The following is a former winner of the Amazing but Incredibly True Story Contest.
Copyright Emily Ryckman, 1997
This story is not about myself, but rather an incident that occurred to my oldest son, Barry. Twenty three months before this happened, my husband had died very suddenly at the age of 37. I was left a widow at the age of 35 with fouryoung children to raise: Barry, 13; Jodi, 11; Joanne, 8; and Bobby, 6. This incident happened in September, 1981, when Barry was 15.
Barry had biked to the Cemetery where his father had been laid to rest. When he got home later that afternoon, he was very excited, and could barely wait to tell me about his experience. "Mom!" he shouted. "You won't believe what happened at the cemetery!" I asked him what he was so excited about, and he told the following story.
He said that as he was standing by his Dad's grave, he felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned around to see an elderly gentleman with a kindly smile who looked at him and asked, "Who have you got here, my son?"
"My father, sir" he replied. He said that the gentleman stayed and talked with him for a long time, discussing many subjects such as life, death, the world, war, etc... When he was about to leave, he again put his hand on my son's shoulder and said, "Never mind, my son. It won't be long before you will be with your Dad again!"
I guess I just stood there looking at Barry for a few seconds, and he said, "Don't you see, Mom? This means that it won't be long before the world comes to an end! There won't be any more pain. There will be no more war, no more sickness. We'll all be together again!" I smiled at him and said, "That's great, honey." I realized again how lucky I was to have a son who was so sensitive and caring.
I gave little thought to the conversation that my son had had with this unknown visitor until much later. A month after this "visitation," my son Barry, his sister, Joanne, and his brother, Bobby were all killed in a helicopter crash with my brother, who was the owner and pilot of the helicopter. Many months later when I was "ready" to remember this incident, I realized that my son had actually been "forewarned" of his death and the deaths of two of his siblings. He indeed had been "touched by the Hand of God."
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