{"id":430,"date":"2011-11-27T18:48:34","date_gmt":"2011-11-27T18:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/?p=430"},"modified":"2011-11-27T18:53:54","modified_gmt":"2011-11-27T18:53:54","slug":"benjamin-sends-a-sign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/27\/benjamin-sends-a-sign\/","title":{"rendered":"Benjamin sends a sign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I go weekly, at least twice a week- to my boy&#8217;s memorial site- his favorite secret trail by the marina. I made a very special place- a meditation site of sorts- all from the earth. A huge rock patio, driftwood benches and trees and flowering bushes planted around. His picture hangs off the peach tree there. It is the &#8220;little tree that could&#8221;- it is thriving in a harsh environment- no doubt because of the presence of my boy there&#8230;and the love I bring and the love others bring by sitting and joining in this sacred space.\u00a0 It has been very healing for me to build this place. The physical work is like my meditation and it brings me closer to him than anything has since he passed 10 months ago.\u00a0 I still miss him daily , I still cry when I look at his pictures..but I am able to cry and feel joy at the same time now. This is the grief process.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_3282.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-431\" title=\"IMG_3282\" src=\"http:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_3282-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_3282-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_3282-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_3282.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_2926.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-436 aligncenter\" title=\"IMG_2926\" src=\"http:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_2926-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_2926-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_2926-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_2926.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I worked this weekend there &#8211; digging and planting flowering bushes . It was hard but rewarding work!\u00a0\u00a0 All the digging gave me some cuts and bruises-\u00a0 one remarkable one showed up smack dab in the middle of my right palm- in the perfect shape of a\u00a0 HEART.\u00a0 I know without a doubt this is\u00a0 sign from Benjamin-\u00a0 saying\u00a0 &#8221; Mom, I am always with you&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>I wanted to share this picture with all of you because I am deeply touched that Benjamin choose to reveal his presence to me in such a unique way.I still miss him daily , I still cry when I look at his pictures&#8230;But  the ache and misery is lifting- Life has a way of forcing you to move  through the darkest hours&#8230;and my boy does not want me to stay in the  darkness too long.\u00a0 He represented Light- the brightest light I have  ever met..The Light of God and that Light shines in me now forever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I go weekly, at least twice a week- to my boy&#8217;s memorial site- his favorite secret trail by the marina. I made a very special place- a meditation site of sorts- all from the earth. A huge rock patio, driftwood benches and trees and flowering bushes planted around. His picture hangs off the peach tree &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/27\/benjamin-sends-a-sign\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Benjamin sends a sign<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":433,"href":"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430\/revisions\/433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}