November 7, 2024 • 11 mins
After numerous requests for more stories of cardinals as messengers from Heaven, we're excited to bring you Part 2 of "Messages from Heaven—Cardinals." Dive into these heartfelt stories where these vivid red messengers brought hope and comfort to those mourning their loved ones.
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Speaker 1 (00:12):
Thank you so much for joining us.
Hello and welcome back to CCAirwaves.
(00:33):
My name is Paige Matillo andI'm here with my co-host, joel
Hansel.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
How you doing Paige.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
I'm doing good.
How are you, joel?
Speaker 2 (00:42):
I am absolutely loving the October weather we've
been having.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
I know it's been really nice out and the leaves
are changing.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Very mild, not a lot of rain.
It's been pretty nice, notgonna lie, not too shabby.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
I'm looking forward to November.
Hopefully the weather staysnice.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
Well, I'm looking forward to November because I
have a few weeks off coming.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Yeah, we'll be missing Joel for a few weeks,
but that's all right, you guyswill still have me.
So today we'll be doing a parttwo to our Messages from Heaven
Cardinal episode that we postedlast year.
People really like the episodebecause obviously cardinals are
known as messengers from heavenand we do have more stories that
(01:30):
involve those.
But before we dive into that,today I was going to share with
Joel a message from heaven thatI recently received.
So none of you know this, butJoel gave me a camera so I could
go around and take pictures atthe cemeteries while I was
driving around and as I wasdoing that, I remembered when I
(01:50):
was younger I really likedphotography.
I had my own camera and I wasthinking, oh, maybe I'll get
back into that and, you know,find my old camera.
So I go home that day I try tofind my old camera.
I find it it's broken, sounfortunate.
And I'm thinking, oh, I have togo buy a new camera.
The next day my dad is cleaningout this I want to say this
(02:13):
cabinet that we have, because weare cleaning out the office
that we have in my house and hefinds a camera, and it's a
camera that none of us had seenbefore.
So I'm looking through it and Iturn it on.
It still works.
It was my grandma's camera whopassed away last year, and we
must have taken it after shepassed away from her house, and
(02:34):
it still worked.
It had all sorts of pictures onit dating back at least 10
years, so I thought that was anice little message from heaven
that I received from her.
It was something that she usedto keep her memories, and now
it's something I can use to keepmy memories.
So isn't that sweet.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
That's a fantastic discovery, though.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
I know it was a great discovery.
I'm surprised it turned on.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
You want to know what would have been even more like
whoa was if there was a pictureof a cardinal taken by her.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
Oh my gosh, See, it would have been full circle.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
Absolutely.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
Unfortunately, that story did not involve cardinals,
but all of the other ones do,but I had to share it with Joel
because it was just so amazing.
Now let's dive into thesestories.
Our first one was submitted byEve D.
My grandma called me out of theblue one day and asked if I
would take her to the cemeteryto visit her mom's grave.
(03:27):
She rarely ever called to askme for favors, so I jumped in
the car and went to pick her up.
We got to the cemetery and itwas huge.
Since she hadn't visited inover 20 years, she couldn't
recall where her mom was buried.
We were totally lost.
Just when I was starting to feelfrustrated, something cool
happened.
A cardinal appeared, hoppingfrom one headstone to another.
(03:50):
My grandma stopped and smiledwatching it.
I love cardinals, she said,taking my hand and following the
bird.
It seemed almost like it waswaiting for us to catch up.
Each time it jumped to anotherheadstone.
Eventually it stopped andperched on one that looked older
.
As we got closer, my grandmagasped it was her mom's grave,
(04:10):
my great grandma's, it's like.
She wanted us to find her.
She said the Cardinal flew offinto the trees and we spent some
time at the grave her.
She said the cardinal flew offinto the trees and we spent some
time at the grave.
Grandma told me stories abouther mom that I'd never heard
before, making me feel like Itruly knew my great grandma.
When we finally headed back tothe car, the cemetery didn't
feel so overwhelming anymore.
It felt more like a place whereeverything had a purpose, even
(04:34):
getting lost.
As we walked, grandma squeezedmy hand and smiled.
She's still looking after me,isn't she?
She said, and honestly Icouldn't agree more.
I like that story.
You know, you're lost in acemetery, you're looking for
kind of a beacon of hope orsomewhere to try and find this
headstone, and you get a littlemessenger from heaven leading
(04:56):
the way, taking you to where youneed to go.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
Well, it beats having an app.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
I was just going to say that if this was at one of
our cemeteries, we do have anapp that does have GPS
navigation to the grave site.
So I mean, if you are planningon visiting one of our
cemeteries, feel free todownload that and it will help
you out.
But I mean we should and it'llhelp you out, but I mean we
should start having cardinals doit.
I think that's a little bitcooler.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
That's very cool, it really is.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
We'll look into that.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
Story number two was submitted by Giovanna T.
Ever since my dad passed awaylast year, I started noticing a
cardinal visiting the birdfeeder in our backyard.
Away last year, I startednoticing a cardinal visiting the
bird feeder in our backyard.
My dad loved birds and healways said cardinals were good
luck.
Seeing that bright red birdfelt like a little nod from him,
a sign that he was still around.
(05:49):
In some way the bird became aregular visitor, always showing
up when I missed my dad the mostit was comforting like having a
piece of him still with me,still looking out for our family
.
Then just last week we had tosay goodbye to my mom.
It was tough losing her so soonafter my dad and the house felt
so empty without them.
(06:10):
The morning after my mom'sfuneral I was making coffee
looking out the kitchen windowat the bird feeder, like I did
most mornings.
That's when I saw it.
It wasn't just one cardinal atthe feeder that day, but two.
Another had joined this one, avivid shade of red, just like
the first, but with a slightlylighter feather.
(06:30):
The pair of them pecked at theseeds, occasionally pausing to
sit side by side on the edge ofthe feeder, seeing them together
, so peaceful and at home,brought tears to my eyes but
also a strange sense of relief.
It was as if both my mom anddad were letting me know they
were together now and they wereokay, that they both would keep
(06:52):
watching over me just from alittle further away Now.
Every time I see thosecardinals, I can't help but
think they're my parents' way ofvisiting.
I don't know if I ever reallybelieved in signs like this
before, but now.
I find a lot of comfort in it.
It's like having a visualreminder that love doesn't end
(07:12):
with death.
It just changes form, showingup in moments and ways you least
expect, like a pair ofcardinals at your bird feeder
just when you needed them most.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
That story brings tears to my eyes for real.
I just can't handle that onebecause it's so sweet.
I mean the other, cardinaljoining after the mom's death.
I mean I really do think it wasa sign that they're together
and that everything's going tobe okay and that you know they
are watching over her.
Speaker 2 (07:43):
I think it's a cute story and seeing the two
cardinals together at thetheater, you can kind of almost
picture Mom and dad maybesitting on the couch next to
each other watching TV, eatingsnickerdoodles.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
Snickerdoodles are good.
Moving on to our next story,this story was submitted by
Bobby S.
Moving to a different state hadbeen tough, but losing my best
friend shortly after wasdevastating.
The grief was suffocating andreturning home after his funeral
felt like walking through a fogthe morning of his 30ating.
And returning home after hisfuneral felt like walking
through a fog.
The morning of his 30thbirthday, I felt worse than
(08:23):
usual.
This was a milestone we hadalways joked about, but he would
now never make it to.
As I shuffled to the kitchen tomake coffee, I noticed something
unusual through the slidingglass door.
Lots of people making coffeewhen they see these cardinals.
A cardinal, bright, red andvivid, against the dull colors
of my backyard.
I've been living here for sixyears and had never seen a
(08:46):
cardinal around.
Intrigued and a bit lost in mythoughts, I sat down next to the
glass door.
The cardinal seemed to noticeme, but instead of flying away,
it walked right up to the glassand just stared at me.
Its small eyes seemed to peerinto mine and there was a
calmness to it that felt almostintentional.
We sat there together, thecardinal and I, separated only
(09:07):
by the thin barrier of glass.
I was so engulfed in my griefthat I barely moved, just
watching this little birdlooking back at me.
After about ten minutes,curiosity got the better of me
and I gently tapped on the glass, half expecting it to fly off.
But it didn't.
It just stayed there watchingme.
Fifteen minutes passed likethis until finally I stood up.
(09:27):
It was only then that thecardinal flapped its wings and
flew away.
The encounter left me stunned,my heart a little lighter.
It was as if, for those briefmoments, my grief had been
acknowledged by the universe, ormaybe by my friend reaching out
to comfort me.
After that day, I wouldoccasionally see the cardinal,
especially on rough days whenthe weight of loss bore down on
(09:49):
me the hardest.
Each sighting felt like agentle nudge, a reminder that I
wasn't alone, as I felt.
But maybe, just maybe, therewas something out there, a
connection that death couldsever.
Speaker 2 (10:06):
You ever just sit with a cup of coffee looking out
the window.
Speaker 1 (10:09):
I don't drink coffee, but I sit with a nice glass of
water and I'll look out thewindow.
I live kind of in the woods soI mean, especially at this time
of year it's very nice becauseall the tree colors are changing
.
It's very, very peaceful.
Speaker 2 (10:24):
You ever get wrapped up just watching whatever's in
your backyard, whether maybethere's some deer feeding or
squirrels.
Speaker 1 (10:34):
Yeah, squirrels birds , definitely the deer.
My dad feeds some every morning, so they hang around.
Speaker 2 (10:40):
Yeah, there's something quite calming just
about sitting, taking a fewminutes of quiet and looking out
the window and just kind ofgetting lost in the nature.
Speaker 1 (10:59):
And maybe that's exactly what Bobby needed, was
he needed a moment to sit andreflect and be with nature, and
that's what the cardinalprovided him in that moment,
especially, you know, on thehardest days, which are
anniversaries, birthdays andanything that pertains to the
loss of a loved one.
Speaker 2 (11:18):
Absolutely.
Speaker 1 (11:20):
Well, those are all the stories that we have for you
today.
Thank you so much for listeningand, once again, if you have
received a message from heavenand would like to share it,
email us at podcast at CLECEMorg, or send us a message on our
social media, at CCR waves.
I hope that you all have agreat day and we will talk to
(11:42):
you soon.
Thank you so much for joining us.
Hello and welcome back to CCAirwaves.
(00:33):
My name is Paige Matillo andI'm here with my co-host, joel
Hansel.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
How you doing Paige.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
I'm doing good.
How are you, joel?
Speaker 2 (00:42):
I am absolutely loving the October weather we've
been having.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
I know it's been really nice out and the leaves
are changing.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Very mild, not a lot of rain.
It's been pretty nice, notgonna lie, not too shabby.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
I'm looking forward to November.
Hopefully the weather staysnice.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
Well, I'm looking forward to November because I
have a few weeks off coming.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Yeah, we'll be missing Joel for a few weeks,
but that's all right, you guyswill still have me.
So today we'll be doing a parttwo to our Messages from Heaven
Cardinal episode that we postedlast year.
People really like the episodebecause obviously cardinals are
known as messengers from heavenand we do have more stories that
(01:30):
involve those.
But before we dive into that,today I was going to share with
Joel a message from heaven thatI recently received.
So none of you know this, butJoel gave me a camera so I could
go around and take pictures atthe cemeteries while I was
driving around and as I wasdoing that, I remembered when I
(01:50):
was younger I really likedphotography.
I had my own camera and I wasthinking, oh, maybe I'll get
back into that and, you know,find my old camera.
So I go home that day I try tofind my old camera.
I find it it's broken, sounfortunate.
And I'm thinking, oh, I have togo buy a new camera.
The next day my dad is cleaningout this I want to say this
(02:13):
cabinet that we have, because weare cleaning out the office
that we have in my house and hefinds a camera, and it's a
camera that none of us had seenbefore.
So I'm looking through it and Iturn it on.
It still works.
It was my grandma's camera whopassed away last year, and we
must have taken it after shepassed away from her house, and
(02:34):
it still worked.
It had all sorts of pictures onit dating back at least 10
years, so I thought that was anice little message from heaven
that I received from her.
It was something that she usedto keep her memories, and now
it's something I can use to keepmy memories.
So isn't that sweet.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
That's a fantastic discovery, though.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
I know it was a great discovery.
I'm surprised it turned on.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
You want to know what would have been even more like
whoa was if there was a pictureof a cardinal taken by her.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
Oh my gosh, See, it would have been full circle.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
Absolutely.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
Unfortunately, that story did not involve cardinals,
but all of the other ones do,but I had to share it with Joel
because it was just so amazing.
Now let's dive into thesestories.
Our first one was submitted byEve D.
My grandma called me out of theblue one day and asked if I
would take her to the cemeteryto visit her mom's grave.
(03:27):
She rarely ever called to askme for favors, so I jumped in
the car and went to pick her up.
We got to the cemetery and itwas huge.
Since she hadn't visited inover 20 years, she couldn't
recall where her mom was buried.
We were totally lost.
Just when I was starting to feelfrustrated, something cool
happened.
A cardinal appeared, hoppingfrom one headstone to another.
(03:50):
My grandma stopped and smiledwatching it.
I love cardinals, she said,taking my hand and following the
bird.
It seemed almost like it waswaiting for us to catch up.
Each time it jumped to anotherheadstone.
Eventually it stopped andperched on one that looked older
.
As we got closer, my grandmagasped it was her mom's grave,
(04:10):
my great grandma's, it's like.
She wanted us to find her.
She said the Cardinal flew offinto the trees and we spent some
time at the grave her.
She said the cardinal flew offinto the trees and we spent some
time at the grave.
Grandma told me stories abouther mom that I'd never heard
before, making me feel like Itruly knew my great grandma.
When we finally headed back tothe car, the cemetery didn't
feel so overwhelming anymore.
It felt more like a place whereeverything had a purpose, even
(04:34):
getting lost.
As we walked, grandma squeezedmy hand and smiled.
She's still looking after me,isn't she?
She said, and honestly Icouldn't agree more.
I like that story.
You know, you're lost in acemetery, you're looking for
kind of a beacon of hope orsomewhere to try and find this
headstone, and you get a littlemessenger from heaven leading
(04:56):
the way, taking you to where youneed to go.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
Well, it beats having an app.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
I was just going to say that if this was at one of
our cemeteries, we do have anapp that does have GPS
navigation to the grave site.
So I mean, if you are planningon visiting one of our
cemeteries, feel free todownload that and it will help
you out.
But I mean we should and it'llhelp you out, but I mean we
should start having cardinals doit.
I think that's a little bitcooler.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
That's very cool, it really is.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
We'll look into that.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
Story number two was submitted by Giovanna T.
Ever since my dad passed awaylast year, I started noticing a
cardinal visiting the birdfeeder in our backyard.
Away last year, I startednoticing a cardinal visiting the
bird feeder in our backyard.
My dad loved birds and healways said cardinals were good
luck.
Seeing that bright red birdfelt like a little nod from him,
a sign that he was still around.
(05:49):
In some way the bird became aregular visitor, always showing
up when I missed my dad the mostit was comforting like having a
piece of him still with me,still looking out for our family
.
Then just last week we had tosay goodbye to my mom.
It was tough losing her so soonafter my dad and the house felt
so empty without them.
(06:10):
The morning after my mom'sfuneral I was making coffee
looking out the kitchen windowat the bird feeder, like I did
most mornings.
That's when I saw it.
It wasn't just one cardinal atthe feeder that day, but two.
Another had joined this one, avivid shade of red, just like
the first, but with a slightlylighter feather.
(06:30):
The pair of them pecked at theseeds, occasionally pausing to
sit side by side on the edge ofthe feeder, seeing them together
, so peaceful and at home,brought tears to my eyes but
also a strange sense of relief.
It was as if both my mom anddad were letting me know they
were together now and they wereokay, that they both would keep
(06:52):
watching over me just from alittle further away Now.
Every time I see thosecardinals, I can't help but
think they're my parents' way ofvisiting.
I don't know if I ever reallybelieved in signs like this
before, but now.
I find a lot of comfort in it.
It's like having a visualreminder that love doesn't end
(07:12):
with death.
It just changes form, showingup in moments and ways you least
expect, like a pair ofcardinals at your bird feeder
just when you needed them most.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
That story brings tears to my eyes for real.
I just can't handle that onebecause it's so sweet.
I mean the other, cardinaljoining after the mom's death.
I mean I really do think it wasa sign that they're together
and that everything's going tobe okay and that you know they
are watching over her.
Speaker 2 (07:43):
I think it's a cute story and seeing the two
cardinals together at thetheater, you can kind of almost
picture Mom and dad maybesitting on the couch next to
each other watching TV, eatingsnickerdoodles.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
Snickerdoodles are good.
Moving on to our next story,this story was submitted by
Bobby S.
Moving to a different state hadbeen tough, but losing my best
friend shortly after wasdevastating.
The grief was suffocating andreturning home after his funeral
felt like walking through a fogthe morning of his 30ating.
And returning home after hisfuneral felt like walking
through a fog.
The morning of his 30thbirthday, I felt worse than
(08:23):
usual.
This was a milestone we hadalways joked about, but he would
now never make it to.
As I shuffled to the kitchen tomake coffee, I noticed something
unusual through the slidingglass door.
Lots of people making coffeewhen they see these cardinals.
A cardinal, bright, red andvivid, against the dull colors
of my backyard.
I've been living here for sixyears and had never seen a
(08:46):
cardinal around.
Intrigued and a bit lost in mythoughts, I sat down next to the
glass door.
The cardinal seemed to noticeme, but instead of flying away,
it walked right up to the glassand just stared at me.
Its small eyes seemed to peerinto mine and there was a
calmness to it that felt almostintentional.
We sat there together, thecardinal and I, separated only
(09:07):
by the thin barrier of glass.
I was so engulfed in my griefthat I barely moved, just
watching this little birdlooking back at me.
After about ten minutes,curiosity got the better of me
and I gently tapped on the glass, half expecting it to fly off.
But it didn't.
It just stayed there watchingme.
Fifteen minutes passed likethis until finally I stood up.
(09:27):
It was only then that thecardinal flapped its wings and
flew away.
The encounter left me stunned,my heart a little lighter.
It was as if, for those briefmoments, my grief had been
acknowledged by the universe, ormaybe by my friend reaching out
to comfort me.
After that day, I wouldoccasionally see the cardinal,
especially on rough days whenthe weight of loss bore down on
(09:49):
me the hardest.
Each sighting felt like agentle nudge, a reminder that I
wasn't alone, as I felt.
But maybe, just maybe, therewas something out there, a
connection that death couldsever.
Speaker 2 (10:06):
You ever just sit with a cup of coffee looking out
the window.
Speaker 1 (10:09):
I don't drink coffee, but I sit with a nice glass of
water and I'll look out thewindow.
I live kind of in the woods soI mean, especially at this time
of year it's very nice becauseall the tree colors are changing
.
It's very, very peaceful.
Speaker 2 (10:24):
You ever get wrapped up just watching whatever's in
your backyard, whether maybethere's some deer feeding or
squirrels.
Speaker 1 (10:34):
Yeah, squirrels birds , definitely the deer.
My dad feeds some every morning, so they hang around.
Speaker 2 (10:40):
Yeah, there's something quite calming just
about sitting, taking a fewminutes of quiet and looking out
the window and just kind ofgetting lost in the nature.
Speaker 1 (10:59):
And maybe that's exactly what Bobby needed, was
he needed a moment to sit andreflect and be with nature, and
that's what the cardinalprovided him in that moment,
especially, you know, on thehardest days, which are
anniversaries, birthdays andanything that pertains to the
loss of a loved one.
Speaker 2 (11:18):
Absolutely.
Speaker 1 (11:20):
Well, those are all the stories that we have for you
today.
Thank you so much for listeningand, once again, if you have
received a message from heavenand would like to share it,
email us at podcast at CLECEMorg, or send us a message on our
social media, at CCR waves.
I hope that you all have agreat day and we will talk to
(11:42):
you soon.
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