We would like to believe that love and friendship last forever.  Lori Kennedy believes it with all her heart.  She has contributed remarkable stories to Angels on Earth, and her most recent, “Forever Sisters,” told of her enduring relationship with a woman she never met face-to-face.  A chance encounter on the internet led to years of meaningful phone calls, e-mails, letters and gifts.  “Barb said she would always be in my life,” wrote Lori.  Even though illness claimed her friend five years ago, Lori knew they would meet one day in heaven.

This week Lori wrote to us because she wanted to share her experience on the night of Wednesday, January 23.  We at Angels on Earth want to share it with you:

“I was awakened by an intense scent of perfume in my room.  It was overpowering.  There was no obvious source of the scent as I don’t have anything scented in my bedroom.  Anything that wakes me up has to be intense as I’m a sound sleeper.  I woke up smelling what I knew was White Shoulders perfume, and felt someone sitting right next to me on the side of my bed, actually pressed up against my legs.

“I propped myself up on my elbows and switched on the light, but no one was there, although I absolutely knew, without a doubt, that Barb was there.  (White Shoulders was her favorite perfume.)  I felt enveloped in love, and just soaked it up until the scent dissipated.

“I wondered why she came to me.  Then I remembered that her birthday was sometime in January, so I checked my records to confirm the date.  Barb’s birthday was Wednesday, January 23.”

Read “Forever Sisters,” Angels on Earth, September/October 2007.

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