Kenny left his body eight years ago on April 25, 2003. Today I called Steve, Kenny’s dad, to check in. I was walking and was about one hundred yards from home when I looked to the right. A brilliant rainbow, full bodied, rich and vibrant hues, with purple being the dominant color, was hovering above the mountains. The sighting of the rainbow triggered a cloud burst of tears from my eyes.
Steve and I continued chatting about Kenny’s sister, one of his cousins, and his two Grandmothers. Exactly seven minutes from the first rainbow sighting, Steve and I were ready to say goodbye and Steve said to me, “I’ll be thinking of Kenny today”. Just then another rainbow appeared before me, this time swelling with a radiant blue-green at the center. I was so surprised that I believe I may have shouted into the phone, “There is another rainbow”.
The second rainbow dissipated just as quickly as it appeared. I walked on for another thirty minutes seeking rainbows. Yet just as has been the tradition of Kenny, he continues to appear in double rainbows.
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When Kenny left in 2003, he painted the sky with a gargantuan rainbow that very afternoon. For the first two years after he left, Kenny visited, mostly his grieving mom, in the form of not just one, but two rainbows. He picked special days to appear in his rainbow form: birthdays, the anniversary of his passing, Mother’s Day, or on the morning after I had cried myself to sleep in my longing to be near Kenny.
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Today, April 25th, 2011, I must share that I have only seen one other rainbow in the last six months. For two to appear on this morning, just minutes after I called Kenny’s dad to honor and remember Kenny, proves to me that the angelic energy that is Kenny lives on, forever!
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