I believe our departed send signs to let us know they're around us, a few years ago the day before my darling was due home after working abroard for 6 months, I returned from a shopping trip to find a large tail feather from a magpie placed squarely in the middle of the door mat outside my home, (we used to watch magpies nesting nearby) I just knew it was a sign and, half an hour later I got a call to say he'd passed away after a heart attack on his way to the airport
A few weeks later, I was sitting on the settee crying my eyes out, missing him so much when the largest most unusual white butterfly I'd ever seen flew in the window, it fluttered all round my head, face and upper body for a couple of minutes then settled on the curtain, it was so surreal I actually took a photo because I wondered if I was dreaming, (or going mad) !
Various other things happen and if faced with a decision I always ask myself what would he advise, he's still part of my life