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Seeing a Loved One After They Passed Away

lulie___wayne
19 years ago

I have heard a few stories of people who have actually seen and visited (telepathically) with loved ones after they have passed away. I know that this type of occurance is very private and sacred to some, but I would love to hear the story of anyone who may have been lucky enough to have experienced such a visit.

I think that hearing these stories are helpful to others who are grieving to reinforce the fact that there is an afterlife and that death is not just the end of it all.

Any shared stories would be respectfully welcomed.

Lu

Comments (186)

  • ineedcomicrelief
    8 years ago

    I Don't know how to feel about seeing my dead father! We were very close when I was a young girl, When My Mother and Father divorced I didn't see much of him after that, So growing up he was not there, as an Adult he was not there, I always wondered about him and did seek him out, I did find him he was in a Veterans Hospital Psych Ward PTSD amoung other diagnosis, He Was In The Korean War and was pretty messed up, This is the reason my mother divorced him, She kept him from us! Over the years I would go visit him not as often as I should have because of distance and expense,

    When my aunt called me to tell me my father died, I really didn't know how to feel my inner child loved that man but the adult me thought he was a total stranger I didn't know him and didn't love him either, So I went to his funeral out of Respect! My Aunts and Uncles were there some I never met before, it was like a family reunion we exchanged phone no. Promising to keep in touch! Well that never happened! Anyway!

    When I came home I got out of the elevator I Saw This Black silhouette come from the hallway right past me and go right through my door, I shook it off thinking I must be seeing things, you know you just think your loosing it!

    A day later I Was in my dining rm.the light was on in the hallway so my dining rm was dimly lit I just went there to get something and when I went to turn and look up my father was standing there plain as day, I Froze I got so scared so I flipped the light on He Was Gone, That scared me so much that to this day I Will not go into a dimly lit RM I keep lights on day and night!

    I think sometimes he came to me to tell me something but I was not receptive and to afraid of the unknown, Freaked Me Out!!

  • terriemotley
    7 years ago

    He came for a reason. I must agree with you that he wanted to tell you something.

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  • Susan Pierce
    7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

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  • rand02244
    6 years ago

    Speaking of spirits, I've only seen one but it was my moms standing on the left side of my bed at 4:AM one morning. It was a translucent like figure of her. You could almost see through it but it was real. She was only visible for a few seconds. I was sitting up in bed when I saw her. I was not dreaming and she wasn't looking at me, she was looking straight ahead towards the wall. I'll always remember this even though I don't talk about it much but I've told a few of my relatives. This happened about two years after she passed away. She died a few weeks after heart valve surgery. Their is not a day that goes by without me thinking about this occurrence because it was so real. What I took from this was she was letting me know that she was okay.

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    That's actually quiet reassuring rand02244. It's a confirmation that your mum is still around looking out for you. Thank you for sharing your experience with us.

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    6 years ago
    last modified: 6 years ago

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    Thank you, Alisande. Yes, these stories are wonderful and as sad as they may be, they uplift you and give you hope!

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    Hoping that someone reads this and and comment or write their experience so that I can continue reading this thread:) GOD BLESS

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    Children just say things as they are! How lovely, thanks for sharing and good to know that they are still around even if we don't know it.

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    last modified: 5 years ago

    Hello, My name is Amanda, I actually came across this page literally by accident however I have a strong feeling it "wasn't accidental" I was actually looking for information about "signs" from loved ones because every time I am outside a dragonfly appears and just hovers around until I go back inside, at first I didn't think much of it but here recently I began really noticing the pattern and it's honestly every time I am outside at my home (many times throughout the day) so I decided to Google any information about this or if it has happened to others, maybe not a dragonfly but something similar and this site popped up. So I want to share some of the "Blessings" as I call them with you all, I want to apologize in advance for such a long post but there's so much I want to share and I've learned that it is very helpful for me to talk about my dad and share things with others even people I don't know. It was April 19, 2005 I was 25 when I lost my Daddy, he was 59, my dad was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes when I was 5 he was 39, the ER doctors couldn't understand how/why my mom was able to walk my dad into the emergency room, his blood sugar was 900 and all the doctors and nurses said he should've been in a coma with that high of blood sugar, dad spent 2 weeks in the hospital. It was a 20 year battle with this disease, like a rollercoaster there were so many ups and downs it was one of the hardest things I've ever had to sit and watch as literally attacked every single part of his body, from his kidneys, eyes, bones and limbs. In my eyes my dad was the strongest man I knew and to this day still is, many of you can probably tell by now I was a Daddy's Girl, he was my world and if you asked anyone I was his. It was April 18, 2005 my dad was still in ICU at the hospital (so some of you know the visiting hours are a lot different) I spent every visitation with my dad that was scheduled for an hour, so on the 18th it was the last visitation for the evening, he was sitting up sideways in his bed, I told him he looked and must have felt great that evening, he looked at me and his words have stuck in my head still to this day he said "Baby girl, your daddy is going home" my reply was one he probably heard a few times during over the 20 years, I told him when the doctor tell us you can. At 3:30am (7 hours after seeing him and his words to me) April 19, 2005 the hospital called and said I needed to get there that he was unresponsive. I sit right beside him holding his hand from the moment I got there, it was my mom who looked at me and said "he is fighting for you, you need to tell him it's okay" I can promise you those 2 words were the hardest 2 words I've ever said, it was that very moment he squeezed my hand and opened his big blue eyes as a tear rolled across the bridge of his nose 15 hours after the hospital called I watched as he took his final breath. Many months went by after his passing until one night I had a dream that was so real it had my shaking, I called my mom and began telling her, she quickly said I'm on my way, I need to talk to you, so she gets there and we talk. My parents had separated when I was 20, probably 2 years before my dad passed my mom had gotten pregnant and my dad took it extremely hard when he found out, he was angry with me (because I was happy, I always wanted a sibling, I was their only child, my dad had 4 others from a previous marriage but they were a lot older than me) and he said some hurtful things to my mom, sadly my mom miscarried but unknowingly to me until that moment she came to talk my mom told me everything, my dad had told her after her miscarriage that she would have the son they always wanted but he would be gone. It was exactly 2 months after my dad passed my mom found out she was pregnant, soon later she found out it was a boy and a few months later my brother Elijah, was born, (we are 27 years apart and just a little insight my parents were 17 years apart) in my dream it was me and my mom and she told me I needed to tell my dad we were leaving but I couldn't find him, then he was there and he said to me "Elijah is here because of me and one day Baby Girl you'll be a mommy too". I think my mom was just as shaken up as I was when I had first called her to tell her about my dream. When Elijah was 2 he was playing and asked me if I knew his friend "Donnie" I thought to myself "Oh Lord, he has imaginary friends" probably 2 weeks later me and my mom were sitting at my house (of course this big sister had him spoiled, he had his own room and toy room at my house) and Elijah comes running out of his toy room and asked if I knew "Goat" I said yes bub I know what goats are and he said "NO, My Friend Goat, he comes to see me and plays with me, he told me he really loves you and misses you" my heart sank and I busted into tears, so did my mom, you see my dads name was Donald and his nickname was "Goat", my brother never meet him, dad passed in '05 and Elijah was born in '06. In 2013 I reconnected with my old boyfriend whom I dated when I was 19, we've been married for almost 4 years now. My husband to this very day still talks about the time we went to my parents for dinner and my dad told him to have a seat, they needed to talk and dad told me to go help my mom in the kitchen that this was a talk between a father and his daughters boyfriend, my husband will say he was scared to death and he will never forget "that talk". Now I tell you that this was the very FIRST and LAST time my dad ever sat down a boyfriend and had "that talk" sometimes I wonder if daddy knew something John and I didn't know many years ago. There's been many things and different signs in these 13 years since dad has passed that's happened, I have learned not to blame others for things missing, I use to blame my poor little brother but I've realized over the years it wasn't him or others, my dad was a huge practical joker. My husband and I recently moved back home to West Virginia from Louisiana, we both were born and raised here (WV) we now live in the same town I was raised. About a month and a half ago I was sitting up stretched out on my couch playing a game on my tablet and my husband was in another room doing who knows what (typical man thing) when something caught my eye, I looked up and standing in the dining room stood my dad, I even shook my head as if my eyes were playing tricks on me only to still see him standing there, nothing was said but a feeling came over me, it was as if my dad was saying it's okay, I'm okay and still here with you, that's the easiest way I can explain it. So that brings me back to what I was first saying about coming across this site, since moving back each time I'm outside there is 1 dragonfly that shows up out of nowhere hovering around me. A little bit ago I told my husband about it, like I said just recently did I start noticing the pattern of this occurrence with the dragonfly. My husband was outside for about 20mins before I went outside, seconds after I was out there like the snap of your fingers the dragonfly appeared, my husband looks at me and said "what the h××" I've been out here this whole time and never once seen a dragonfly. My husband doesn't believe in things like this well I can't say it's that he don't believe I just think he doesn't want to out of fear as for myself, I smile and say "Hi Daddy, I Love You Too".

  • Alisande
    5 years ago

    Amanda, thank you so much for sharing your wonderful story. It illustrates the power of the bond of love and how very talented some spirits are when it comes to expressing that love. I just want to make a comment about dragonflies. They obviously possess something very special. I don't know of any other insect that acts as a connection between us and some of those we've lost. I've seen this in practice several times myself.

  • blueladybird73
    5 years ago

    I have written on this site before and have really enjoyed reading everybody's experiences. It's given me hope and some relief. Anyway there are a couple of recent things I thought I would share with you. I lost my husband 4 years ago to suicide leaving me and our two young children behind. Anyway the first experience happened while returning back home from holiday. We had visited his family in France and had spent the day on a ferry then 4 hours car journey home. I was about an hour from home and the motorway lights were having a hypnotic effect. It was very late and I was very tired. I started to blink longer than necessary as I was starting to fall asleep. I then heard a man's voice in my head say my nickname, which got my attention and it focussed me a bit. Then a minute later I started to fall asleep again and this time I heard the man's voice again, only louder and more urgent. This time it did wake me and I forced myself to pay attention thankfully.

    The second experience I was going on holiday with my brother and his girlfriend. I was driving and following him to our holiday cottage. I kept seeing signs to place he had liked but I had never visited. I started to feel upset and cried quietly to myself, I did not want my children to see me. I was also feeling really angry with him for leaving and I was giving him a mouthful in my head. Then all of a sudden there was a Long loud beep on a car horn, then another one and again. Then I realised it was my car! It has never happened before or since. I do wonder if it was his response to my anger, so I did apologise in my head. It could be his way of shouting that he is here also. It did give us all a bit of a laugh at my random crazy horn.

  • Amanda Kinder-Stout
    5 years ago

    On August 19th I joined and shared with you all about the signs and visits I've been "Blessed" to receive after the loss of my Daddy 13 years ago April 19, 2005... I want to share with you again the Blessings that I received earlier this evening... Some of you may have read my post and some may have not, this evenings "Blessing" was in the same form that first brought me to come across this blog/form, "a dragonfly"...

    Just a little bit ago I was sitting outside taking in this "Beautiful Fall Like" weather we are having here in West Virginia, I decided to take my tablet and play my casino game, my husband and I have turned it into more of a competition on who wins the most money, as if it was real money... lol

    As I'm completely into my game, head looking down and not paying attention, all of a sudden I hear "zoom" right past my head, I look up and there was "my dragonfly", I stopped playing because I knew, it was a visit from my dad... However, something was different today, it was the first time I had ever taken my tablet outside, it was a few moments later I decided to see if I could capture just one photo, not knowing if it was possible but I decided to try anyway.

    .. I captured the first photo, then a second and then there was the third photo... Of course not knowing exactly how or if I was able to capture any of the pictures, it was when I came inside and looked at my gallery I realized, I captured all three pictures and there was one photo (photo number 3) I will Forever and Always Cherish... It was as if for that split second time stood still, just as my daddy, when he was here, always was ready for the camera (he honestly was a camera hog, lol) so was "my dragonfly", looking straight at me, perfectly with the somewhat familiar glow that was in my daddy's eyes...

    ***I have put in order the photos, 1, 2 and 3***

    I apologize for such a long post

  • Marisa
    5 years ago

    My grandmother passed a couple months ago and it's been very hard on me. We were extremely close. I completely believe that she is spiritually with me and reading these stories has really helped me. So thank you.

    I wanted to share my own story with my beloved grandmother. Before my grandmother died she was having a lot of episodes with her blood sugar plummeting suddenly. I had gone to bed very anxious for some reason and at about midnight I felt someone's hand on my shoulder and a kiss on my cheek. I woke up and no one was there but I knew it was her. The next morning we got a call that Grandma's blood sugar had plummeted and they found her unresponsive but were able to get her back. I know it was her visiting me and comforting me. The next night her heart stopped briefly and she visited my mom (her daughter) in a similar way that she visited me. My mom has always told me that she gets messages from people she knows right after they die but until that moment I never really believed her. It makes me sad that she's gone but at least I feel like she's still watching out for me like always.

    I'm not sure anyone still reads this thread but if you do thank you.

  • Alisande
    5 years ago

    I'm still reading this thread, Marisa, and I'm sure I'm not the only one. Thanks so much for sharing your story. Your grandmother is loving as well as beloved. I felt a kiss on my own cheek the other night. I don't know who it was, but it was appreciated.

  • Janine Fay Sullivan
    5 years ago
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    My Dad died 8 years ago and when he took his last breath I felt a bolt go through me, that is the only way I can describe it - it was fast, powerful and almost hurt and left me holding onto the bed...anyway his funeral came and went - but it was some days later when I was with my husband walking towards his grave, that we saw a man with dark hair wearing a long dark coat with his hands folded in front of his body just looking at my Dads grave - we saw him side view on and as my husband said who is that? I already knew it was my Dad, my heart was racing - but my husband would never of known it to be my Dad as he looked and dressed very differently to how my husband knew him, as my Dad was standing there he was in his thirties and wearing the coat he wore when he worked for British Rail. The same coat as a small child I would put on and find sweets and interesting things in , I was so excited to see him but no sooner as he was there he simply vanished before our eyes - My Dad retired to Cyprus some years before his death and was buried in a very small cemetry in Paphos which to this very day has both the entrance and exit in one - meaning who ever goes down the path to tend to graves would use the same one to come back up....I let my husband search for the man and only told him when he was getting really worried that we won't find the man because it was my Dad. My husband does not believe in God- religion - spirits or anything - and to this day he cannot explain it but I am so grateful he saw my Dad with me as I would not of been able to talk about it or share the wonderful experience it was. I will never forget. x

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    Jennifer Kim
    5 years ago
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    My mom passed away suddenly almost 4 years ago from sudden heart attack from June and my dad passed away last month. They were divorced because he found someone else in his old age. He learned too late in his old age after my mom passed way that he was actually very much in love with my mom and grieved very hard after my mom passed away and regretted each day. My mom gave me a sign that someone close to me will be taken away when I lost my keys a week or two before he passed away. My keys were left on a table while having lunch with my friend and all of sudden flock of sparrows came around us on cold weather and my keys were gone and we were both shocked. I was at the time upset my keys were gone but I was glad my friend was there to vouch I was not going insane. My dad left so suddenly in frightful way falling from the 16th floor balcony at his apartment. Even though the fall must be frightening to my dad, he had the most peaceful face and eyes closed on his death when I saw him and they would not allow me to see him until the coroner is there first. It looked like my mom must have been there to comfort him. I saw my dad's step son there first before I got there and I only work only one block away from his apartment and his step son lives further than me and my work and I do not want to question why. Couple weeks ago, I found myself with hummingbird where there is no flowers to be seen and it was staying with me for good 10 minutes with my dog and his best friends from his church saw hummingbird front of their front doorsteps of their house just about the same day or two. My dad came to tell us he was in good place which we needed to know. Again few weeks ago before I saw the hummingbird, I had a visit from my mom in my dream and I was so happy to see her and gave her a big hug. The dream felt so real and my friend also saw both of us in her dream and she never saw my mom before but was able to tell that our meeting was joyful one and I was not just imagining and it was not just dream but it was real. I am not depressed as before knowing that I will meet both them again in next life. We are here on earth just for awhile until we meet our love ones in the rainbow.

  • Alisande
    5 years ago

    I wanted to respond to this a couple of days ago, Jennifer, but then it disappeared. I'm glad it's back. I loved reading it, and want to say that a big hug has been part of just about every dream visit I've ever had--and I've had many. Also, animals are often involved in the signs we experience in real life. There's so much we don't know.

    Thanks very much for posting.

  • HU-99570198
    4 years ago

    I suddenly lost my boyfriend in an accident

    Almost 2 weeks ago

    I think for a young mother of 3 im coping very well tomorrow afternoon is his rosary

    I was beside him a half hour before the accident

    I knew somwthing was wrong

    But didnt know what tille the next morning when his mother found me because my phine had died ealy in the morning.


    So that day i couldnt understand why

    I just knew something was wrong

    I didnt know what, but i knew it was something.


    Never did i think Hed be gone

    When his mother told me

    I was in total shock and wven denied it.

    But seeing his sister and mother deveatated i knes it had to be true.


    I lost him saturday 4/20 at 2:09am


    Today is may 1st

    A year ago today was the last i woke up with my nana and boyfriend by my side

    (May4th i lost my grandmother who had stage 4 lung cancer whom i toom care of for over a year.. In that time my boyfriend would care for them while id care for my grandmother.)

    I have 3 children my youngest (almost2) weve been raising togther and shes taking the hardest.

    She wakes me up around 2or so

    Tapping the bed

    So i roll over n look

    Thinking he was gonna te me scoot over

    I see my daughter

    So i pick her up n lay her beside me

    N we both go back to sleep


    About 7:10am my alarm goes off

    N i go back to sleep to find myself standing in the kitchen

    Thinking i have to go to him

    I have to tell him something important

    So idk what i was doing but i stop n i remember what i had to tell him

    So i go to him n he meets me half way in the hall n puts his arms around my waist n i hug him n tell him i have something important to tell him

    N he asks what

    He lounges on the bed

    I sit on the floor looking up at his face

    N i start to vry n tell him

    I have something to tell you

    I said:

    Remember the other night when we went out?

    He nodded yes.

    Well youre gone, you didnt come back.

    N i started crying n i said

    Your gone. We're in a dream.


    N he reacted the same way i reacted when i found out.


    Then we were in this cloudy place

    In eachothers arms

    With family around us amongst themselves n carrying conversation


    N then i woke up.



    4/22 we went n made a site where the accident happened

    And that new song the old oak tree started playing

    And that was our place

    Wed run away to n clear our head

    Or hed hear me cry n just let me let it out


    He wasnt just my bf

    He was my best friend

    He was the man i wanted to grow old beside

    He kept me together in my worst of times.

    I dont know what to feel or how to deal with lossing him

    I havent felt the same since we left eachothers side that early morning

    Ive found bottle caps n dirty socks n places i didnt notice n those littpe things made me laugh.


    He would always tell his mom we were having another baby

    But the 2weeks before he passed

    Hed constantly tell my mom were having a baby.

    Never ever did I think id wake up n not see his face.


    We both come from a brokem home and a troubled childhood

    We werent the type to just trust people

    Were very private n particular people

    Very different and difficult.


    He was a wonderful hard working

    Loving son brother and stepdad

    He will always be loved and missed


  • blueladybird73
    4 years ago

    So sorry HU for your loss. I lost my husband nearly 5 years ago and we also had young children. It is hard. But give yourself time to heal, he's left you with 3 beautiful gifts of your children. I promise it won't ever leave you but things will get easier with time. You and your children are in my thoughts and prayers. Surround yourself with loving and supportive people and remember to look after yourself. x

  • Marie Damore
    4 years ago

    My father died 25 years ago yet every time I talk with him during the day as if he’s alive he visits me in my dreams.

    he left my young mother who was 11 years younger and each time I dream of him he has a message for me for my mother.

    he cane to me in a dream one night.. the dream was he was sleeping in a hotel with my mother and I walked into their bedroom. I saw my mothers diamond which shone brightly. The next day we hung out and I looked at the diamond my father had given her and one large diamond was missing. We had done some errands and I pointed out to her the diamond was gone. She went home very sad and crying.

    while in my vehicle picking up my daughter I looked in the cup holder and to my surprise the diamond was in the cup holder.

    Just recently I moved onto my mothers house downstairs. The week before at my former apartment I saw many pennies and 1111 cane to me via clocks and phones. I thought of my father who must be happy that I’m moving in. One morning I awoke and I sat up in bed at 7 am and next to me was my father holding a small suitcase. Beyond him was the closet but the closet was not a closet but a it was a portal. Around the portal was a white circular light that had depth and he was standing in it with his head to the side. I looked in awe and I blurted DAD.. and he was standing in a beautiful suit with a hat like he was 40 years old. I was so awestruck. I jumped out of bed and he disappeared.

    later that day when in work I looked at the calendar and realized it was his birthday November 14...I was so blessed!! He cane to tell me it was his birthday.

    I was in the hospital when he took his last breadth. Soon after he cane to me in a dream and he was still sick but he had angel wings and I was touching them and they were pinching my fingers I asked him When are you going to heaven and he said 40 days in a whisper twice he said that. When I went to the priest to ask him what this meant the priest responded that the soul stays on earth 40 days and then goes to heaven (catholic). And Greek

    When he was dying I had an out of body experience. My body was floating in the hospital room above him. I felt every breadth he took as if we were one. I traveled with him to heaven. I saw beautiful colors and we were traveling over incrediblly vivid landscapes and my brain knew that his brain was entering a beautiful vista of colors and I was flying over heaven with him. I will never forget this out of body experience. Don’t know how it happened or why but I know there is another existence beyond our comprehension as humans. When I awoke that morning I was on the floor and my legs were on the bed. I awoke and went to the hospital and he died at 2 :44 pm. I knew he went to the other side. I was there with him.

    After that day I knew that the spirit of man lives .. it never dies. Their dna lives in each and every one of us. We have to connect in spirit to live with them. They will come to you. All you have to do is ask them to come!! Talk to them. Ask them questions and be patient for their answers.

    Each time I go to the cemetery I talk to him like he’s alive and I ask him to give me a sign that he hears me. Every time he responds by the sun breaking through the clouds and it is the cloud of an angel in the sky or two birds landing on his grave stone or a wind pushing a branch over his grave stone or something beyond comprehension. Talk to them like they are alive and you will see or hear something extraordinary. Trust yourself and your belief in a higher dimension and you will never be lonely!! I always believed an will continue to believe that the dead are not dead but live in every one of us. The dead have more power than the living. You just have to tap into it! Don’t cry act like they are still here. They can hear you!! Be blessed!!❤️


  • Alisande
    4 years ago

    You are a good receiver, Marie! Thank you so much for sharing your story. I can relate to it.

  • HU-904298360
    4 years ago

    I was Daddy's baby I was 35 when he passed. I miss him so much but after his death I moved into apt an my husb went to bed I looked in bedroom I seen a white apperation get up from laying position and stand an walk thru wall .never seen anything like that but I wasn't afraid ,I was writting poems at the time I was trying to write the word ( Him ) and I kept writting hime .I couldn't understand an why I kept putting and ( E ) on the end well I realized it was saying ( Hi Me ) and I knew it was Dad .saying hi . And 18 years later I'm in a home in the country and I seen the same Apperation out side and seen it several times and then last year I was watching TV,and I seen the white Apperation going out my front door in the middle of the day .It was my DAD Crossing Over !! I've not seen it since .I have tons of ORBS in my home now .have heard my name called an a man's voice talking to another in my bedroom .I also have seen a shadow person in this home .I was not afraid for some reason ,but the weirdest is a grey most in shape of a triangle about 3 feet higabove my basement steps an triangle was still but the mist was very slowly moving .and that's my experiences an still as of today .I know must be family because I've never been afraid of any of it This is a TRUE Story ....

  • HU-488366127
    2 years ago

    I had my dad's funeral this week .and when I got out of the funeral car and looked around I seen my dad's brother walking up along side his lads .but my uncle died 2 years ago ...my neice also had a sigting later on that day ..I think he came to collect him

  • HU-152829209
    2 years ago
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    My wife passed away on November 1, 2017! First let me say she was very ill and couldn't sleep in our Marriage bed, she had to sleep on a bed that she could sleep on with an incline, too hard for her to breath! 2 nights before she passed she was in her bed and me in our bed, I didn't sleep well since she became ill, it took a long time for me to finally fall asleep, I had my eyes closed but not asleep, I was startled by a light that came on in our room, I opened my eyes and there was a spirit (person) it looked like a woman with a very beautiful robe on and she was illuminating a beautiful translucent blue-green light, she had her back to me so I didn't see a face! She was smelling the beautiful flowers our grandson had brought to the house that very day, I can say that I just watched her for the few seconds she was there. I believe it could have been my wife's mother that came to prepare her for death!

    It was two days after my wife's passing and most of my company had gone home, all but our daughter, she stayed a little longer. I was getting ready for bed but before I laid down I said out loud, "Honey, I wish you would just lay with me just one more time!" Then I got into bed, I had laid there with my eyes closed thinking about her when all of a sudden a light in the room again! I opened my eyes and she was laying there next to me, illuminating the same blue-green light I had seen just 4 days before! I just laid there looking at her, I couldn't believe my eyes but I couldn't stop looking, she was more beautiful there than she was in life, don't get me wrong she was always beautiful to me! I thank God that I was allowed to see her and I can't wait to see her again forever! We were married 35 short years, our kids would tell us they want a marriage like ours!!

  • deephalen49
    11 months ago

    Last nite i was working in the kitchen at my mothers home prepingking for Easter dinner today im the one whos has for years stayed up late at moms to get everything ready for holidays.. anyway i was at the sink and i turned to look over at the dinning table that my perents has had for many years and the caption chair at the head of the table that my father always sat in well i seen my father sitting there! it was just for a breif half a second or less he was watching me !!I It didint scare me but he was sitting there !! so i belive he cane to give me comfort as im going threw a trying time.. miss him and wish he wowould had stayed longer..

  • HU-27532354
    7 months ago

    I see my mother When I close my eyes And she is resting Just like she used to sit and rest on myselfmy recliner when I took care of her As if she has not a worry in the worldworld. She's always just opening and closing her eyes And there's been times when she will hook her up her lips as if she was blowing me a kiss And she would do things like She looks like she is sucking on a pc of candy and she will lick her lips And she will not her head up and down Like for sure I know she's a green with me Agreeing

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