The Meaning Of White Feathers As Messages From The Dead

I'm returning to the subject of white feathers today and their meaning. Since first writing about this I think I've had more emails on the subject than anything else.

By white feathers I mean how they can often be found following a loved ones death. This has certainly been my own experience. I lost three people close to me in a short period of time: my daughter, my mother and my best friend of some thirty years.

After losing such important people it takes a while to adjust and you tend - or at least I did - to look for something to confirm that the person is still about. For me this came via white feathers.

The feathers appeared straight away after the loved ones death and at moments when I was thinking about them. This happened too often to be something that many would class as coincidence.

Here are a few experiences from other people. Most don't want their names published but nevertheless they are still meaningful.

The first is by Gloria Hunniford, a well known television and radio presenter in the UK, she lost her daughter, Caron, to cancer and this is what she said:

"I remember one time in a swimming pool, everybody and everything was awash with water and I just looked down and all of a sudden on the edge was just this white fluffy, dry feather and I thought, 'Oh my God!' It's just like Caron popping in to see how the children are getting on."

"My Mother passed away recently. I was with her and it's one of the hardest things in my life.

After the funeral when my cousin was leaving she said to look out for a white feather.

I had never heard of this before. Anyway, today, nearly two weeks since my Mum passed away I looked out the window and everywhere was icy. I went to get in my car and at my feet was a beautiful white feather.

I'm hoping this was a sign that my Mum is ok.

God Bless You Sweetheart x"

Anon.

"I lost my husband very suddenly in December 2010 with no chance to say goodbye.

I have been devastated ever since but have seen several white feathers. I like to think it is his way of telling me he is okay. I have put one in the diary I am now keeping.

I do believe in angels and that one day I will see my husband again."

Anon: May 2011

"My sister passed away very suddenly aged 17, a few years ago.

I had never seen a white feather in our house ever before, but they began appearing every single day for the first couple of weeks after she passed away. I wasn't very religious beforehand, but I definitely took it as a sign.

When it was time for me to leave my home a few weeks later, to go back to college, I found a gigantic white feather on my bag, and one stuck to the car door!

When things were most difficult, white feathers would appear. They then began appearing in my college dorm when I returned, something which never happened before.

As time went on, they became less common. Then, about a year later, on the morning of my graduation, a huge feather floated down towards me. I definitely take it as her way of letting us know she is ok."

Anon

"Hi, I lost my mum 13th February this year and in the last week I have found five white feathers. I really hope this is a sign."

Julie

"Thank you for your blog about white feathers, I found them very comforting.

My father died unexpectedly last month and my mum and I were devastated. At his funeral there was a beautiful white feather on the church pew where we sat. It was a message from him I'm sure. Mum and I looked at each other and actually smiled at each other through our tears. Mum said, "Dad's saying he's okay."

Since then we find white feathers in the most unexpected places. I even found one in a drawer by my bedside. They always make me smile."

Maggie

Other 67 Not Out blog posts on white feathers include:

White Feathers Comfort The Bereaved
How white feathers have helped both my wife and myself.

The White Feather Message From the Dead
A personal experience of finding a feather after looking after my young grandson.

White Feathers And A Special Beach
How a white feather indicated that our daughter knew about our son's wedding.

Sometimes messages come in different forms such as in my post Unusual Contact With Her Dead Mother. In this example they came in the form of strands of wool. And A-Mail Messages From Beyond The Grave tells of messages often included in car registration numbers.

There is also my personal story of how my deceased dad's watch stopped at exactly the time my own son was born.

Other Related Posts:

The Bird Angel Who Comforts As Someone Dies
The Guiding Light Which Brought More Than Just Pumpkin Seeds
Symbols And Signs For Positive Results
White Feathers And Perhaps A Deal With An Angel

Our loved ones are always with us, we just have to become aware of the signs.