By Grace

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The upcoming PERSEIDS camp out was quickly approaching, John and I had just finished our SOLSTICE camp out in June and now crossing the T's for our August 11-14 event in Lava Hot Springs, at our One World Sanctuary.

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The portable toilets were ordered, fliers printed, food planned, trails mowed, the permits were approved... all except one.

 

We had an idea to send off Chineese lanterns at the PERSEIDS event, and I ordered 300 Chineese lanterns. However, we needed to get it approved by the local fire department. 

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We waited patiently to get the approval, but unfortunately when they got back to us, they declined our request due to it being a very dry summer and the fire risk. 

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Two days after John passed family and friends gathered at our home... I was a wreck and did my best. More and more people of all ages came by... someone said on the navigation all the roads by our home were in red and over 300 people had come to pay their respects and honor John. 

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At some point during the evening I remembered the big box of 300 Chineese lanterns in the garage... and I asked someone to pull them out and light them up. 

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Before I knew it lanterns were filling the sky. We had markers so people could write on the lanterns. We had a special one John's friends were asking everyone to write a message... it was full of loving kindness. 

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Finally, we lit and sent off John's lantern and an amazing thing occurred. The lantern began to dance, bounce up and down, move side to side... everyone was in awe... it circled and seemed to even wave at us. Everyone cheered and said it was John... always paving his own way through life, always a free spirit. 

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We all watched John's lantern bounce and twirl, wave and soar through the sky until it was completely out of sight... it was truly "Another Miracle!"

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By Grace