange that it was about a past life.
It just so turns out that I bought the book a long time ago but hadn’t read it yet. I read the blurb on the back and laughed. It said the heroine is a writer who can't stop thinking about a hero she created for one of her books, and it turns out her "made up" hero is someone who really exists. He's her soulmate from a past life.
And well... my latest book I'm writing right now is inspired and loosely based on Patrick, whom I'm pretty sure is my twin flame/soulmate. Also, the heroine in my book thinks she made up the man that's been in her dreams since her childhood. So that echoes that "Remembrance" book as well. It’s also funny that the female lead in my book has the exact same last name as Jude Deveraux. Lol!
I think Patrick was communicating to me through her again. He does this when I'm not listening to him, I think. I analyze everything to their eventual deaths and don't believe in signs as readily as most people, so I think he understands that the only thing I really DO take notice of are coincidences and synchronicities. That "Remembrance" book coupled with my own "Remember Me" coincidences lately (dreams, etc) are just one example of that. And I often run into signs through the books I read. It's happened with at least 3 or 4 books so far.
By the way... the book I'm currently reading is "A Garden in the Rain" by Lynn Kurland. Turns out the hero's name is Patrick. Also, this book is the sequel to one about his older brother, Jamie, which I've already read. That book was one of the stories that had a few signs/coincidences for me. And in the one I'm reading now, Jamie is obsessed with self-help psychology books. And well... in the book I'm writing right now the heroine's best friend DOES THE SAME THING! Her husband is a psychiatrist, so she's always nosing through his psychology textbooks trying to digest everything she can. She thinks she's an expert because of it.
Heard hisVoice for the second time/Remembrance:
(June 11, 2006)
While reading "Remembrance" in my room, I heard a man's voice. It said "Becky... Becky." (Guess my name really was Becky, like my sister and aunt said). It sounded almost electronic. I don't know how to describe it.
The timing was really strange, I thought. I thought it strange because I'd just read a small mention about rabbits... which Patrick has brought up a couple times...and being rescued from dragons... just like a little 'fairytale' snippet I put in the book I'm writing now. I especially thought it weird that the book I happened to be reading when I hear Patrick's voice was that "Remembrance" book.
Then I remembered how I'd recently told Patrick that I would like it if he'd start talking to me. Lol! I guess he was listening after all.
I’ve been perusing a Writer’s Board lately and have stumbled upon a couple coincidences that are interesting:
- There’s a character in my new story whom I was having a lot of trouble getting to “know,” but what I did know was that he had a classic, Jimmy Stewart-like quality about him. Well, on this writers board there’s a thread where they’re talking about Jimmy Stewart and his movies.
- There’s a scene in my book where “All out of Love” by Air Supply is mentioned. But I’ve been a little upset lately because I discovered that I can’t use lyrics from any songs in my novel. Well, on this writers board there was a thread about what your favorite song lyrics are. The person that posted directly after me only typed “I'm all out of love, I'm so lost without you.” Lol!
I’m also ALWAYS hearing that commercial on tv where they’re playing that song. The first time I heard that commercial was the day I put that song in my book. Right after I mentioned that song to my mother that evening, that “All out of Love” commercial came on the television.
France:
(This happened the same week as the coincidences mentioned above)
A friend emailed me, and she kept bringing up French dialogue. Just a line here and there. She said she didn’t know WHY she was doing that either, as her French was rusty because she hadn’t spoken it since High School. But her speaking French and “not knowing why” made sense to me. Lol! (This is the same person I mentioned before who had that dream about speaking with a ghost in the car. Her dream answered a question that I had been wondering about just the day before, regarding Patrick. She’s also the one I mentioned in the “Remembrance” post above).
Anyway, part of my email reply to her is below:
Email:
- Last night I discovered that my main character's last name is not English as I thought, but French. So last night I was looking up English surnames, then changed those passages in my story. But THEN I stumbled on another site which said "Deveraux" IS English, so I changed everything back.
But today it bugged me that most of the sites (which were few) say Devereaux is French, so I decided to B.S. my way out of it by making up some silly reason why Iain calls his wife a Sassenach.
Also, earlier today I decided to take a thirty-minute break from writing and editing. I hadn't eaten all day, so I made a little snack and watched an episode of “Reba.” Well, one of the characters kept talking fru-fru FRENCH in this episode.
And then I read your email today where you're speaking French, and don't know why. Lol! Too, too funny and just plain weird.
