That's when I knew.

Two days after my friend passed away it started. I got new orders, & re-orders every day, for a week straight. Usually I get a few orders a month - a few new accounts, and a few re-orders. It could have been coincidence, but it sure didn't feel like like coincidence. I was running out of cards.

I always ask retailers how they heard of us, whether they're calling for a catalog or placing an order - to find out which of our advertising methods is working best. On one of the new orders I got that week, I asked the woman: "How'd you hear of us?" She said: "It was the strangest thing ... I wasn't even looking for greeting cards -- I was looking for candles..." That's when I knew. (We are not associated with any candle sites - not so much as a link.)

I called my friend's sister & asked if anything weird was going on there too. She told me several different things ... important items that had been lost, reappearing ... the kids hearing her voice through the computer speakers ... widower & his new girlfriend having the shit scared out of them when huge pots fall off of the stove & go crashing to the floor for no reason... (which I found hilarious because I can totally see my friend doing that & laughing).

When we lose someone, we like to think they're in heaven, enjoying the all-you-can-eat buffet, their favorite music, friends, family, peace & love all around them ...

If when we leave our earthly bodies, we're given a choice, to go on up, or stick around & help out ... or just be mischevious for a while, I KNOW my friend chose to stick around.