Even I continue to give a look up in the air and thank my grandmother, grandfather and even my mother in law when something that they have told me, taught me or an item that they have left for me has gotten me through the task at hand.
Do I honestly believe that they stepped in and actually did anything at that moment...no. But certainly they had an influence with what was told to me or given to me prior. But I can see how and why people truly believe a more almost devine influence actually stepped in to intercede.
My gram was an organized handywoman. She had dozens of old coffee cans and tins filled with with nuts, bolts screws, tacks, nails, hooks and any odds or ends you can think of. All seperated and labeled. She kept this stuff (and believe me when i tell you i have no idea how in the world she accumulated all these things because my Pop on that side was a Stamp collector and he was not the handy man type) in an outdoor metal shed with every gardening tool imaginable. I cannot tell you exactly how many times I am in the middle of a project and i need some oddball screw or nut or tool and a quick trip to my basement yields exactly what i need from Grams stash. "Thank you Grace, you saved my behind yet again" has been muttered a hundred times already.
I have been of the mindset that the afterlife is totally unknown as to if there is one and what it may be. I feel that even if I was lucky enough to live a healthy happy 100yrs it really is not a lot of time. Good, bad or otherwise my actions now will define me long after I am gone and I try to make as positive of an influence to my Sons, family and friends as I can. Hopefully the generations will be kind to my contributions.
