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White feathers? (TW baby born asleep)

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lemonnmeringuepie · 05/07/2018 19:52

Last year I had 2 beautiful identical boys, one stillborn, one doing amazingly well. For our baby born sleeping we created a little rose garden with lights in our actual garden, instead of having him buried in a cemetery. I think of him all the time and talk to him too. Anyway I have found a white feather a couple of times on the rose bush. DH doesn't really believe in this sort of stuff. What do people think of this?

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EveningHare · 05/07/2018 19:53

i think it means whatever you need it to mean Flowers

Tiredmum100 · 05/07/2018 19:54

Firstly so sorry for your loss. Secondly I personally think a white feather is sign that an angel is around looking after you and loved ones.

nosleepforoverayear · 05/07/2018 19:54

I like to think these little things mean something. I'm so sorry for your loss Thanks

LuxuryWoman2017 · 05/07/2018 19:55

I'm so sorry for your loss. I love white feathers and saw them a lot after my dad died. It brought me a lot of comfort and I hope you find comfort from yours too 🌹🌹

Notquiterichenough · 05/07/2018 19:57

I've always found white feathers comforting. When FIL was terminally ill last year's, I started seeing them everywhere, and they're still turning up in unusual places.

Sorry for your loss. Flowers

BertrandRussell · 05/07/2018 19:57

If it gives you comfort then that's a good thing.

GreenMeerkat · 05/07/2018 20:03

My friend who had a stillborn son sees great significance in white feathers too.

I'm sorry for your loss Thanks

LilacIris · 05/07/2018 20:12
Flowers

I would take great comfort from it. My youngest died neonatally and since then there have been a couple of signs which I have chosen to believe as her communicating with her family.

LookWhosHavingKittens · 05/07/2018 20:15

I'm so sorry for your loss Flowers
Your garden sounds beautiful. Perhaps you could save the white feathers and do something with them?

My DM was ill in hospital for a while whilst I was a teenager and it was serious. I remember the book I was reading now, I opened it on the journey to her and where I left off (from reading at home) was a large white feather. It was a huge comfort to both of us, our family have always said it means an angel is looking after you but it had never happened to me before. It's only ever happened a handful of other times and always when I needed comfort.

lemonnmeringuepie · 05/07/2018 20:23

Thank you for all of your replies, you have all made me feel a little bit better xxxxxx

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mtpicasso · 05/07/2018 20:28

I don't generally believe in such things, but a few years ago I was travelling in the very early morning to a very very close relative's funeral. As I sat in the station waiting for my train, no-one around, a white feather floated down from nowhere and landed in my handbag. I was thinking about the person and feeling sad and it gave me great comfort. I've never forgotten that moment.

I'm so sorry for your loss x

ArsenalsPlayingAtHome · 22/07/2018 07:18

I know so many people choose not to believe this, but for me, there is no clearer indication that there are angels around you trying their best to comfort you and get you through your grief.

I would also take it that either your little boy is around, and is watching over his family, or that he is in the hands of angels. I think it's a combination of them comforting you, and tell you that they are comforting him also, that he is feeling loved and cared for & is being looked after.

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