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That Double Rainbow - Something Magical

golding76 — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 02:12:30 GMT

[The appearance of that double rainbow seemed to be a statement from another realm. I cannot stop thinking about it and what it signifies to me.]

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A Double Rainbow Appeared Over Buckingham Palace Shortly Before the Queen’s Death Was Announced

Coincidence? We think not.

By Rachel Burchfield

Marie Claire

Published 4 Hours Ago

The most beautiful occurrence happened over Buckingham Palace this afternoon—just one hour before the Queen’s death was announced, a double rainbow broke through the clouds and appeared in the skies over Buckingham Palace in London, Her Majesty’s residence for most of her historic 70-year reign.

At the time, crowds had already gathered at the Palace after officials announced just after 12 p.m. London time that the Queen was “under medical supervision,” per The Mirror.

After a heavy downpour, the double rainbow appeared, “giving comfort to those in the crowd who were eagerly awaiting an update,” the outlet reports.

At 6:30 p.m. London time, the Palace announced that Her Majesty “died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon.”

The rainbow could be seen not just over the Palace but over major landmarks across London, including the Elizabeth Tower in Westminster and the Queen Victoria Memorial.

About 90 minutes before the announcement, a woman laid the first bouquet at the Palace just after 5 p.m. The crowd assembled outside of the Palace has grown to around 1,000 people, The Mirror reports.

King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla are due to the Palace tomorrow. They remain at Balmoral for the rest of the evening.

The rainbow, at least to this writer, serves as proof that, even in a dark hour, something altogether magical can appear.

"We'll Meet Again" by Vera Lynn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsM_VmN6ytk

Queen Elizabeth was alluding to this song in her moving COVID speech. This English song, released in 1939, evoked the pluck, hopefulness and courage that was shown by the British during World War II.

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LdyBugz — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 02:03:22 GMT

I can't stop thinking about it either. I can't help but wonder if Her Majesty sent it as a sign that she is at peace and happily reunited with the love of her life. No one will ever convince me that it was just a sheer coincidence.

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LizzieInSRQ — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 04:12:21 GMT

There was a rainbow over Windsor Castle as well. Amazing.

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Sooner — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 04:29:48 GMT

I believe in grace and hope and that more things than we know happen for a reason.

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chrystaltree — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 11:01:34 GMT

It made for beautiful pictures and lovely sentiment but 🌈 aren't particularly rare. It was going to be there whether the Queen died that day or not.

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jlkz — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 11:21:18 GMT

@Sooner

Absolutely: If we could only look around carefully, we would see little gifts given us. I learned this early on and am thankful for the gifts of grace, hope and peace.

I have gotten very good at saying Thank You. Coincidences, maybe. However, things do happen: you can choose to ignore them and dismiss them, or take some meaning from them.

One of many examples for me occurred after a beloved aunt passed on. It was my first birthday after her passing and I was in deep grief....no early morning call with her singing the Birthday Song ! As I looked out the French doors in the great room, there was one huge bloom at the bottom of the rhododendron. Here in the Northeast, they don't bloom in late November......

I smiled finally and said Thank You through my tears.

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violann — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 11:35:09 GMT

Magical? Spiritual? Scientific? Coincidence? Explicitly Heaven Sent?

Makes NO DIFFERENCE to me, and however its origin or purpose, a fitting honor for a Woman of Substance, whom I will miss.

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Goldengate8361 — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 11:55:30 GMT

Perhaps their PR firm ordered it from the almighty? Just kidding! This is the type of things that PR people and reporters \photograpers dream of! It is absolutely beautiful!!!! The photos will be in books and on websites forever.

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781Florist — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 14:56:43 GMT

@jlkz Your post really hit home for me. In 2015 my mom passed. After the funeral and the post-funeral gathering with friends and extended family, my brother, 6 sisters and I were sitting on the deck back at the family home.

Mom was very close with a great-aunt of ours and about 45 years before, that aunt dug up and brought over some day lilies that had been in her yard and that mom loved as a young girl. The lilies bloomed for years and years in the back right hand corner of our yard and mom could see them from the kitchen door.

As of 2015, we had not seen any for a few years and figured they were either overcrowded or the many trees around were taking all the nutrients.

As we were talking one of my sisters pointed and said "Look!". In the back right hand corner of the yard but on the OTHER SIDE of the fence was a single fully blossomed day lily looking back at us.

We all smiled and said "love you, mom.". There may be a clinical and scientific explanation for this as well as rainbows, but for 8 heartbroken adult children it will

always be proof that there are no barriers a mother won't try to cross to comfort her children.

So if someone sees a rainbow in the sky, finds a penny on the sidewalk, is visited by a cardinal or a butterfly and feels connected in that moment to someone they have loved and lost----please don't be the one to put a pin in their balloon. It is so much easier and infinitely more kind to just take pleasure in their moment of joy and solace.

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Love my grandkids — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 15:04:07 GMT

Someitmes a rainbow is just a rainbow.

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Sooner — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 15:14:04 GMT

@Love my grandkids wrote:
Someitmes a rainbow is just a rainbow.

@Love my grandkids To me, every rainbow is a promise.

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ThinkingOutLoud — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 15:49:02 GMT

@Love my grandkids wrote:
Someitmes a rainbow is just a rainbow.

Only for those who haven't been taught otherwise.

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violann — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 16:44:03 GMT

@ThinkingOutLoud wrote:
@Love my grandkids wrote:
Someitmes a rainbow is just a rainbow.
Only for those who haven't been taught otherwise.

"Taught" by intuition or taught by experience; either way a consolation and a comfort.

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manny2 — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 17:06:00 GMT

@781Florist wrote:
@jlkz Your post really hit home for me. In 2015 my mom passed. After the funeral and the post-funeral gathering with friends and extended family, my brother, 6 sisters and I were sitting on the deck back at the family home.

Mom was very close with a great-aunt of ours and about 45 years before, that aunt dug up and brought over some day lilies that had been in her yard and that mom loved as a young girl. The lilies bloomed for years and years in the back right hand corner of our yard and mom could see them from the kitchen door.

As of 2015, we had not seen any for a few years and figured they were either overcrowded or the many trees around were taking all the nutrients.

As we were talking one of my sisters pointed and said "Look!". In the back right hand corner of the yard but on the OTHER SIDE of the fence was a single fully blossomed day lily looking back at us.

We all smiled and said "love you, mom.". There may be a clinical and scientific explanation for this as well as rainbows, but for 8 heartbroken adult children it will
always be proof that there are no barriers a mother won't try to cross to comfort her children.

So if someone sees a rainbow in the sky, finds a penny on the sidewalk, is visited by a cardinal or a butterfly and feels connected in that moment to someone they have loved and lost----please don't be the one to put a pin in their balloon. It is so much easier and infinitely more kind to just take pleasure in their moment of joy and solace.

What a beautiful heartfelt post @781Florist I had a similar experience. My father died of lung cancer. During his chemo a friend of mine gave me yellow daffodils, and said this is the flower of hope give them to your father. I did not know they were the flower of hope.

After my father's death I was out in my yard, and there was one single daffodil poking out of the grass. I smiled and took it as a sign from my father. I never saw another daffodil in my yard again.

That rainbow yesterday gave me chills. The weatherman I watch was asounded. He said look at this massive storm over Great Britian. To think the clouds parted at that very moment to reveal a rainbow is....He trailed off.

Yes, just let us take comfort.

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Glittergal — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 17:55:26 GMT

I don't understand why some want to rain on others' parade. If someone wants to find meaning in something beautiful, let them.

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LdyBugz — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 20:34:19 GMT

@781Florist I love your post, thank you! Surely it was your Mom giving you a sign. And I completely agree with your last paragraph.

~LdyBugz

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goldensrbest — Sat, 10 Sep 2022 12:46:44 GMT

I have expericed a sign from my husband, after he passed, we had said what i would like for it to be weeks before he passed, so i know for sure it can be, i wonder if the queen had a special love for rainbows.

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manny2 — Sat, 10 Sep 2022 12:50:49 GMT

@goldensrbest wrote:
I have expericed a sign from my husband, after he passed, we had said what i would like for it to be weeks before he passed, so i know for sure it can be, i wonder if the queen had a special love for rainbows.

What a beautiful post @goldensrbest

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vermint — Sat, 10 Sep 2022 13:28:55 GMT

I take every rainbow as a sign from God, as I believe I'm meant to...but some do happen at certain times that give them even more meaning.

We attended a wedding last summer. The groom had been diagnosed only 3 weeks before with lymphoma, and had already lost a lot of weight, had dark circles under his eyes, and just looked very ill. He was determined, nevertheless, to go through with the wedding, which he did.

It had rained some during the day, but the sky was fairly clear when the outdoor ceremony began. When they came to the "in sickness and in health" part of the vows, the bride choked up a little, understandably. The pastor stopped the ceremony right there and said "most of you know what's going on, let's pray right now for this situation". He then said a beautiful prayer. As we raised our heads, he then said "Turn around". We all did, and there was the most beautiful rainbow behind us! There wasn't a dry eye anywhere after that!

A year later, following chemo & surgery, the groom is cancer-free and doing very well.

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Oznell — Sat, 10 Sep 2022 15:29:17 GMT

What an illuminating incident, @vermint . Love the inspired courage of that pastor, acting in the moment, unafraid to broach the elephant in the room, and offer prayer. It must have been extraordinary.