What's in a name!

 

                         Zoe 

I can still remember when I first heard the name  ' Zoe Maree' and thinking at the time, what  a lovely name, it's unusual but I really like it.   It  seemed to strike a cord with me at the time and I put it into the back of my mind for future reference. Looking back now I believe that this was all part of the divine plan.  When our first daughter arrived we  named  her Melanie Jayne, I think my mother had a little bit to do with naming Mel as it was her favourite name from the movie 'Gone with the Wind.'  I did not mind as I also loved the name.  When  our second daughter arrived, it took us  a couple of days to name her. We contemplated calling her Zoe Maree but I think because Zoe, at the time was quite an unusual name, we also considered calling her Susan.  But Zoe seemed to suit our beautiful little baby girl.     I did not know the meaning of Zoe then but  somewhere along the way I must have looked into the meaning of names.  Zoe was a beautiful loving soul and her name was perfect for her.

Zoe means Life!

'She is sensitive and caring, her tenderness is given freely, the oppressed are taken to heart, bringing a smile to their faces and warmth to their hearts, impressionable, romantic and expressive her love has no bounds, for she has such capacity to share and give, one who enjoys the little things in life.'

On our trip home from Melbourne when Zoe was first diagnosed with leukaemia, my husband affectionately called Zoe, "Z."  An image came to me of her car keys with her Z on them and then the thought of what Zoe means.  I asked Zoe, 'Do you know what your name means?' and she said, 'life.'  Oh the comfort this brought to me!  She will live, how could she die when her name means life.  This was definitely a sign from the angels.  During one of our visits to the doctor, I told him she was going to be OK, as her name meant life.  I think he thought I was a little strange, and Zoe was not too impressed with my statement either.  Of course I was hanging on to my daughter with every ounce of my being.  After all, as her mother it was my job to save her.    I couldn't understand why I was shown this sign, but after Zoe passed, I came across this information when reading a book. The author spoke of  'Zoe Life.'  Zoe is a God kind of life or eternal life.  The author referred to the bible verse below.
 
"I  have come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly."

(John 10:10).

This was a revelation and sign that did help me to understand why we chose her name and I was being shown from the bigger picture that Zoe did indeed have eternal life.

ps.  Just recently I had a mini reading with a medium and the message was.......... ( does the name Susan mean anything to you ? Zoe is showing me this name and  winking!!!!!!)

 

 

The Wings Of an Eagle

The Wings Of An Eagle
by Russell Morris

Well I'm looking up at an overcast sky in the morning
I can't hear the warning as it calls to you
As the birds migrate and the wind is raised
I'll see the eagle soaring
Although I'm just a pawn in nature's game like you
Wah hoo wah hoo, wah hoo ...


On the wings of an eagle I find myself lifted through the skies
Lifted up above the world to see
On the wings of an eagle I find myself lifted through the skies
Lifted up above the world to see
Can you see me? Can you see me?


As the days roll on and the nights get long
The changing of the seasons
And the falling autumn leaves they bring me down
They bring me down, they bring me down

[Instrumental]

Do you lose your way in the middle of the day
Do you see your brother crawling?
And all the while he's calling out for help from you?
Wah hoo wah hoo, wah hoo ...



On the wings of an eagle I find myself lifted through the skies
Lifted up above the world to see
On the wings of an eagle I find myself lifted through the skies
Lifted up above the world to see

Can you see me? Can you see me?
Can you see me? Can you see me?

Can you see me? Can you see me?
Can you see me? Can you see me?

Can you see me? Can you see me?
Can you see me? Can you see me?

Can you see me? Can you see me?
Can you see me? Can you see me?

 

The bible carries the reference to the eagle as the messenger of God and is a link between Heaven and earth.  Two examples are:-

 

...........I carried you on eagle's wings and brought you to myself. Exodus 19:4

 

..............but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.  They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Isaiah 40:31

 

About three days before Zoe passed, this song kept popping into my head.  It wasn't until Zoe passed that I realised the significance of the song.  I wasn't sure of the song or who sang it but was able to track down a copy of it for Zoe's funeral after I sang it to Lea.  I would like to think that this is a message from Zoe's spirit or soul that she was being lifted up on eagles wings. Also I can remember my mother telling me that a few days before my grandmother passed she told mum that she felt like two people, was her soul beginning to separate?? 

 

 

 

 

Wings of Love

Jon Rainford

Your Love is Lifting Me Higher



Your love, lifting me higher
Than I've ever been lifted before
So keep it up
quench my desire
And I'll be at your side, forever more

[Chorus]
You know your love (your love keeps lifting me)
Keep on lifting (love keeps lifting me)
Higher (lifting me)
Higher and higher (higher)
I said your love (your love keeps lifting me)
Keep on (love keeps lifting me)
Lifting me (lifting me)
Higher and higher (higher)

Now once, I was downhearted
Disappointment was my closest friend
But then you came, and it soon departed
And you know he never
Showed his face again

[Chorus]
That's why your love (your love keeps lifting me)
Keep on lifting (love keeps lifting me)
Higher (lifting me)
Higher and higher (higher)
I said your love (your love keeps lifting me)
Keep on (love keeps lifting me)
Lifting me (lifting me)
Higher and higher (higher)

I'm so glad, I've finally found you
Yes that one-in-a-million girl
And I whip my loving arms around you
I can stand up, and face the world

(This song was on the radio on Zoe's 8th anniversary and I really felt like it was a message to me.  I heard it again yesterday, after hearing another of Zoe's songs when I walked into Target shopping centre.  I googled the lyrics to send to a friend and on the same page was this lovely 'Wings of Love' picture by artist Jon Rainford.  The song really does lift your spirits.)

Yesterday's Children

Absolutely loved this movie and sobbed my way through it.  Very powerful message to me about survival of the soul and the abiding power of a mother's love.

This movie is based on a true story of Jenny Cockell many years ago, and of her riveting account about her past life as Mary Sutton, a young Irishwoman who died over 20 years before Jenny was born.  She was a  mother of a young family and married to an abusive man. Jenny was able to remember parts of her past life since she was a young child, and it is only in her adulthood that the memories become stronger until she finally decides to verify the memories for herself.

In the movie version, Jane Seymour plays Jenny Cole, who resides in the US with her husband and teenage son. Though Jenny has recalled some aspects of her past life since she was a young girl, her memories become clearer through vivid dreams in which she sees herself as Mary Sutton, a woman living with an abusive husband and four young children, Sonny, Jeffrey, Frank, and Elizabeth. Jenny, with the support of her mother, undergoes regression, and her past-life memories surface. Jenny also undertakes a journey to Ireland with her son (her husband is a skeptic for most of the movie) to see if there is any credibility to her memories(though in her mind and heart there is no doubt), and to discover what actually happened to her 'children' from her past life after their mother's death in 1932.

Jane Seymour's portrayal as the distraught Jenny is so credibly portrayed, her determination and love for her 'past life children' come across as honest and poignant.  I just love what the Catholic priest tells Jenny in the movie. In response to Jenny's question, "The Catholic church doesn't believe in reincarnation, does it Father?", and the priest responds, "No, but it does believe in the survival of the soul." This is a movie that has captured my heart and will appeal to those who are interested in survival of the soul and the power of  maternal love.

I have also read the book by the same name.  Jenny's constant dream-memory is of Mary dying alone and desperately worried at the thought of leaving her children behind. 
When her own children were born Jenny finally acknowledged that she had to find her lost family.  She needed to to know what became of them.  That she succeeded in uncovering the past, finding her lost children and reuniting her family is a testament to Jenny Cockell's courage and determination.  Jenny's fascinating story is living proof of what she always knew to be true - that she had lived before.

Lady Bug signs

Ladybugs are also called Lady Beetles (since they are actually a member of the beetle family). Think it's a funny name for a bug? Well, the story goes that in the Middle Ages aphids were destroying everybody's crops. So the farmers prayed to the Virgin Mary for help. A while later the farmers started to notice these cute little bugs that were eating the aphids and saving their crops. So they called the Lady Bugs after "Our Lady" Mary.   

This tiny little beetle brings with it a powerful message. Because the life cycle of the adult ladybug is short it teaches us how to release worries and enjoy our lives to the fullest.  Seen often as a messenger of promise, the ladybug reconnects us with the joy of living. Fear and joy can not co-exist. We need to release our fears and return to love - this is one of the messages that the ladybug brings to us.  When it appears in our life it is telling us to "let go and let God."

Seeing a ladybug on my wall  after asking Zoe for a sign, I felt that through the Ladybug's connection to Mary it  was a gentle reminder  that Mother Mary was taking care of my worries and concerns.  I had previously asked for Mary's help in this situation.  A sense of calm and peace came over me.  Even more amazing is that I shared this story with a friend and before she had a chance to read it, she had also had an experience with a ladybug.  Buying flowers for a gift, she noticed wooden lady bugs on the counter and purchased some to go with the flowers.  Such synchronicity amazes me.

The Clock Sign

My sister's Zoe experience

 

'I’m not sure when it happened but it was sometime after Zoe passed away that I had a strange experience.  I woke up in the middle of the night and my first instinct was to look at the digital clock on our bed head.  It was 2.03 a.m. but the clock was actually displaying Zoe’s name, the 3 turned around to look like an ‘e’.  I thought ‘Zoe is here’ and I felt a bit scared.  I blinked my eyes to make sure I wasn’t dreaming and looked again and it was still displaying Zoe’s name.  I thought of waking Robert up but then I decided he would tell me I was only being silly so I didn’t.  Then it was 2.04 a.m. and my Zoe experience came to an end.'  

Jan (Aunty of Zoe)

My Mini reading with AOK Angels

Sharing my latest message from my beautiful daughter Zoe.  This message was so comforting as I felt like Zoe was acknowledging everything I had done for her.  Not only through the song but through the cd.  Incidently, Forever Friends are my favourite cards that I buy and Zoe's favourite flower is the gerbera.  Once again Zoe has communicated through music.

 

 

Angel messages with Michelle
(Hello everyone. Please read instructions below as I am changing things up!!) I am going to give ((((10)))) mini readings tonight at 10pm Australian time so in 1 and a half hours time using my Angel Feather Oracle & Doreen Virtues new Angel Tarot.
They Angels will guide me to choose the 10 people who are to receive a small message; so not first in best dressed as it has been in the past. All readings are given with love and in service to you my beautiful Likers. Namaste♥

AOK Angels   AOK lovely people here we go: Following 10 ten names Angelically Chosen♥

AOK Angels Welcome Ail Wait♥ Oh my Angels. Just went into my office thinking of you shuffling cards, as I did (good women doing two things at once) Celine Dion is singing "You're here in my heart and my heart will go on and on" Tears in my eyes. Zoe knows how to contact me for you. Not pulling any cards; no need♥

Ail Wait Thank you Michelle xo that's wonderful will check out the lyrics and thank you Zoe xxxxxxxxx

AOK Angels ‎Ail Wait; I think it’s the theme song from the titanic; I went to check it out and it was on a CD that my son gave me called "Mum in a Million" message there for you too♥

Ail Wait Thats the perfect message for me Michelle. Tears here too. I think the cd is the message that Zoe is conveying through you. Xoxoxo

AOK Angels Oh and definitely the words Ail Wait; her love for you goes on and on and on and she sends it to you everyday♥

AOK Angels Also interesting that you were chosen for a reading to night I put up the gerbera message picture too Ail Wait♥

Ail Wait I noticed the gerberas Michelle and was so hoping for a message. Thank you so much. Very comforting. ♥

AOK Angels

Thanks so much everyone♥ That's our 10 readings for tonight. Some deep messages and even some tears for me. Connecting with spirit is on an emotional level that is why you often find tears falling down your checks when you meditate. It means that you have gone deep and connected with the energies of spirit. I hope that your messages bring you clarity in the days ahead. For those who missed take comfort in knowing that others required them more tonight and that you may be going better than some even if you don't feel that to be true. Its all about Divine Timing and synchronicity. Tonight’s messages were guided by music which often touches the soul and brings you great guidance through the words. Pay attention to repeated messages in music.

Michelle

 

 

 

 

Angels

Make yourself familiar with the angels and behold them frequently in spirit; for without being seen, they are present with you.
- St. Francis De Sales

Trust

All the hardships that you face in life,
all the tests and tribulations,
all the nightmares,
and all the losses,
most people still view as curses,
as punishments by God,
...

as something negative.
If you would only know
that nothing that comes to you is negative.
I mean nothing.
All the trials and tribulations,
and the biggest losses that you ever experience,
things that make you say,
"If I had known about this,
I would never have been able to make it through,"
are gifts to you,
opportunities that you are given to grow.
That is the sole purpose of existence
on this planet Earth.
You will not grow if you sit in a beautiful flower garden
and somebody brings you gorgeous food on a silver platter.
But you will grow if you are sick,
if you are in pain,
if you experience losses,
and if you do not put your head in the sand,
but take the pain and learn to accept it,
not as a curse or punishment,
but as a gift to you
with a very, very specific purpose.

~ Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (Death Is of Vital Importance: On Life, Death, and Life After Death)

To all Parents

 

"I'll lend you for a while a child of mine," He said.
"For you to love the while she lives and mourn for when she's dead.
It may be six or seven years, or twenty-two or three,
But will you, till I call her back, take care of her for me? She'll bring her charms to gladden you, and should her stay be brief,
You'll have her lovely memories as solace for your grief."

"I cannot promise she will stay; since all from earth return,
But there are lessons taught down there I want this child to learn.
I've looked the wide world over in My search for teachers true
And from the throngs that crowd life's lanes I have chosen you.
Now will you give her all your love, not think the labor vain,
Nor hate Me when I come to call to take her back again?"

"I fancied that I heard them say, "Dear Lord, Thy will be done!
For all the joy Thy child shall bring, the risk of grief we run.
We'll shelter her with tenderness, we'll love her while we may,
And for the happiness we've known, forever grateful stay;
But should the angels call for him much sooner than we've planned,
We'll brave the bitter grief that comes and try to understand!"

Edgar Guest