SPOOKY signs
I asked the universe for guidance and was stunned by what I saw next… By Marie Fletcher, 59
My mum, Pat, was living with me while she battled bowel cancer and I decided to spruce up her bedroom.
‘What flowers would you like?’ I asked her.
‘Blue roses,’ she replied.
I’d never heard of blue roses so I bought her a bunch of mixed colours.
Tragically, Mum died at 64. That very day, a hearse drove past me full of blue roses.
I was gobsmacked, but decided it was just a coincidence.
Then I learnt that blue roses were made by dyeing white ones, so I had some made for Mum’s funeral.
Later, I read The Secret and it talked about getting signs from the universe.
OK then, universe, give me blue roses, I thought.
A few days later, I was driving home when I saw a trail of plastic blue roses across the road.
Another coincidence?
Then, as I stepped out of my car one day, there was a blue rose at my feet…
Three sightings of blue roses? Maybe I needed to start paying attention to the universe.
One day, my sis, Trisha, and I decided to take flowers to Mum’s grave.
On the way, I made a detour to visit our Auntie Betty. Then Betty asked me to run an errand for her.
Are we ever going to get to
Mum’s grave? I thought.
As we drove along the road, Trisha pointed at a car registration in front of us.
‘Look!’ she exclaimed.
C2 MUM, it read.
‘The universe wants us to go to Mum!’ I said.
When Auntie Betty sadly passed away, I sorted out her funeral.
Driving home from the funeral parlour, I worried about whether I’d made the right decisions.
‘I hope you like what I’ve just arranged for you, Betty,’ I whispered.
Suddenly, I was stopped at a traffic light and noticed the car registration in front was XX64 BET.
My eyes welled up.
I was born in 1964. This was a message clear as day from her, saying ‘Kiss kiss, Marie, Betty.’
‘So you do like the arrangements,’ I smiled.
After Betty’s cremation, Trisha, our cousins and I went to a local pub.
When we sat down, I took out a framed picture of Betty from my bag and placed it on the bar.
‘Oh my God,’ Trisha said. I followed her gaze to a picture on the wall with a huge letter B on it.
‘She must approve of us coming here,’ I laughed.
Now, I’m always on the lookout for signs because you never know when the universe will hear you!