has anyone else experienced this?

[happywanderer2]

Hi--my dad passed away about 2 years ago and right after he passed away I felt this overwhelming feeling that someone was right behind me. You know the feeling--you can sense someone near or behind you. When I would turn around to look there was never anyone there. And it felt like someone was really, really close. I finally thought "maybe it's dad?" and so I asked if he could maybe back off a little and not follow so close, and the feeling abated--it still felt like someone was there, just not as close.

I still get the feeling once in a while but it's not constant like it was for about the first month after he passed. Has anyone else experienced this?

 

[KimR]

No, but I really wish that I had. I have had dreams of my Mother though and in those dreams she is vital, healthy, and happy - the Mother I remember from when I was a small child. I cherish those dreams and while I know it may sound silly I like to think that it is her spirit paying me a visit.

 

[bicker]

I feel my late mother's presence, but not behind me, but rather within me, and emminating from the hearts of her other children and her grandchildren.

 

[minniebeth]

Yes, when I was 19 my cousin who I loved and adored passed away very young and unexpectedly from a brain aneurysm. The night after the funeral I went upstairs to bed in my aunt's home and overwhelmingly felt his presence. I was afraid being so young but now that I look back on it, tear up to think about it and wish I had acknowledged it with love instead of fear. I know of many people who experience this~

 

[Evil Genius]

Yes. When my dh passed I allways felt him around me. I would smell cigarettes in the strangest places, like my cubicle at work. (He smoked I don't) I still feel him around me at times. It could be while I'm doing something as simple as laundry. It's comforting to know he checks in every once in awhile.

 

[apirateslifeforme]

A week after my grandfather died, I woke up one morning and very suddenly felt an overwhelming feeling of being alone. I can't even describe it, but I truly believe that he stayed with me for the week before moving on.

Up until my grandmother died 9 years later, I'd smell pipe tobacco or smoke every once couple of weeks or so. It happened in odd places - work, my car, out shopping, etc. And it would happen most often in December (he died on Christmas Eve). Now it's rare, but I still smell that pipe sometimes. One night a few weeks ago, while driving home after a particularly worrisome accounting midterm exam, I got the distinct whiff of his pipe. Now, my windows were up, and since I got the car brand-new 4 years after his death, it couldn't have been a "lingering scent." I said, "Hi, Grandpa...I'm okay. I think I passed my test" and the smell faded away

 

[2binak]

I got the feeling of someone being with me quite often after my mom died. I would also see small greenish lights floating in the air across the room. I know it sounds strange to some people, but I just knew it was mom popping in to say Hi. The feeling and the lights stopped about a year after she died, but then the feeling started up again after we had our DD.

My father had lights turn on by themselves in the house they lived in. It never happened until about 2 months after she died in that same house.

I also smell ciggie smoke sometimes as I'm driving in my car or walking around my house. My mother smoked for over 55 years. Our house was built a few years after she died and no one else we know who lives close to us (within 6 hours) smokes, so I just smile and say "Hi Mom!" when I smell it because, who else could it be?

 

[KimR]

I think it's interesting that so many experiences have to do with smell....I wonder why that is? I do know that smell is the sense that triggers the strongest memories but I don't know if that has any relevance.

 

[4nana]

I'm enjoying all your stories and feel perhaps you're blessed with 's .

I do believe my dear Dad and wonderful inlaws are smiling down upon us and guiding our family, particularly our sweet grandchildren.

 

[LuvOrlando]

Right after my Aunt and Grandmother passed away I would smell roses every so often. It was really strong too. Eventually the smells disappeared but they were very comforting while they lasted.

I think the ones we loved and who loved us linger with us in some way. Sometimes they let us know they are there and other times either they don't exude a presence or we just aren't in the right frame of mind to to be reachable. Still, there are times I would swear I can feel warmth come from no-where... like an invisible hug washing over me. Who or what it is I won't know for sure in this lifetime but I am certain it's real and I am certain it is good

 

[Robinrs]

After my aunt died I went into an empty bedroom and sobbed my eyes out. She was like a Mom to me and she always said I was the daughter she never had.

For a moment I felt a feeling of warmth and then a huge HUG from behind. I literally felt the warmest arms enveloping me.

Then it was over.

It was such a feeling of peace. I'll never forget it, ever.

 

[FergieTCat]

My nephew passed away unexpectedly in February. That morning, I had a dream that a man entered my apartment and was standing over my bed. I did not see his face, but I remember what he was wearing. It was so real that I woke up terrified.

My nephew had passed away in the morning, but I didn't find out he died until 1:00 pm. As I said, he died unexpectedly; he wasn't ill and there was no reason for us to believe he was passing on that day.