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In reply to the discussion: Grateful Dead's Bob Weir Dead at 78 [View all]highplainsdem
(60,107 posts)29. You're welcome! I'm glad it gave you some comfort. And I have no doubt that you did really hear
from your dad that night.
I've had a lot of experience with grief support groups over the years - both being helped by them and trying to help others who are grieving - and I discovered that when people feel it's ok to talk about these connections with loved ones who've crossed over, you'll hear a lot of personal stories about them. They're often called ADCs, after-death communications. Direct, unmediated - no psychic medium necessary. Loved ones can find ways of getting through, trying to reassure.
Bob had that reassurance from Jerry. And Jerry looking younger, looking "really splendid" as Bob put it - that kind of appearance is typical with a lot of these stories, too.
Bob's looking like a kid again. Picture him smiling...
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Picture him young and healthy again, because I believe he is, on the other side. Reunited with
highplainsdem
Saturday
#13
You're welcome! I'm glad it gave you some comfort. And I have no doubt that you did really hear
highplainsdem
Saturday
#29
I agree. Plus I thought Bob was cute. Very watchable. More seriously - see what he says in another 2019
highplainsdem
Saturday
#40
From personal experience, I think most female Deadheads were Bob Weir fans,
OAITW r.2.0
Saturday
#41
Not sure how he felt about the video documentation, or what aspect of it you meant...but when you wrote that, I was
highplainsdem
Saturday
#42
He wished Jerry had taken better care of himself. From a Rolling Stone interview last March:
highplainsdem
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#49
I get it We all now know that the Grateful Dead were not Dead and Company.
OAITW r.2.0
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#50
Your first video features Donna Jean Thatcher Godchaux-MacKay who passed away two months ago
Brother Buzz
Saturday
#14
That is a weird coincidence. Have you talked to your cousins since the memorial service?
highplainsdem
Saturday
#44
Singing backup on Percy Sledge's breakout hit, When a Man Loves a Woman....
Brother Buzz
18 hrs ago
#63
Hampton, RFK, Philly, then Charlotte/Raleigh on the return & Roanoke every couple years
underpants
Saturday
#37
Grateful Dead 1968 Newport Pop Footage............my first experience ................
turbinetree
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#31