To missingmydad, I'm not sure what your religious faith is but feathers are often associated with Archangel Micheal. Sorry for your loss and I hope this helps to explain the feathers. I am in the process of writing a book on real death bed visions both good and bad, stories from hospice workers, nurses and real patients. The reason I am writing the book is to help prepare people and families for what is an inevitable event in everyone's life. If you would like to read the book when finished contact me here at allnurse and I will be happy to put the book in front of you or email thomaskukla at yahoo dot com.