Last Tuesday we most my Mom after being ill and miserable for many years. The family had been pretty much by her side for the last week or so as she had been in the hospital for sometime.
After many hours at the hospital my partner and I needed to stop back home early in the morning to let our dog out. We decided to take an hour or so nap as we were exhausted. I suddenly got a
text from my one niece that we need try to get there right away as she was getting much worse.
We left as fast as we could to get back to the hospital which thankfully was only five minutes away. As we finally got back there most of the immediate family was in the room as when we had left. They were all crying and said that literally as soon as we entered the room she took her last breath. After being overtaken with grief, my niece, my partner and I went to get a cup of
coffee in the cafeteria. As we rode the elevator down my brother and his wife were also in with us. They left us off on the floor we needed and they were going to be leaving to go home. Mind
you there was no smell what so ever in that elevator nor was my sister n law wearing any sort of perfume. As we went to the cafeteria we discovered it was closed. We then proceeded to go
back to the same elevator we had been on previously. This was around 4am and there was no one else in that elevator nor had there been at that hour. As the three of us stepped into the
elevator we then watched the doors close. All of a sudden before we even pressed the button to
the floor we needed, we all looked at each other at once and said at the same exact time, do you smell that??! The elevator was filled with the most beautiful, clean smell of flowers we
had ever smelled before! It was as if someone picked fresh cut Lilly of the Vallies and put them right under our noses! It was the most peaceful feeling that came over all of us in that moment. What makes it even more incredible is my Moms favorite flower was Lilly of the Vallies and that is exactly what it smelled like. This was not a room spray smell or a perfume smell either. God and my Mom gave us a wonderful sign to let us know my Mom is now in paradise and this is just a taste to let us know what she is experiencing. I will never forget that experience as long as I live and it truly helped restore and strengthen every one of our faiths. God is so good!