Originally Posted By: Owlbow
...On the day my mother-in-law died, an egret landed very close by in a very small pond. A few minutes after Dad died, a chickadee preached on a limb just next to us. I’m not qualified to determine the consequence of these persistent creature-spirit zoomorphic sightings. I do know that they are noticed by my dearest extended family members when beloved souls are recently freed from their bodies...


Not at all meaning to be funny, but maybe you subconscious meant "preach". Did your dad expound upon things with you? I know it would fit for my dad! Maybe a typo, but maybe not... :0)