A Sign from Dad

After hugging my mom, I turned around to walk to my car and between the branches of two trees I saw the most vivid rainbow I had ever seen.

We all "wow"ed in unison. My girlfriend and I were just leaving dinner with my Mom; the sky was a dark grey, which only made the colors of the rainbow appear even more brighter.

As we drove away, I pulled into the neighborhood ball park where we could see it more fully. It stretched across the sky and stood in its radiance. We stood in awe of it.

"I've never seen a rainbow that big or bright" Kelly kept saying. "I'm just stunned."

It was truly stunning.

Rainbows have come to be the symbol from my Dad now that he's passed over to the other side. We had a rainbow appear shortly after his passing and I had a full double rainbow appeared for me at a moment that I needed deep consoling. But also, while we was alive the songs "Somewhere over the Rainbow" and "Rainbow Connection" had deeply sacred meanings for us and our relationship.

I couldn't help but feel him there with us.

On the way home last night, I thought to ask for more rainbows. Believing that he can hear me and can send rainbows to show his love, I figured that it couldn't hurt to ask. When I was almost to my house, someone rode by on a bike. They were wearing a Dark Side of the Moon shirt (if you remember the image is a light sining through a prism with a rainbow coming out the other side) and pants that had a rainbow stripe spiraling down the legs.

Alright Dad, I hear you.

But then today I realized that I've had rainbows around me all the time. Leaving work, I noticed now with new meaning the rainbow doormat that I pass everyday.

Keel those rainbows coming, Dad. I love you.