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Snow clung to the wintery branches of the wisteria climbing the trellises in our backyard. Gazing out the kitchen window with my husband, Roger, I thought, I know exactly how it felt to be frozen in that bitterness<\/em>. We had just returned from burying our 21-year-old son, Steven. But even with Roger by my side, I felt alone in my grief<\/a>. Isolated from him, Isolated from God.<\/p>\n

Only a few nights ago, Steven had come over for dinner. He lived just five miles away in our small town. Roger and I had hugged and kissed him goodbye, never imagining it was for the last time. The next morning, Steven was on his way to work when his car hit a patch of black ice and slammed into a tree.<\/p>\n

As I looked out at the yard, my mind flooded with visions of our son over the years: Steven laughing, throwing snowballs at his big sister. Steven climbing the monkey bars on the swing set, sliding down the slide, chasing our dogs.<\/p>\n

A flutter of wings grabbed my attention. A mourning dove landed on a branch of the wisteria. Then another dove, and another, their pale gray feathers beautiful against the snow.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve never seen a mourning dove in our yard,\u201d I said. \u201cOnly in town.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSeven of them,\u201d Roger said. \u201cGod\u2019s perfect number.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cRight,\u201d I said, wincing. What was Roger implying?<\/p>\n

I was startled when he began to pray. \u201cOh, Lord, if these doves are a symbol of your grace, sent on the saddest day of our lives, please let us feel your comfort.\u201d<\/p>\n

At that moment the sky filled with doves<\/a>; they descended over the yard, lining every branch of the wisteria. With no place left to land, some floated above the cold ground. Soft coos filled the air. We watched in silence, mesmerized, for several minutes, until they suddenly flew back up into the sky, gray wings ablur.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s it,\u201d Roger said. \u201cGod has given us a sign.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOf what?\u201d I said. I turned away from the window, feeling numb. How was Roger able to find comfort in the doves when all I saw was a bunch of birds?<\/p>\n

Over the next two years a few doves visited our late-winter yard, but nothing like on the day of Steven\u2019s funeral. Roger reminded me often of the flock we\u2019d seen, still sure it was a message of consolation, but I felt nothing. The bitterness in my heart had not melted. How I wished I could find the solace that my husband found in his faith!<\/p>\n

I stopped going to church. \u2028I continued to pray, but now my prayers consisted mostly of questioning God. I asked over and over how he could have taken our son from us. My despair intensified until I was frozen in a debilitating depression<\/a>. At my family\u2019s urging, I forced myself to see a grief counselor.<\/p>\n

\u2028My healing began with a gradual understanding that what had happened to Steven was not God\u2019s fault, but just a terrible accident. I realized that ultimately my tears weren\u2019t for Steven, but for myself, for what I\u2019d lost. I returned to church. I no longer felt isolated from Roger in my grief. I no longer felt isolated from God.<\/p>\n

One morning in early spring, I looked out at the backyard and saw another flutter of wings. A mourning dove settled on a wisteria branch<\/a> budding with purple flowers. Its return marked the end of winter\u2014and my own release from the bitterness that had gripped me for so long. God was with me, offering me comfort, and I was finally able to accept it.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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