Sorry, I have to ask this....Afterlife question

[BriarfoxinWA]

I had a very vivid dream back in September about my Grandfather that had passed in 1980. I never dream about him but this one was very clear. We were in a place that I swear looked like a nursing home lunch room with other people around. I asked my Grandpa if he was lonely here - he said "No - but there will be three others joining me before the year is out." Well my DSIL had passed in June, my DH Grandmother passed Dec. 20 and very close friend of our family passed in Dec. 21.

So yes - I most certainly believe.

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

A couple of years ago my very dear friend died from a heart attack. His parents called to tell me he had died. That night I had a very clear dream. My friend wasn't exactly IN the dream, but he was "showing" me where he was. It was ice cold there, but he didn't mind. It was beautiful. I think he didn't want me to be sad. Kind of strange.

I don't know what happens after we die, but I HOPE there is something more. And I hope it is good.

 

[BeNJeNWaFFLe]

My neighbors husband died about 5 years ago of a heart attack. His name was Jack. Jack, his wife, and their kids are very close friends of ours. Jack always had a sort of sarcastic sense of humor. To this day he still "shows up" and do things just to annoy you.

While his wife and daughters were away on vacation we took care of their house. They have a motion sensored spot light outside that would not turn off. Or it would be on while my mom was at our house (about 6 houses down from them on a bend in the road), but when she got to their house the light would turn off. So my mom turned the bulb until it was hanging on by a thread. Still the light would not turn off. Exactly his sense of humor.

My mom bought a little knick knack of a jackolantern on a spring that is named Jack. She bought it as a joke for him. Now this is placed high up in our kitchen and no one touches it. No one can even reach it without a step ladder. Sometimes it is turned around to be facing the wall. Once again that is Jack's sense of humor, just to annoy us. Jack has also taken to posessing my mom's car. Everytime we go out, he plays with the locks. You unlock them, and a just as you pull the handle, they are locked again so you can't get in. The car never did this when he was alive. Since his wife just got a new car my mom told him to go annoy her. And he must have because lately the locks havent been going crazy. Jack may not come to us in your dreams but he does let us know that he is still around.

 

[chell]

So sorry to hear of your loss.

Yes, I do believe in the Afterlife and I believe loved ones can come visit. There have been several people in my family who have visited me during the day and during dreams. Mostly my grandmother, Essie, was the only one who visited me during dreams.

These dreams were not the odd and abstract dreams that I can have at other times. These dreams were just like a real life visit. We would sit and chat, etc. For weeks, maybe a month, before Junior died my grandmother came to visit me nightly. At the time I didn't think anything odd was going on just that she wanted to keep visiting me. When I have these type dreams I can feel the person, smell them, etc.

Since Junior was killed I have not had any more dreams or visits with my grandmother. That is what makes me think now that she was preparing me for what was to come. She knew I was going to need all the extra help I can get. Maybe she has come to visit since then and I've been too distracted by his death. I don't know.

Friday night/Saturday morning I did have a visit from Junior finally. Here is the thread I made about that dream:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=995547

You are going to get lots of different ideas on this subject but this is how I feel about it and I feel visits are real and they do happen. If it had not happened to me I probably wouldn't believe either.

Hugs and prayers for you and your family.

 

[BalooTheBear]

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[Stitchfans]

I also believe in the afterlife. I also haven't had any experiences with it yet though. I have had many dreams about my mom after she passed away, and one about my granny. Don't know if I would consider them visits.

Sorry though about your loss, I know how painful that can be.

 

[imsorry]

Once I was on my way to the doctor’s office for a procedure that had me very nervous.
DH had to work so I called car service. An older gentlemen came to pick me up. He saw
That I was nervous and actually starting singing to me. Then he started telling me a story about
When he used to travel a lot as a salesman. He said they knew him in every airport bar, and would
Say “what’ll it be today, Mr. G?”…..well, Mr. G is what my mother used to call my father when she
Was a little annoyed with him, and my father also was fond of “imbibing”.

I can’t explain it, but I’m sure my Dad came to drive me that day!

 

[cstraub]

All of these are incredible stories and I do believe them. I have had suttle but unexplainable things happen to me in my life.

Since my Uncle Phillip has passed I have a small story to tell:

My Uncle Phillip's brother Adrian was out with his grandson, who is named Phillip after my uncle, visiting his childhood home. At exactly 4:26 when my uncle Phillip passed away my uncle Adrian was pointing out the wall that his brother and father had made together. Very strange timing really. My uncle Adrian lives in California and my uncle Phillip lives in Canada. Is it just a coincedence? Uncle Adrian does not visit the old house often as it is far from his house.

I hope he is up there with his sister's and Nana and Papa and his daughter Anne!

 

[Keli]

I haven't ever had a loved one contact me from the afterlife, in fact I don't believe that they are able to do that. But I very much do believe in heaven and hell and that our souls are eternal and will eternally dwell in heaven or hell.

 

[crazelion]

Yes I believe in the afterlife.

When my Uncle harry die we was very close and comes visit me alot in my dreams.

I see alot dead people in my dreams and all have do with my gift.

 

[Diane]

I definitely believe in an afterlife, and have had numerous dreams of my deceased loved ones (especially my father) that I believe are visitations. Very often, I smell things like blueberry muffins or men’s cologne. I think these are a sign from a deceased loved one, but I don’t know which one(s). Then there was this experience:

About 6 months after my oldest brother died, my mother and I spent several weekends at our family cottage. My brother really loved it there and used to go as often as he could. Early one morning when Mom and I were alone, I woke to the sound of footsteps going slowly across the kitchen floor and up the stairs. At first, I thought it was my mother, but then the footsteps just stopped at the top of the stairs. Oddly, I was not afraid, but I couldn't get back to sleep--had to keep listening. Later, I heard her come out of her room. The same thing happened on a few more occasions and several weeks later, I mentioned it to my mother. She is extremely skeptical about such things, so I figured she’d think I was crazy. To my surprise, she said that she had heard it, too. I believe that it was my brother and this was his way of saying ‘hi,’ and that he’s okay.

I find these signs to be very comforting. To me, it means that my loved ones are watching over me and some day I’ll join them—and then I can come visit my loved ones on Earth and give them signs that I’m okay.

 

[Mickey527]

I never believed in afterlife and was very uspet when my mom died that it was all over for her. Little did I know. Now I do believe

When my dad was very ill I knew that it was not long for him to leave me. On Friday night I went to bed and had a dream and I heard people saying "who is going to get him" "Someone has to go get him" I recognized these voices as relatives that had passed already, but not my mom.
Then I saw my aunt as close to me as if she were standing 6 inches from my face and she said "I will get him for you Peg" I woke up and my clock said 4:47.
The next night my dad was breathing different and being a nurse I knew that his time was coming to an end. I sat with him and after a few hours he began to talk what sounded like gibberish. He kept saying the same things over and over and when I talked to him he covered his ears. But he was looking above my head.
I finally realized that my aunt was there and I told dad it was time for him to go with them, and be happy.
He stopped breathing right as I said that to him. I looked at the clock to note the time of death. It was 4:47.
So now I know that there is an afterlife, and my dad is happy with family members.
And my mom is there, but when she was here on earth she was lazy and would send one of us to do her errands and we were the ones to clean house. We joked that she was even too lazy to get her own husband and sent Aunt Rose to pick him up, and she probably asked her to bring her back a Fresca. Love you mom........... Peggie

 

[Puffy2]

I was with my father the night he died. When I called a friend the next morning to tell her, her husband answered and I told him my father had died. He said, "I know and I know what time " and he told the time to the exact minute. THere is no way he could have known that but he said he woke in the night and thought of my dad and looked at the clock and that was the time. I took it as a gift for me - that life does go on.