This evening (10/03/18), I found a quilted heart (IFAQH) at the Total Woman Gym and Day Spa in Valencia, California. I just finished working out and spotted this beautiful quilted heart tucked in the corner on the counter sink. I read both sides of the quilted heart and immediately knew it was for me to have and cherish.
You see, my only sister passed away on 10/01/2017 due to complications of type 2 diabetes that affected her heart so badly, that the last resort was a triple by-pass surgery. Alberta called her heart ‘her poor boo-boo heart’. She called me on her cellphone the morning of her surgery and we talked over an hour. We talked about everything about just the two of us – our lives growing up and leading our own paths through life. We talked about her surgery as well, but not asking the one question, “what do you want me to do if you don’t pull through’? I feel Alberta knew she was not going to be on this earth much longer. She wanted to share her love with me long distance (she in DC and me in So. Cal)one last time. Her surgery was on 09/20/17. On 09/21/17, she went into code blue and never regained consciousness. Alberta served in the US Army back in 1976 and was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery. This past Monday marked her 1-year anniversary. Our families miss her so much. There is not a day that goes by that I don’t think and talk to her. And she does visit me in my dreams.
So when I saw this beautiful quilted heart, I immediately grabbed it and placed it over my own heart. This was definitely a sign, a symbol that my sweet little sister, Alberta, was letting me know that she no longer has a boo-boo heart. On Monday, 10/01/2018, I asked her to give me a sign to let me know if she is at peace and if she is happy. Finding this quilted heart let me know she is doing well. On my way home from the gym, I started to cry and thanked Alberta for this incredible sign. She is HAPPY and WELL!
I plan to go back to DC in December to celebrate her 1-year anniversary and our birthdays (mine 12/03 and Alberta 12/05) with her family. I plan to stand in front of her site at Arlington Cemetery and present to her, this beautiful…no more boo-boo heart…and I am the luckiest sister in the world to now have the privilege of holding on to her heart each day! Truly a God-send…thank you Lord for letting Alberta send me this message. And a most special THANK YOU to the “guardian angel” who left this IFAQH for me this evening!
