I have been blessed in my life to have met all my grandparents & have an extra set. My cousin’s grandparents, Alex & Julia Nole, have always treated me like I was their granddaughter too. Unfortunately Julia passed away in the Spring 2004. We were all very sad of course & miss her terribly. Grandpa Nole more than ever. They had been married over 50 years.
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| A butterfly named Julia... |
Back to the story: Grandpa Nole & his son were at a Butterfly house a year or so ago in Houston, Texas. The tour guide gave out the directions and specified urgently to let these beautiful creatures do whatever they wanted within this greenhouse type place. However…One lil beautiful orange butterfly landed on Grandpa’s camera. AND his arm. AND his hand. AND his head. AND then his camera again. So eventually out of frustration he went to the tour guide and explained how the butterfly would not leave him alone.
To which the tour guide laughing and smiling replied,
“Oh she must really like you, sir! That type of butterfly is called, “Julia”….”
Grandpa & Uncle Alex started to cry instantly. The tour guide puzzled asked them why they were crying & then they told him that his late wife’s name was in fact, Julia… The tour guide was stunned and amazed. What are the odds ya know?
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| Grandpa Nole with the Butterfly named Julia... |
There are many unanswered questions in this world & many peculiar & wonderful things do happen. This is one of them. Who knows, maybe it was my other grandmother reaching out to her husband? If not…wow that’s one hell of a coincidence & a lovely story. =)
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19 comments:
Melanie A truly poignant story. I know about Butterfly Bushes, not these houses though!
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wOooooowwww! i loooooooove butterflies! this post is lovely, Melanie! love it! and love you too!♥
What a beautiful story :-)
I've heard too many similar stories to believe that it could be a coincidence ... it really forces you to open your mind a bit. Thanks so much for sharing!
They have a butterfly exhibit like this at our zoo and it is AMAZING. I went through it this past summer and it was so cool walking through all those flitting butterflies.
Aw that is such a sweet story!
Gah! Okay, so now I kind of want to live in a Butterfly House. This is truly the sweetest story EVER, Melanie; love it!! :)
that is a such a beautiful story...makes me teary:(
You made me tear up at work. What a gorgeous story.
This is so sweet, awww ;) I love the photos you've posted along with this lovely story
Awwwwwwwww.
wow! that's truly amazing! gorgeous photography as well! xo
What a touching story Mel! I agree, there is so much that is unknown to us, you just never know. There is a butterly place here where I live and I believe one in NYC's Museum of Natural History.
Butterflies are one of my favourite things! I love the colours and patterns and their delicate nature.
That definitely made me tear a little. :) So sweet.
great post thanks for sharing! i seriously teared up here!
That was a very nice story. I like it.
This beautiful story totally teared me up...so wonderful! Life sometimes goes magical ways! xxx
wow what a story!! i can imagine butterflies are really meaningful to you now.
What a wonderful story! I remember going to the butterfly house at London Zoo a couple of years ago, we'd gone on one of the hottest days and gosh it was so warm inside! Was melting. Butterflies are so pretty though.
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