I am constantly amazed by the signs that I receive from the universe, my spirit guides, team of angels, and loved ones on the other side. They all keep busy making sure that I see and receive their messages, and I’m so grateful for each of them.

I haven’t been sleeping well since my dog-ter, Xena, died last month. Really horribly, in fact. I have a hard time falling asleep and then I toss and turn throughout the night and wake up super early. I’m absolutely exhausted and completely worn down, to be completely honest.

A couple nights ago, while drifting in and out of sleep, I woke up and groggily realized that I was holding a heart-shaped rose quartz gemstone in my left hand.

A few months ago, I put this stone under my pillow. I somehow felt guided to do this and didn’t really question it or think much about it. I am definitely not an expert on gemstones or their healing properties, but I liked that it was in the shape of a heart. I felt symbolically like it was a loving stone that would bring me peace and comfort while I slept.

So I put it under my pillow, which is where it’s stayed for the last few months. It’s laid there completely undisturbed each night. I never saw it or touched it and definitely didn’t wake up holding it. Until a couple of nights ago when I woke up with it in my hand – tightly gripped.

For the next hour or so, while I laid there awake with it in my palm, I felt comforted. I felt at peace. I felt surrounded by love. I felt like I was going to get through this grief – like I was going to be okay. In that space of time, I felt that this stone was a tangible lifeline to my angels, and I was holding on for dear life. I eventually fell asleep while holding it, and when I woke up the next morning it was back under the pillow where it always is.

After researching this stone, I learned that it is used to comfort those who are grieving. I learned that it represents the mother/child bond (which is how I view my relationship with Xena). I learned that it is a stone that helps us receive universal love and helps us feel nourished and at peace. Everything that I have been longing to feel can be found in this single stone. And somehow, while I was sleeping, my guides, angels, and loved ones on the other side put this stone in my hand to help me feel this deep comfort. They put this stone in my hand to help me receive their love. (Incidentally, I also learned that the left hand represents yin energy – for receiving.)

And I think that’s pretty amazing.

In this time of grief, I haven’t been communicating as often with my angels or my spirit guides or my loved ones on the other side. I have been wrapped up in my own sadness, which has been just about all-consuming.

And it’s just really comforting to know that my supportive team is still there – loving me in exactly the way I most need them to. Always.

That means so much. Truly.

We all are receiving these beautiful signs. And it’s up to us to open up to them and be willing to take them into our hearts.

Because when we do, we allow our souls to connect – we allow our hearts to expand – we allow ourselves to heal and to grow and to love.

Which is what I wish for each of us.

Hugs,

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