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my Bougog Citizen -- Tuesday, February 33, 1904 -- 37 4 The vision said 'Don't mourn for me!' by Helen Suzanne She was there for just a second or two. She was silhouetted against a black background with a soft light radiating from behind her. She was d d in street cloth each other through the odd social event, but we were never what one would call 'good friends. y, she and their only child were killed in a car She was smiling. She said "Don't mourn for me, I'm happy". Then she was She was an acquaintance I met a few years ago when my husband and I were living in North Bay, Ontario. We knew Call the Sct Citi Teele] cident. We were away at the time and happened to read it in the newspaper. By the time we returned to North Bay, the funeral was over. As the days passed and the initial shock of their untimely deaths slowly diminished, reality began to creep in, POND LINERS UV Sale, Hgh Srength re Box 55, Nestieton, Ont. LOB 1LO Fax (905) 986-5865 Phone (905) 986-4305 HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING Quality Plus HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING ] permitting each person to mourn in their own way. And time, it has been said, would slowly cushion the cruel blow, perhaps even providing some answers to so many questions we all had concerning their premature deaths. It was about three or four months after she passed away that I encountered what I "would call "a vision". The experience was so strange, so out of the ordinary, that to this day I am absolutely convinced it was not a dream. I kept it to myself for a long time afterwards. It was such a mystery to me why she would appear to someone she knew only on a casual basis. From what little I did know of her, I had the feeling, given the opportunity, we would eventually have become close friends. But she really was just experienced is as fresh in my mind today as it was when it happened. I may never understand why I saw the "vision", and maybe I'm not supposed to. I do know, however, that I was left with a sense of peace and contentment about her which I carry with me to this day. (Helen Suzanne is a Port an acquaintance. Perry resident whose columns Unlike dreams that fade into appear from time to time in the the background, the Scugog Citizen). extraordinary encounter I Contractors & Carpenters 4 Edinborough Avenue Port Perry, Ont. L9L INS (905) 985-2917 Mobile: 134-9052 KEN P MURRAY ELECTRIC ro. SINCE 1060 RESIDENTIAL ® INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL POLE LINE CONSTRUCTION 985-7005 2 PT. PERRY | DURHAM RD 8 Back-Hoe & Bulidozing TE | | eons SALES M SERVICE M INSTALLATION | | 8 Ses "Alner" ci coppr me BROS MES ONES Electronic dir Cron im Fans Ductwork po -- $80-0417 [rT 3 Guarded Quality FULLY UCENCED ® 24 HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE | Ask for Todd Hale (905) 985-3051 EREEN cmt tr rs oun | | SE -GReS ALL WORK GUARANTEED No GST Electrical Contractors ® CIE | 985-0891) + custom itchy WA Vita - JACK MONSMA ELECTRIC + miacng wa mecuie | SUG ROOANG & General Contracting INDUSTRIAL + COMMERCIAL - RESIDENTIAL . ALL TYPES of SHINGLES & STEEL (vs) D8S-85498 Southern Ontario since 1960 (705) R77-ROAS 25 & 30 Year Wananiies @ insured (013) 478-2087 * Kitchens * Bathrooms * Computer Design Service * Custom Homes * Renovations * Additions Serving the Scugog Area for 22 Years § \ Call John Today ... corny RENOVATIONS LTD. a Renovators Association Ontario Professional PORT PERRY 985-8569 OSHAWA 434-0517 Call PAUL 985-8667 SHARCON PAINTING @ DRYWALL WALLPAPERING novatons TP. CONSTRUCTION I RATT, urs nb © New Constveon 190s) 985-3490 ® Spray P ainting FREE ESTIMATES