Samanthan Busch is feeling love from above.
The wife of late Kyle Busch, who died at 41 in May after a short hospitalization from pneumonia that progressed into sepsis, said she feels he is “somehow still walking beside” her and their two children.
Samantha shared Tuesday on Instagram two moments that brought her “comfort.”
Following her oldest son Brexton’s 11th birthday party, Kyle left his sandals in the couple’s bathroom and they had not been moved since his death.
A week after his death, Samatha had “one of the hardest nights yet” that was full of tears and her wishing she could “feel his arms wrapped around me one more time.”
Samantha eventually got up and walked into the bathroom and found a rainbow shining directly on the NASCAR legend’s sandals — and nowhere else in the bathroom.
“I literally laid down on them and felt a bit of peace, like he was giving me a sign,” she wrote.
“I understand exactly how it happened scientifically. The sunlight was coming through our bathroom chandelier and reflecting onto the floor,” Samantha added.
“But we’ve lived in this house for over 10 years. I’ve been awake at every hour imaginable through every season and all kinds of weather, and I have never seen a rainbow appear here.”
The widow went on to detail another incident that happened at church.
A bird was flying around during the service and even flew over to where Samantha was sitting, looking right at her.
“I immediately looked at my friend and asked, ‘Am I hallucinating? I haven’t been sleeping.’ She said, ‘Nope, I see it too,’” Samantha wrote of her friend’s response.
The bird showed up again while everyone was praying, appearing right by Samantha’s feet.
“Standing in the same church where we said goodbye to Kyle a few days earlier, and carrying a grief that still doesn’t feel real most days, it felt like more than a coincidence to me,” Samantha wrote.
“It feels like God is reminding me that I’m not alone and that Kyle is letting me know he’s okay, that he’s close, and that somehow he’s still walking beside us.”
The couple shares two children, Brexton and a 4-year-old daughter, Lennix.
When Kyle was on his deathbed, Samantha promised him she would “do everything I could to help our children pursue their dreams no matter what.”
Brexton’s dream is racing, which he took up at six years old.
He completed his first race since his father’s death on June 8, finishing sixth in the Young Lions division of the Cook Out Summer Shootout at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Richard Childress Racing also suspended the use of Kyle’s No. 8 car until Brexton can take it over.
