This is part of a series of stories from my book, Missed Opportunities – Journeys to My Ancestors.
One morning, an older man with thick wavy white hair stood in front of me. He was from Greece and had a strong loving presence. I noticed that he had twinkly blue eyes and a wide barrel-shaped chest. I told him that I was eager to hear his story.
He said ‘I am Giovanni. I worked in shipping. We saw a lot of people come and go. They were excited, afraid and sad to leave their homes; they felt many things.’ As I listened to him, I noticed that very strong emotions welled up inside me. My eyes watered and then I asked myself why I was feeling so emotional and heard: “because he is one who watches over you.” I burst into tears because I felt the truth of this statement. And I could feel how much love Giovanni has for me. It’s the kind of love I never felt or received as a child. What I felt coming from this man was enormous unconditional love!
This experience felt like a time marker, a Life Moment. There was only one other time I felt this much unconditional love. It came in a dream I had of being in Heaven. The love I felt there was strong, deep, unconditional and infinite.
I thanked Giovanni and told him that he is healing my heart!