Bryan’s Journal of Miracles As told by his mom … March 17, 1980 - January 9, 2004

Saturday, February 17

Things have been really hectic with all of the wedding plans, but Bryan has made himself felt many times throughout all the planning.  I haven't had time to write down all of the signs we've received, but they've been pretty awesome.  I try to only write down things that are different than other things he has done and tonight was one.  It was about 11:30 pm and I was on the computer.  Since it was time for bed, I decided to shut down all of the programs I was running and to play one quick game of Shanghai before I went to bed.  Tomorrow is Amberly's bridal shower and I wanted to ask her something before bed but it was too late to call.  So I just started playing the game.  Suddenly I heard a little musical bar playing on the computer ... and I recognized it as the music she uses for her instant messenger program.  My first thought was that she must have just signed on but then I realized that my instant messenger program was closed.  To doublecheck this, I viewed all the open programs on my computer and it was definitely off.  So I then clicked on the icon to start the program and watched as it went through the logging on process.  And sure enough, when it started up, Amberly's name was listed in the window that she was online.  When I hovered my mouse over her name, it said she had been on for one minute!  This was amazing as it was not possible for me to hear her log on when my IM program was OFF.   I then sent her a message asking her if she had just signed on to which she replied that she had signed on to see if I was on as she wanted to talk to me!!!  I knew it was Bryan's way of letting me know she was still up and that we could talk.  So we both logged off and called on the phone.  I just love it when he does things like that! 

Wednesday, February 21

I believe that Bryan is helping Brendan's mom, Catherine, get messages through to Amberly and Brendan.  This morning I received an email with the name Catherine in the subject.  I thought maybe it could be a message about Brendan's mom, but just one email wasn't enough to convince me.  Then later today another email came in with the subject "is Catherine still with you?"  That jumped out at me as really strange but again, I wasn't convinced to tell Brendan I thought his mom was reaching out to him.   But she was not to be deterred as you will see in a minute.  When I came up to the computer before bed time, I noticed a page had printed out on my printer.  It was a photo that was still in my scanner bed that I used 3 weeks ago to scan a picture of Brendan's mom to send to the man making the memorial ice sculpture at Amberly's wedding (Bryan's and Catherine's pictures are going to be framed in a heart of ice in front of angels)!  Now here is the thing ... my scanner has a button on it that when pushed it will automatically begin a scan.  My cat lays on the scanner all the time and frequently hits this button.  BUT all it does it open a window on my computer screen where I have to select the format of the scan I want to use (gif, jpeg, etc) and where to save it before it does the scan.  I always just hit cancel and the window goes away.  Well, the window was still open on my computer screen asking me to make the selection but the PICTURE WAS ALREADY PRINTED!!!!!  As I looked at the photo which showed Brendan, his mom and his dad, I KNEW I had to call Brendan and find out why his mother was trying to reach him TODAY.  So I called and asked him if it was his mom's birthday, dad's birthday, day she died, etc., etc.  He replied no to everything.  Then I asked him if it was possibly his mom's anniversary and he said, NO, but it was his and Amberly's ANNIVERSARY!  They got engaged last year on this date!   So we then knew his mom was wishing him a happy anniversary.   It always amazes me how persistent spirit can be if you don't act on the message.  I ignored the first two emails because I wasn't "sure" ... but Catherine was not to be denied!  I believe Bryan assists those on the other side who use me to get messages to others.  It's happened before with other people I know and he's always been right.  When I do finally make a connection, there is always a special meaning to the date for those I contact.  Just amazing!

Friday, February 23

Well, a pretty bizarre thing happened today on my way home from work.  I was talking to my sister Sherry on my cell phone when all of a sudden Ruby, one of our new lab puppies who came to work with me today, stood up and leaned over to the dashboard and PUSHED the button on my radio and turned it on!  This in itself was totally amazing because she has NEVER done anything like that before nor does she even know what that knob is for.  Anyway, my attention was immediately drawn to the song playing which was Elton John's "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" and the line that was playing at that moment was "you're a butterfly ... and butterfly's a freedom fly ... fly away".  I was so blown away by this that I told Sherry what the dog had done and what was playing.  She immediately connected to the message ... you see, she had to put her little Westie, Lilly, down last weekend and was hoping to get a sign from Bryan that she was OK.  When they had called the OSU Vet Hospital a few weeks ago about Lilly, THAT SONG was playing on the phone while they were on hold and it gave her some comfort as she felt it was a sign that Lilly would be ok.  She had lost another Westie, Sugar, a few years ago and one of the lines in this song says "Sugar Bear", so she felt that was a sign from Sugar that Lilly would be OK regardless of the outcome.  Hearing this song again today -- and particularly the WAY the song came on -- was confirmation that Lilly is with Sugar and Bryan in heaven and is fine.  The second Ruby pushed that button, she laid down on the seat and closed her eyes.  It was as if Bryan had guided her to do that and after she did it, she just put her head down and dozed off.  How wild is that??!!

The following actually occurred on January 19 (1/9 significant??) but I had forgotten to add it, so I'm adding it now:

Amberly and Brendan wanted to have something in the program for the wedding to memorialize Bryan and Brendan's mom, Catherine.  They hadn't been able to come up with how to do this and neither had I and I was at the point where I absolutely needed to get the programs printed.  As I sat staring at the blank page on the computer screen, my fingers suddenly began typing on their own.  I wasn't even aware of what I was typing ... it was kind of like when Bryan helped me write his story on the main page of this website.  The words just flowed and then, at the end, a little poem.  When I was finished, I sat back and read what I had typed in a state of total disbelief and awe.  I had NO IDEA of what I typed until I read it back and there wasn't one single word I wanted to change!  Below is what I typed: 

Memorial

Brendan and I would like to take this opportunity to remember two very special people in our lives -- his mother, Catherine, who passed away in 1999, and my brother, Bryan, who passed away in 2004.

We have selected Irish folk hymns for our prelude and the seating of the parents and grandparents as our way of honoring Catherine's memory and her Irish heritage.

We have selected this date, March 17, as our way of honoring Bryan 's memory as this day, St. Patrick's Day, was the day he was born.

Always in our hearts
Never to be forgotten
Their spirits live on
And remain close to us
On this day and every day
For the rest of our lives
Until we meet again in heaven

                                                                                                    Amberly & Brendan

I have read a lot about this type of thing happening and it is referred to as "automatic writing" where spirit "dictates" to you and you write what you're being given.  It's only the second time it's happened to me but both times were when I was stymied and simply could not figure out where to begin or what to say.  So Bryan came through for me again!

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Note:  If you have a story or experience with Bryan, please email it to me and I will add it to his journal.  These incidents have given our family great peace and joy in knowing that Bryan is still with us, if only in spirit, and will live forever in our hearts.

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