Valentines Day 2004 was the 3 month anniversary of the day Cori died. We have prayed from the
beginning for a sign from God that what we are believing in is true...that Cori is in Heaven and
that everything we believe about God, the bible and salvation is real. Many times I would ask
Steve why we haven't had a sign yet...he told me that maybe now isn't when we need it most. I
don’t spend my every waking moment looking but I hope that I am more aware so that if it
happens I will know.
Occasionally, since we moved to Washington I have seen a bald eagle. I am always amazed at
them. They even move differently than other birds. Stronger, faster...they soar...other birds
simply fly.
However, at this time I hadn’t seen an eagle in a few weeks. Friday I went out to Cori's cemetary
and when I got there I looked around, up at the sky like I always do and I asked God for an eagle.
I looked into all the evergreens that surround the cemetary but didn’t see anything. The rest of
the day I kept looking but the closest I found was a hawk. Later that night I wrote in my journal and
said "I asked God for an eagle today but He didn’t show me one."
Saturday, the 14th. Valentines Day. The three month anniversary. We went and got some pink and
red carnations to take to Cori. We had just turned down the road to the cemetary and I told Steve
about my request to God the day before. I told him "but He didnt send one", when all of a sudden I
looked out the window to the top of a tree to my right and saw something...I said "I think that is an
eagle" Steve slowed the van and looked and said, "No I think its just the top of the tree" I said, I
guess you are right...and then the tree top moved! "I said, NO, it is an eagle!" Steve stopped the
van and he got out and I rolled down the window and sure enough at the very top of this tree sat
a huge bald eagle!
When I first prayed for a sign I asked God that Steve and I would see the sign together...so that
neither of us could brush it off. I had forgotten that part of my prayer -on Friday I was alone!
It wasn't until a little later that I realized God did not show me the eagle the day before because
Steve and I weren't together....we may forget our specific requests to God, but He doesn't.
On the three month anniversary of my daughters death, God answered my prayer for a sign,
sending an eagle, His most majestic of birds to remind me that everything we believe IS true.
Since then God has shown us a number of eagles....many times when we are together.
The pictures below we took one Sunday morning when taking a drive down a road in the county. I
got out of the van and this eagle sat in the tree looking at us for a long time. He let me get up
under the very tree he was in before he flew away.
I believe that the verse from Isaiah is not just an encouragement from God, but a promise. And,
in Cori's case, today that promise has been fulfilled.
Today, Cori walks and runs strong in heaven. Today, Cori soars just like the eagle.
beginning for a sign from God that what we are believing in is true...that Cori is in Heaven and
that everything we believe about God, the bible and salvation is real. Many times I would ask
Steve why we haven't had a sign yet...he told me that maybe now isn't when we need it most. I
don’t spend my every waking moment looking but I hope that I am more aware so that if it
happens I will know.
Occasionally, since we moved to Washington I have seen a bald eagle. I am always amazed at
them. They even move differently than other birds. Stronger, faster...they soar...other birds
simply fly.
However, at this time I hadn’t seen an eagle in a few weeks. Friday I went out to Cori's cemetary
and when I got there I looked around, up at the sky like I always do and I asked God for an eagle.
I looked into all the evergreens that surround the cemetary but didn’t see anything. The rest of
the day I kept looking but the closest I found was a hawk. Later that night I wrote in my journal and
said "I asked God for an eagle today but He didn’t show me one."
Saturday, the 14th. Valentines Day. The three month anniversary. We went and got some pink and
red carnations to take to Cori. We had just turned down the road to the cemetary and I told Steve
about my request to God the day before. I told him "but He didnt send one", when all of a sudden I
looked out the window to the top of a tree to my right and saw something...I said "I think that is an
eagle" Steve slowed the van and looked and said, "No I think its just the top of the tree" I said, I
guess you are right...and then the tree top moved! "I said, NO, it is an eagle!" Steve stopped the
van and he got out and I rolled down the window and sure enough at the very top of this tree sat
a huge bald eagle!
When I first prayed for a sign I asked God that Steve and I would see the sign together...so that
neither of us could brush it off. I had forgotten that part of my prayer -on Friday I was alone!
It wasn't until a little later that I realized God did not show me the eagle the day before because
Steve and I weren't together....we may forget our specific requests to God, but He doesn't.
On the three month anniversary of my daughters death, God answered my prayer for a sign,
sending an eagle, His most majestic of birds to remind me that everything we believe IS true.
Since then God has shown us a number of eagles....many times when we are together.
The pictures below we took one Sunday morning when taking a drive down a road in the county. I
got out of the van and this eagle sat in the tree looking at us for a long time. He let me get up
under the very tree he was in before he flew away.
I believe that the verse from Isaiah is not just an encouragement from God, but a promise. And,
in Cori's case, today that promise has been fulfilled.
Today, Cori walks and runs strong in heaven. Today, Cori soars just like the eagle.
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