In the summer of 2011 we had some tragic news. Our brave Deerhound Garnet Ace had developed a second, primary tumor. He had been battling Osteosarcoma for 16 months. About the time we received the diagnosis I was shown a vision from Spirit. It was at the usual time, 3AM. I did my best to scribble down the image of a white house on a hill with black shutters, a small front porch, a garage on the right and a for sale sign on the lawn. I forgot all about that message until August 2013.
A little more than a year after Ace passed to Spirit, I set my sights on buying a new home. Out of the blue a friend of mine in Real Estate in Boston called and told me, "Deb, you need to start now, apply right away for that loan and choose the house as soon as possible." I thought she was premature but now I know better; it was a message from Spirit. Maureen was always a Spiritual person but little did she know, she was speaking with Spirit's voice. I poured through MLS listings in every surrounding town and narrowed it down to a few houses north of the city with half acre fenced in lots. Then I set the appointments to tour the four finalists.
It had been two years since I received the vision about a house for sale and I still had not put two and two together. Then as I looked over the four prospects I suddenly realized that one looked "familiar". I pulled out my journal and flipping through the pages found the meager, early morning drawing of a white house with black shutters, for sale sign and garage on right.
Knowing the house was chosen for us by Spirit, we moved quickly, signed the contract for the white house on the hill with the garage on right. Maureen was right....we did not close till December 13th. And it was a nail-biter till the very end. All during the 120 days we waited to get our new home my father in law in Spirit, known to me as "the man in the hat" (see photo of him below) kept coming to me in visions and during mediations. He would be joined by his wife Ardelle on occasion. They would show me our three Deehounds at the new house...a message to stay the course, it is going to work out. Our loan went to full audit; I had to submit all the data again. It was the normal craziness and then some.
Then on 12/11/13 I was in the kitchen with my husband Ed and I had just seen this incredible vision. I asked Ed why Spirit was showing me his parents toasting us with fluted champagne glasses. Dad is an old Scottish banker and the family was careful with their money; champagne was not on the list, Rye maybe, but not very often.
Ed said that maybe because it was Dad's birthday (he passed to Spirit in 2000, on his 90th birthday)...and suddenly, within minutes, we heard from the bank, we had Loan Committment! There are no coincidences.
On the day we closed, Ed watched out the widow of the attorney's office and there was a woman looking very much like his mom walking in the residential area with a Schnoodle and toy Poodle, doubles for Muffin and Barney, two of our "dogs in Spirit". Ed is not a medium but Spirit can get the message through no matter what. When he told me what he saw we both realized that were in good hands all the way. The new house was meant to be.
Another message from "the man in the hat" was that water ran behind our new home. And that the forest separating us from the stream would never be cut down in my lifetime. After researching the deeds I discovered that there is a tributary to the Neuse River ran at the bottom of the hill behind the house, a wee Scottish burn as it were. And that we have a buffer zone that is part of the property that will protect the forest and wetlands below from development. But then, why not? As I have come to understand, don't underestimate Spirit. They love us and want to help. This was the house they chose and the one I feel so happy to have found. And as I think back to the tragic news of 2011 I can see now that we were given a message of hope...a new home for the next generation of Deerhounds to romp and play. It is done.