{"id":226,"date":"2020-10-13T15:50:22","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T20:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/?p=226"},"modified":"2024-10-27T15:12:32","modified_gmt":"2024-10-27T20:12:32","slug":"mysterious-visitor-emerges-from-graveyard-prepare-to-be-astonished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/mysterious-visitor-emerges-from-graveyard-prepare-to-be-astonished\/","title":{"rendered":"Mysterious Visitor Emerges from Graveyard:  Prepare to be Astonished!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I don\u2019t know if I was stunned with joy more than grief when an unexpected visitor arrived almost the same time I did at my mother\u2019s grave.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-image-303\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"816\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Mothers-cemetary-Web-816x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Unexpected visitor in graveyard\" class=\"wp-image-303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Mothers-cemetary-Web-816x1024.jpg 816w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Mothers-cemetary-Web-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Mothers-cemetary-Web-768x964.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Mothers-cemetary-Web.jpg 1610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 816px) 100vw, 816px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Moment after unexpected visitor departs\/Mission Park South\/San Antonio, TX<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>It happened at sunset after a long drive from Dallas to San Antonio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-everyday-visit-to-a-graveyard\">Everyday visit to a graveyard<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The drive gives plenty of time to sift through family memories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spectacular weather.\u00a0 Clear.\u00a0 No wind.\u00a0 79 degrees.\u00a0 The October sun is setting.\u00a0 Light rays are firing like spotlights through the oaks, spreading their branches like gatekeepers over Mother&#8217;s cemetery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/golden-advice-hiding-at-your-great-great-grandparents-grave\/\">graveyard<\/a> attendant points at the location, and I begin walking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is my first time to visit mother\u2019s grave since the funeral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Upon arriving, I was\u00a0delighted to see the headstone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I hadn&#8217;t seen it because my brother ordered it after the burial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I notice the icons representing my parents\u2019 hobbies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Trophy buck for Dad on the far left<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sewing machine for mother far right<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Two wedding rings in the middle&nbsp;joined by a cross.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-unexpected-encounter-with-a-monarch\">Unexpected encounter with a monarch<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Right after my glance at the headstone, a monarch butterfly lands in the middle of the two rings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And then quickly, the butterfly flutters over to the sewing machine . . .<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-image-304\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"381\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Butterfly-foe-web-1024x381.jpg\" alt=\"Unexpected visitor in graveyard\" class=\"wp-image-304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Butterfly-foe-web-1024x381.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Butterfly-foe-web-300x112.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Butterfly-foe-web-768x286.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Monarch moves to sewing machine icon\/Steve Blaising<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>. . . and stays there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I froze in disbelief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sewing was her only hobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I glance around to see if this is one of a swarm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No.&nbsp; Only one butterfly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I lean close and take the picture.&nbsp; The butterfly doesn\u2019t move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I stood in the October sunlight on my mother\u2019s grave with the butterfly on her sewing machine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And then the damn breaks.&nbsp; Tears pour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cIs that you, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/the-best-gift-for-your-mother-reaps-lifetime-benefits\/\">mother<\/a>?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-unexpected-response-from-the-monarch\">Unexpected response from the monarch<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The butterfly slowly opens her wings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She leaves them open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And I cry, releasing emotions piled up for years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bible references many occasions when <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/heaven-made-simple-by-dogs\/\">God uses critters or animals<\/a> to accomplish His purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don&#8217;t have proof, but I believe this monarch was a messenger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What are the odds a butterfly . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>lands on the wedding ring icon the second I arrive?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>quickly moves to the sewing icon?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>stays on the icon for minutes with me staring?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Less than a mosquito hitting your artery.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-image-126\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"798\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Mosquito-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mosquito in a graveyard\" class=\"wp-image-126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Mosquito-2-1.jpg 798w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Mosquito-2-1-300x117.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Mosquito-2-1-768x298.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">&#8220;Pull out Betty!  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