The Badge

From: Joshua Parker (faded90bonnie@cox.net)
Story type: Channelling
Location: South Windsor, CT
Source: Form Submission

I was very close with my grand-father before he passed away in 2000. Me and him have shared many experiences together since his passing tho, that choke me up tlaking about them.

One has to do with the carreer choice that i am going to school for. My grandfather was a police officer and seeing the pictures of him in his uniform have solidified my desision that i want to be a cop too. My grandmother however didn't want me to do it for the sake of my family. However there was only one person i would have listened to on the subject and that was my grandfather. Well, it was a typical New England winter day, there was about an inch of snow on the ground. I walked upto the headstone and started talking to my grandfather, i asked him what he thought about me being a police officer and i kissed my hand and placed it on the badge that he has inlaid into the headstone, it was warm. The temperature outside was probrably about 30 degrees and this badge was warm, i took that as his blessing and i enrolled in classes at the local community college.

A second experience has to do with the car that he gave to me right before he died...it started to have problems mechanically and me and my father decided it was about time i get a new car. I took the car to a dealership i was watching over and i picked out a car and while my father was inside working on some paperwork with the salesman i had to go outside and clean out the old car, while i opened the trunk i broke down and couldnt do it anymore. I just stepped back and said i am gonna miss this car. At that second i heard a very farmiliar voice say, "It is going to be ok Josh, you arent going to miss it as much as you think." I knew it was my grandfathers voice, cause of the destinct sound and the fact that the nearest people to me were all the way across the parking lot from me.

These were just two of the six experiences i have had with my grandfather after his passing, but these are the strongest. I still love my grandfather and maybe he feels me knowing him for only 13 years wasnt enough, so he has been with me almost everywhere i go for the last 7 years.