My brother Thor

[Dawn / Lyonlady]

The week before Thor died he said his good-byes. We just didnt know it then. Neither did he. Or did he sense it? He called all our siblings, took Walter, my son, to work for no reason, went to lunch with A'ja, my daughter, the day before, went to see his best friend at work and called his godson to wish him a Happy Birthday and make plans. Then dinner w mom, dad, Reycie, my youngest, and me. We all had a good-bye.

On our way to dinner he had a CD in that we were all signing to.One he and I loved years back. His fav. band, The Doors. Everytime I talked he turned it up and laughed, so he couldnt hear me. He was really messing w me. We laughed alot about it.
Reycie was due to do a Heart thing at school and Thor told her he would donate $10.00 to it.

At 2:45 in the a.m. the door bell rang. I looked out my window and saw the police cars in the lot. I knew something was wrong to ring the bell in the middle of the night. I was afraid it was my parents, who were visiting and staying at a friends house. I knew the officers, small town, we know everyone. Thor had been in an accident, he was thrown from the car, he was dead when they found him.I didnt believe them, I had just left him hours earlier, my parents had been with him. Oh God, I had to tell them Thank goodness they were here not in NC.

When a friend went to the accident scene, they brought back two things for me that they had found there. The Doors CD and a $10.00 bill. Thank you Thor.

[Sherry]

I definitely see a figure in the window. It sounds like you and your brother were really close, I have heard similar stories where it seems that the close connection is not necessarily broken by death. Do you still have experience?

[Dawn / Lyonlady]

The above picture was taken by me of our new house, 8 months after Thor died. I was home alone and obviously outside taking the picture. Thor use to wear the same jean shorts and white tees all the time. Look closely at the window on the left. He is standing there where I have his ashes in an urn. Everyone who knows him immediately knew that was a pic of him. What do you think?

[Dawn / Lyonlady]

[Dawn / Lyonlady]

I bought a new home less then a year after Thor died. We started experiencing things right away. A ceiling fan that had to be switched on and then a button pushed, would turn on by itself while we were all in the family room. This happened twice. Once in the middle of the night we all heard a hum and got up, we were amazed to find the ceiling fan on, yet again.

A picture hung in the hallway of Thor at the top of the stairs would fall every night as we went up to get ready for bed. Every night it fell and toppled down to the steps in front of us. (about 2 weeks) I checked the nail, changed it with another picture, etc. Finally I said outloud, you are gonna break the glass if you keep it up. We know you are here. Try something plastic next time. I picked up the pic, returned it to the wall and it didnt happen again.

My daughter Reycie was scared to death by her stereo tunrning up all the way by itself. She went screaming and running from her room. We thought maybe it was Thor and talked about it. 2 weeks later, it happened again. This time she watched as the dial slowly turned all the way up. Then ran from the room. We thought maybe someones remote nearby was doing it so we moved the stereo. That didnt help, twice moved, twice more turning up and then the last time up then back down. So I went in the room and said "Thor, you're scaring her, please find another way" It hasnt happened since and that was 5 years ago now.

[Dawn / Lyonlady]

The last Christmas Thor and I spent together he gave me a paper star hanging light. Its beautiful. I gave him soup mixes in glass star containers.
On our way home from dinner the night of the accident, we all commented on how clear the sky was and how many stars there were. It was a beautiful sky. Thor almost ran off the road then looking at them.
The night he died my sister in Ohio got up at 3:00 a.m. to shower and ready for work. While showering she thought she heard his voice say " I'm ok" and looked out of the shower curtain, saw no one but then glanced thru the window to see a bright white star sparkling and she felt a peacefulness come over her.
Thors ex wife sent a card with a wonderful poem about those who pass and being a star in the sky watching us. The card had many stars on it and was the first one we recieved.
My firend Roger bought a star and had it named Thor. It is near Orion. I have the framed map and certificate and a book with its registry # in it for easy reference.
When I cleaned Thors apartment out, I found a book about stars. A star candle and a gold ceramic star. Also the soup mixes in the glass stars I had given him for Christmas. I kept them.
At the funeral, a girl who was the daughter of Thors friend wrote a story about him and read it. She mentioned stars in reference to him, twice.
I know there are more star related stories. After he died it seemed every day there was a star thing. These are the ones I still remember easily.
Thor had also told me once that he would send dimes from heaven not pennies. I find dimes all the time now when I am thinking about him, feeling lonely or depressed and when I am worried about things.