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<blockquote data-quote="Mattsmom277" data-source="post: 387857" data-attributes="member: 4264"><p>I don't think these stories are strange at all. </p><p></p><p>About 5 years ago, I posted here about my aunt passing away (my mothers sister). She and I had grown very close over the years and since my mother is .... well not really a mother .... my aunt and I had a bond that to me felt more nurturing than anything I'd known from family. She was a fantastic woman. I was called to the hospital by my cousin (her only child) when she coded, by the time I arrived I was greeted by a priest who informed me that I hadn't arrived in time. He brought me to my aunts bedside and we all said prayers etc. It was so weird because I felt my aunt was NOT there. I just sensed this saying goodbye to her body was fruitless as she wasn't in that body and she wasn't even lurking around the room or us (weird also in that I"m not one to think about spirits or souls etc). </p><p></p><p>Anyhow, we left the hospital, it was middle of the night. Went to a family friends house, she lived across street from my cousin and my aunts building (they lived in the same building). Anyhow, at one point I was in the living room with my cousin, brother and brothers g/f. One lamp was on, directly beside me. Not a lot of talking happening, and then my cousin told us something about her mom that made us laugh. The light went off and then on three times. Nothing else in the house flickered, just that lamp. We turned on another lamp. Twice more when we said something about my aunt that made us smile and chuckle, the lamp did the same thing, but not the second lamp that was turned on, so odds of it being a power surge felt slim. Additionally, it FELT to me emotionally like my aunt was laughing with us and was saying to keep it up, not be sad, remember the good stuff. This really hit home as a feeling/impression I had due to the lamp, because my aunt and I had talked not long before her passing about how she was ready to go and was only hanging on until after her daughters birthday. Sadly, she passed right on her daughters birthday. </p><p></p><p>An hour or so later I headed home. Everyone was asleep. I made tea, sat in my recliner and bawled like a baby. I had nobody to talk to, I called my good friend who had said call anytime if I needed to, let her know my aunt had passed etc. I talked for ages to my friend, and we laughed as I told her good memories. Suddenly I just broke down weeping and kid you not, call me crazy (its okay, sounds crazy!! But i know what I felt, crazy or not) but I FELT my aunts hands on my shoulders. As if she was standing behind my recliner and rubbing my shoulders to console me. I literally stopped speaking, frozen and felt this incredible soothing warmth and love pour through me. It was terrifying at the same time as wonderful. I finally told my friend, and the feeling left immediately. I don't know how I knew it was my aunt, but honestly, something in me just knew. </p><p></p><p>Many family members have dreams of my aunt, but strangely I never have. I'm the one in the family who always joked that if you all go before I do, do not visit me in my dreams or otherwise as it would freak me out! And to this day, I don't dream of those who have passed away. Never.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mattsmom277, post: 387857, member: 4264"] I don't think these stories are strange at all. About 5 years ago, I posted here about my aunt passing away (my mothers sister). She and I had grown very close over the years and since my mother is .... well not really a mother .... my aunt and I had a bond that to me felt more nurturing than anything I'd known from family. She was a fantastic woman. I was called to the hospital by my cousin (her only child) when she coded, by the time I arrived I was greeted by a priest who informed me that I hadn't arrived in time. He brought me to my aunts bedside and we all said prayers etc. It was so weird because I felt my aunt was NOT there. I just sensed this saying goodbye to her body was fruitless as she wasn't in that body and she wasn't even lurking around the room or us (weird also in that I"m not one to think about spirits or souls etc). Anyhow, we left the hospital, it was middle of the night. Went to a family friends house, she lived across street from my cousin and my aunts building (they lived in the same building). Anyhow, at one point I was in the living room with my cousin, brother and brothers g/f. One lamp was on, directly beside me. Not a lot of talking happening, and then my cousin told us something about her mom that made us laugh. The light went off and then on three times. Nothing else in the house flickered, just that lamp. We turned on another lamp. Twice more when we said something about my aunt that made us smile and chuckle, the lamp did the same thing, but not the second lamp that was turned on, so odds of it being a power surge felt slim. Additionally, it FELT to me emotionally like my aunt was laughing with us and was saying to keep it up, not be sad, remember the good stuff. This really hit home as a feeling/impression I had due to the lamp, because my aunt and I had talked not long before her passing about how she was ready to go and was only hanging on until after her daughters birthday. Sadly, she passed right on her daughters birthday. An hour or so later I headed home. Everyone was asleep. I made tea, sat in my recliner and bawled like a baby. I had nobody to talk to, I called my good friend who had said call anytime if I needed to, let her know my aunt had passed etc. I talked for ages to my friend, and we laughed as I told her good memories. Suddenly I just broke down weeping and kid you not, call me crazy (its okay, sounds crazy!! But i know what I felt, crazy or not) but I FELT my aunts hands on my shoulders. As if she was standing behind my recliner and rubbing my shoulders to console me. I literally stopped speaking, frozen and felt this incredible soothing warmth and love pour through me. It was terrifying at the same time as wonderful. I finally told my friend, and the feeling left immediately. I don't know how I knew it was my aunt, but honestly, something in me just knew. Many family members have dreams of my aunt, but strangely I never have. I'm the one in the family who always joked that if you all go before I do, do not visit me in my dreams or otherwise as it would freak me out! And to this day, I don't dream of those who have passed away. Never. [/QUOTE]
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