"Good Morning, this is God...I will be handling all your problems today. I will not need your help. So have a good day."

(Sentiments sent to both me and Stefanie from Sandi on a beautiful card...in the hopes that we would have a good day. And we did. September 27, 2009)

I'll start with my final awakening of the night, although early in the morning, when the rain came down so fiercely that I knew this was no dream. Shortly thereafter Stefanie and Adam woke up too with all of us wondering if the Race would still go on. Of course, the only sure way to know was to show up, so we got dressed, had a light breakfast and set off a bit early to see what the day would bring. Into the car and with the wipers on Adam drove us to OSU's stadium while playing tour guide for my entertainment! Oddly enough, the closer we got to the stadium, the more the sky began to clear! Literally! Although only about a 20-minute drive, by the time that we parked the car, the sun was shining brightly and all the rain clouds had moved away! What a beautiful day it was turning out to be!

The Miracle Miles Race had a great turnout and Stefanie ran her best 5K time at 26:34! She didn't give me and Adam much time to chit-chat at all!! We then had a great Birthday Dinner at O'Charleys before I left for home. It was all a wonderful new way to celebrate Stefanie AND Jessica's day and now I will tell you why...

Stefanie and Adam have a very cozy 1-bedroom apartment in New Albany and when it's only me staying there, I sleep on the comfy (yes, really) couch. And it was on that couch, at 3:41 a.m. on this day, I woke myself up crying...something I can't ever remember doing before. I don't even know exactly why I was crying...but I was... Slowly I drifted back to sleep and I had dream after dream about Jessica...the happy, healthy and vibrant Jessica! She didn't speak and I don't know what she was actually doing, but her face was so happy and she looked like the picture of health. She was laughing and smiling as if she didn't have a care in the world. I was amazed and thrilled to see this side of her again and my heart had a happiness in it that hasn't been there for quite some time. I knew that I was dreaming, and as I felt myself waking up I inwardly pleaded for more time with her. And then it happened. As I lay stretched out, I felt a pressure bearing down off to the side of me at the center of the couch. Thinking it was Zoey, who usually sleeps with her mommy and daddy, I called to her and went to pet her and pull her closer. But Zoey wasn't there! hhuummmm...strange... and off I drifted once more - and as I did, I felt it again....but it was more of a presence now along with that pressure, and at that moment an overwhelming calmness came over me and I knew without a doubt that this was Jess' spirit telling me that everything would be ok. She was fine and celebrating in her new way...just as we would be fine and celebrating in our new way. Yes, God would be handling all of our problems today. She was just letting us know it ahead of time....