I had another brother beside the one that died a few years ago. He died when I was a senior in high school. He was closer to me in age than my older brother. He was heading to the Bahamas to do some work for a year and then return. He was suppose to get engaged and live happily ever after when he returned back home. He never did.
He was on a boat with six other people. There were seven people on the boat and they only had four life preservers. This took place somewhere around the Bermuda Triangle area. They lost their power/communication and a storm came in. There was a vessel that tried to throw them a tow line. Somehow the boat shattered and each one was scattered into the water. The only ones that were rescued were the four that had life preservers on. The three that did not have them, they never recovered their bodies. We do have the coast guard reports. This all took place on an Easter weekend if my memory serves me correct. If one of the four survivors reads this and would like to add more information to it please do.
For some reason they thought my brother was from the Toledo area and they could not reach family. We found out by a small article in the newspaper that they were looking for his family. I will never forget that day, the shock we all experienced. I think a local newspaper came to the house to interview my mother. Since there was no body we had a memorial mass in which there were several hundred people that attended. The survivors told my mother that a relative gave my brother a small travel size bible and that he read from it to them when they started to experience trouble on the boat. My mother would get correspondence from people after his death of how my brother helped someone in one way or another.
I had a very vivid dream in which I was at the bottom of the ocean and I could see my brother and I was able to clearly see what he was wearing. We were both standing there facing each other but there was a glass partition between us. I hounded my mother so much about wanting to know what he was wearing when this accident happened. She asked one of the survivors and the very outfit that I saw him in the dream was what they said he was wearing. I remember going to college that Fall and I would be so hopeful that one day he would walk through the door of my college dorm and tell me he was rescued and was on an island somewhere and that he had amnesia, and then remembered again and came back home to us. It never happened. I guess I was just hopeful since there was no body to bury. In a situation like that there is always that ray of hope in the back of your mind.
My sister and I attended a Catholic all girls high school and they had a mass for us at school. They made and presented to us a banner
with the words on it "Dream deep for every dream precedes the goal." I used that very verse on my wedding invitations and the banner was a part of our marriage ceremony. There is a happy part of this story. I always wanted to dance with my brother on my wedding day. He died in the Spring and a few months prior to that my sister and I were participants in a Croatian Debutante Ball. Since there were two of us being presented at the same time we needed someone to dance with one of us when the Father's danced with their daughters. Guess who that other person was? You guessed right if you were thinking it was my brother. He was an extremely handsome young man that was tall with dark hair and the most beautiful shade of brown eyes. He had a great sense of humor. My sister and I did get our fair share of teasing from him when we were younger. He was in a formal tuxedo and he did dance with me in my beautiful, white dress. I shared all of that with you to let you know that even though things have happened in my life I still live a life of peace and I find that one of my gifts is to encourage people. My peace comes from the Lord. I feel led by the Holy Spirit to include a writing that has already appeared prior to this writing. I wish that I could show the simple sketch that I did to describe this waterfall when I wrote this. There were different shades of blue and green and deeper blue.
7/20/1996
I was in prayer and as I opened my eyes the Lord guided me to place the word “trust” into my electronic dictionary. The definition given…firm reliance; confident belief; faith. So many times throughout the past week the word “trust” keeps coming to me. That is all we can do is trust in the Lord. He is the only thing that is ever constant in the crazy and mixed-up world of ours.
I was guided to draw a waterfall that flows into a pond. Not a pond with ripples from the waterfall, oh no, a pond that is as calm as the peace that comes from a very restful night. ‘I can give this to all My children just come to Me with open hearts and stretch your arms out. I am there for you dear ones I am there for you. It does not matter what you have done with your lives or the lives of your family and friends in the past. Open your heart to Me so I may cleanse and heal you, for each one of you is ever precious to Me. My Father the Almighty created you and what He creates is of beauty and love. Trust in Me for I am the true way to eternal life and paradise. I want all of My flock to be able to sing praise and give honor and glory to My Father. Know that He sends many angels onto the earth to help the souls that long for Him. These angels come in several forms. Some are of a spiritual nature and some are of a physical nature. Placed at that very moment in your life when you reach out and need them the most. Accept their helping hand and sing praise to My Father for He does this out of total love for all.
Some choose to turn away from My Father and for this, there is to be much suffering in this world. Fear not those that believe for you shall inherit the earth. You shall walk amongst the angels and saints and experience the living presence of the Lord. May all this day be blessed with much love, happiness, and peace. I shine My love down upon all those that “trust”, do not trust, and those that are about to trust.”
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