A special message from my Father?
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About 6 months before my Dad passed away, he was talking to my daughter on the hands free phone in my car. My daughter and Dad were saying how much they loved each other. Grandpa I love you a hundred: Katie I love you a million, then a trillion and so on back and forth. At one point my daughter couldn't think of a number so as we passed the gas station she read out the gas price which was 84.9- she said I love you 84.9 Grandpa! It stuck between them as a special way of saying how much they loved each other. They would say it when they would say goodbye on the phone every time. My Dad was 83 when he died and he never forgot that special number.<br />
My daughters birthday was about 3 weeks after my Dad passed away. I drive by that gas station 2x a day on my way to work and back. The day before her birthday the fuel price had been coming down. On the morning of her birthday as I drove to work the price of gas was 84.9 and I stopped to take a picture. On the way home it was still 84.9. The nect morning it was back up again. Its been 5 months since my Dad died and the price of fuel at that station has never been 84.9 again. I think it was a special message from my Dad to my daughter to let her know on her birthday how much he loved her.
Date submitted:Thu, 15 Sep 2016 18:03:52 +0000Coincidence ID:8875
