Today would be my sister Darlene’s 48th Birthday. She passed to another plane in 2010. If you’ve ever lost someone in your life you will understand this. The mind can’t conceive that a person is gone from your life, we feel like they are still there but we are unable to contact them anymore, but I talk to her in my dreams. When I feel like I’m failing or I’m not on the right path I am reminded of what she told me when she knew she was going to pass…
“David, you have a gift. When are you going to use it?”
It was 2009 and I was in New York City doing a photo shoot with a new band and Darlene was in the Hospital at the time. I figured I would take a day, rent a car, and head up to Connecticut to visit her with the rest of my siblings. I remember seeing her on the hospital bed, she had lost a lot of weight and was very weak but still in the best of spirits, joking and laughing like her old self. It was nice to see her. At the time there was zero doubt in my mind that she would pull through this. She was the strongest woman I knew. She was a Chiropractor, a healer, and a very positive person. She was the hub of the family. That was the last time I ever saw her.
My sister and I used to get into deep conversations about Bach Remedies, healing powers of the mind, spirituality and the metaphysical. Our conversations would open my mind to bigger possibilities in this world and would eventually lead me on this spiritual path that I am on today. I’ve met people who knew her, that she inspired, and who have told me the same thing. She motivated people to be their authentic selves. It’s amazing that her business thrived because they would come in and she would fix them permanently. I think they just came back because her aura was infectious and her laugh was addicting. Just to give you an idea of how popular she was… at her funeral my family and I stood there for 5 hours getting hugs and condolences.
Happy Birthday Darlene. You are missed dearly but still here in my heart and a constant reminder that life is short and you never know when it will get taken from you. All of the money in the world can’t stop this and I have to remind myself each and every time that there is more to life than making a buck.
Whatever gift you have, share it. That is why we are here.
Namaste,
David
