“My heart dropped right out of my body.”

I was rushing back home.

After making a lame excuse to my boss, I had left work early because I had a premonition that I was needed, that my presence was necessary.

I didn’t know why I had acted upon it.  I’ve had pessimistic thoughts before and rarely have they reached fruition.  But today the premonition resonated in my soul.  I could feel it all the way to my toes.

And with a pregnant wife and a son who was not quite three years old, I couldn’t take the chance that I wasn’t needed.

I pulled up into the driveway and burst out of the car only to have Mindy come running up to me.  She said a terrible thing had occurred, and my heart dropped right out of my body.

To my relief (and I will forever feel guilty about it), our dog Sandy had been run over by a car only minutes before.

Fortunately, Sandy suffered mostly superficial injuries, and after a couple of days at the vets, she returned with a limp but not much more.  She was lucky.

Mindy asked why I had suddenly come screeching up to the house unannounced, and why I wasn’t at work.  I explained my premonition, and it was then she said she had a similar feeling as well.

This wasn’t a surprise as Mindy and I are soul mates and we have often had similar thoughts rushing through our heads at the same time.

D. Eckerston
Hartford, CO

“He replied that he could feel her gasping for breath.”

In everyone’s life comes good and bad.  I want to relay an incident in which both things happened simultaneously.

It was the end of November, and the weather was starting to turn.  My kids and I were nestled in front of the fireplace and it was one of those warm, comfortable moments.

My husband Harv was working late at the office and he had called earlier to tell me he was bringing home a surprise for the children.  We were all excited because the kids were doing well in school and this was their reward.  Harv was great with the kids, building up their self-esteem while keeping them grounded.  I loved him so.

Well, a little while later, Harv walked in the door.  And although the kids rushed up to him and literally grabbed the two packages he held out for them, I knew something was amiss.

After the kids tore off the wrappings and hugged their dad for the nice video games, he took my hand and led me into the bedroom.  When he sat on the edge of the bed and held his head in his hands, I knew something was terribly wrong.

He said he was afraid to call his mother, that he knew something bad was going to come of it.  I sat beside him and asked him why, and he replied that he could feel her gasping for breath.

I immediately picked up the phone and called her.  She answered and I felt so relieved.  And when I asked her if she felt OK, she said she was fine but that in the afternoon she had driven a close friend to the hospital.

I asked what was wrong with her and was told the poor woman was hyperventilating and couldn’t catch her breath.

Fortunately, the woman recovered and nothing serious happened.  But my husband’s premonition was pretty close to being on target.  Fortunately, nothing bad came of it.

R. Thornsley
Des Moines, Iowa