Dear Shay -

Hi!  The love of my life was killed on May 5, of this year....which was also my 20th birthday.  I want to tell you a story.  I live in Virginia, but Cory was going to be buried with his family in Florida.  I went down to Florida to make sure that he was going to be okay down there.  While I was there I went on a walk with one of the girls that came down with me, Carly.  We were talking about Cory and how I was going to deal with everything when we got home.  I was telling her that I really need a sign.  I really needed to know that Cory was okay in heaven and that everything was going to be okay.  When we got back to his Aunt Gracies house Corys favorite little cousin, Jake, was there.  I had heard so much about him that I really felt like I already knew him.  I had heard that he had brought his pet bird with him.  So, I asked him to show it to me. He grabbed my hand, and lead me into the other room.  I knelt down by him and he looked at me, deep, deep into my eyes.  He says, "Are you an angel?"  I said, "Excuse me?"  Then he asked again, "Are you an angel?" I said that no, I was one of Corys girlfriend. Then he says that Cory is in heaven.   With tears in my eyes, I said that yes, Cory is in heaven.  Then I asked him, "Why did you ask me if I was an angel?"  He says because angels are beautiful.  I could see Cory there, looking through Jakes eyes, looking at me.   I could see him there.  While we were at the burial site this morning, they had already put him in, and we were just standing around all in shock.  Flowers were on the coffin and on the ground, but one flower had fallen.  Jake walked over to the flower, picked it up, walked right over to me and handed it to me.  There is no doubt in my mind that Cory was speaking through this little boy to me.  I could see it in his eyes everytime that Jake looked at me.  It was the most soothing thing in the world.  What do you think?  Do you think that Cory could be my angel?