Expert: Sandra Sparks - 7/31/2009

Question
Dear Sandra, For The Past 5 Weeks I Have Been Walking Around And A Big Beautiful Butterfly Flies Beside Me,..I Have No Idea Wether Its Reincarnation Related But I Have No Other Explanation For It. My Grandma Also Checked my Horoscope a couple days ago and it mentioned a gaurdian And A Butterfly..This Has Happened With My Brothers Father, When He Passed Away 5 years ago But it Was An Orange Butterfly..sometimes Both Butterflies Are Together But The Yellow Butterfly is Much Bigger.. and when it flies by i already know its near even before i see it..and it has such an amazing glow..please help me explain this..

Answer
Hello, Tiffany!

We are going a bit off topic because this is not related to reincarnation, but it is related to life after death, and an amazing experience I have had myself.

I first heard of people who have crossed over using butterflies and dragonflies, birds, and other animals to send messages, while watching the medium John Edward on his television show "Crossing Over." I had a few odd encounters with butterflies and such before that time, but listening to John made me pay attention.

One day while waiting for a bus, I was reading one of his books, and he mentioned butterflies again. I laughed and said out loud: okay, if anyone wants to send me a message, now's the time! But I didn't take myself seriously...

Within five minutes, a big butterfly appeared out of nowhere and came and sat on my arm! It stayed for a very long time, before a wind came and knocked it off - but when it was knocked off, it made a mighty effort and threw itself against my cheek, as if kissing me, before it was blown away...

When my brother-in-law died, he came in a dream and told me he would send dragonflies as messengers. At the cemetery, two dragonflies danced over his coffin at the graveside ceremony, and came to light on my dress; when his widow and children and I all returned to his last home, hundreds of miles away from his burial place, a cloud of dragonflies were waiting where the cars were about to be parked, then disappeared as we went up to the house, and never showed up like that again...

It happens all the time. Our spirit guides and our loved ones use these small messengers, if we only pay attention. My late father uses eagles and hawks (have you ever seen an eagle land in a front yard?) and just a few weeks ago a cloud of dragonflies bounced against my window as I started a new phase of my life.

They are saying hello. They are saying you are remembered and loved. Thank them whenever they appear.