Debra Basham

Living and Loving

Tag: Grandma

  • Nips

    Sacred Stories

    When I sat six boxes of Nips on the counter at the local Walgreens, the cashier said, “You must really like these.”

    “I can’t easily get them while I am in Florida, so I like to stock up. They are only 30 calories. A great way to calm cravings,” I responded.

    “My grandma loved them….” her voice trailed off. “She passed away last June.”

    “Are you Hispanic?” I asked, and she nodded her head yes. “You are so fortunate your culture honors our loved ones continuing to be with us. Day of the dead…. Your culture knows you don’t have to wait until you die to be together.” I smiled.

    As she put the boxes in my bag she continued, “My daughter is nine months old. My friend and I were driving and my daughter was just smiling sitting in her car seat in the back. I told my friend she does that a lot. My friend said it is probably my grandma….”

    How wonderful to share this truth with one another. We were not strangers. Nips and her grandma had brought us together.

    Thank you, Grandma….

  • Dreamed of Grandma

    A woman who works as a healer using energy medicine received a call from her adult son. He and his children were driving from their home to hers (a significant distance several states away).

    “I am not sure if I should turn around and head back home,” he said. His daughter had been sick, forcing them to stop a couple of times already. He wanted to attend the 80th birthday celebration for his uncle and see his mother, but he was not sure that was best for his daughter.

    Asking permission, his mother said, “Would you like for me to do some distant healing with her as you drive, and see how she does?” He agreed.

    As the woman began doing the healing work, her granddaughter fell asleep. When she woke up, she was feeling better, and they were able to continue to the family event.

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    Her words upon waking were simply, “I dreamed that Grandma was doing healing work on me.”