UnCagedPhoenix Magazine: July 2019
In this month’s magazine we are going to show you how to take some of these actionable tasks. We are going to help you move forward as an entrepreneur and explore how love never dies. We will learn about the importance of a healthy mindset and body, and also reveal how you can see yourself within your vision. This month is going to challenge you. It is going to make you think. But at the end, you are going to be better prepared to face whatever changes or growth may come your way. Don’t worry, we are not heartless! We still left room for the word games, self-care, and our summer app review. And who knows…I may just put some sunblock on and get out into this glowing sun and absorb some well needed vitamin D
In this month’s magazine we are going to show you how to take some of these actionable tasks. We are going to help you move forward as an entrepreneur and explore how love never dies. We will learn about the importance of a healthy mindset and body, and also reveal how you can see yourself within your vision. This month is going to challenge you. It is going to make you think. But at the end, you are going to be better prepared to face whatever changes or growth may come your way. Don’t worry, we are not heartless! We still left room for the word games, self-care, and our summer app review. And who knows…I may just put some sunblock on and get out into this glowing sun and absorb some well needed vitamin D
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FEATURE ARTICLE<br />
I feel your presence.” Dad became a<br />
part of my recurring dream. Not<br />
only did my father become a<br />
part of the dream, but I began<br />
to see Cardinals whenever I<br />
was missing him or going<br />
through challenges in<br />
my life’s journey. Some<br />
would come up, right<br />
next to me. They<br />
would be so close<br />
that I could just<br />
reach out and touch<br />
them. They would<br />
literally just show up<br />
out of nowhere. I thought,<br />
“What’s going on? What<br />
does all this mean?”<br />
Well if you know me, then<br />
you know I googled it. What I<br />
found was amazing. A cardinal<br />
is a representative of a loved one<br />
who has passed away. When you<br />
see one, it means your loved one is<br />
visiting you. They show up when you<br />
need them most. Not long after some<br />
of those conversations, I would see a<br />
cardinal. Miraculously, whatever I was<br />
going through, in need of or dealing<br />
with, God would handle it or give me<br />
an answer not long after my encounter<br />
with the cardinal.<br />
Over the years, I continued to have the<br />
recurring dream. Brianna was growing up<br />
in the dream and more family continued<br />
to be added to the beautiful park picnic<br />
setting. She was always being loved on in<br />
the dream and right before I would awake,<br />
my family would look at me letting me<br />
know that she was just fine. There was<br />
so much love surrounding her. I always<br />
felt reassurance after my visit with my<br />
baby girl and family members through<br />
that dream.<br />
As Brianna grew up in the dream, so did<br />
my baby girl (her twin) Brittny. Brittny<br />
always seemed to be in her own world.<br />
She was my dreamer. Boy, was her<br />
imagination something to be reckoned<br />
with. I always wondered if she felt her<br />
sister. If she sensed something missing.<br />
At the age of 13, I sat down with Britt<br />
and shared Brianna’s belongings—I took<br />
them from the hospital and kept them.<br />
They had been placed in a beautifully<br />
crafted cloth envelope-like pouch by<br />
the hospital staff. There were preemie<br />
clothes, Brianna’s name card that had<br />
hung outside her hospital bed, pictures<br />
and a small plastic bag that once held<br />
a loc of Brianna’s hair. I explained to<br />
Brittny that I knew sometimes she may<br />
feel like something is missing around<br />
her. I explained that the feeling of loss or<br />
something missing has always been her<br />
twin sister Brianna. She may be missing<br />
physically, but she is and always will be<br />
with her spiritually.<br />
“A cardinal is a representative of a<br />
loved one who has passed away.<br />
When you see one, it means your<br />
loved one is visiting you. They show<br />
up when you need them most.”<br />
Tears began to fall from Brittny’s eyes.<br />
She didn’t make a sound as the tears<br />
fell. I sat there with her in silence. I<br />
wanted to break down so bad, but I held<br />
it together for my baby girls. Brianna’s<br />
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