I believe there is.

I can give you an example of what has made me believe this.

My mum died on the 12th Jan. From the 7th to the 9th, she was saying some really weird things throughout both the day and night. As my sister and I were by her side 24/7, she actually said some outrageous things that made us laugh - but some that really made us think.

My Mum had a falling out with her only sister in 1983 and they didnt speak to one another from then on. My grandparents died in 1981 and 1983 and then my aunty died in 1996.

Anyway, on the night of the 7th Jan, my mum was saying lots of things and in the early hours of the morning she said " They are coming for me. But I have told them to bugger off - I am not ready yet" I said" WHo is coming for you?" And she said "Shirley and Grandma" She was reaching out, but there was no way she was going to go there and then! The next night she was in so much pain. She was constantly yelling for her mum and her sister. We thought this was really bizzare.

After she passed away, about two weeks later, I am POSITIVE that I felt her touch me. Just a few days later I smelt her RIGHT NEXT TO ME!

If you would have said something to me like this 6 months ago, I would have thought you were NUTS! But I firmly believe there is an afterlife.

I read a great book called " Never say goodbye" by Patrick Mathews. If you are interested, it will really open your eyes to the afterlife.

Love to you
Sam
xoxoxoxo

I HOPE SO

I wish I knew, hon. I "felt" my Mom's hand holding mine while I was half asleep once. I heard her scream my name in an empty hallway from miles away the night she was dying. I don't know if we were/are psychically connected because we were so close or if she still was able to reach out to me from beyond. All I know is that I will never have her again physically in my life and that is all I can see right now. I hope I see her again one day. All I can do is hope.

I battle this question in my head a lot. When I'm sad and alone I'll ask outload if my Mom is here with me?

What we DO know, and what scientists have proven, is that our bodies are made up of energy. Energy does not die, it simply changes form. What happens from there we will never know, but I find it comforting. It may not be what we all hope for (Mom sitting on our shoulder for the remainder of our lives), but they do carry on... I see my Mom in my nephews which brings me great comfort, and then, as my bereavement therapist pointed out, in myself.

We are pieces of our mothers carrying on, Her genetics, and most importantly the lessons and beliefs she has taught us and we follow, which we have and/or will one day pass on to our own children. I have nearly driven myself crazy wondering if my Mom is really with me, and so instead of wondering if there is life after death, I focus on the fact that life goes on.

Afterlife or not, our mothers have left pieces of themselves all around us, and within us.

I asked my dad when he had bypass surgery this question, as the heart has to be stopped for several minutes during surgery. He said he didn't have, or could remember, any type of out of body experience, or if he saw mom maybe. But one day I was laying in bed, in the afternoon not feeling well, and I felt a hand on my shoulder. I turned to look back and no one was there, but for some reason, it felt like Dad. I'd like to think it was...

I definitely think so. I totally agree with what Sam wrote. The night before my Mom passed away, my Dad said there house was all quiet and he and my Mom were in the living room watching TV. My Mom had been ill w/emphysema for a few years, but I did not expect her to pass away the next morning. Anyway, my Dad said he heard footsteps of people walking in the hallway and coming into the living room like almost standing around the recliner my Mom was sitting in. He definitely felt a "presence" as well as heard voices. Earlier in the week my Mom had been calling out for my grandmother. Unfortunately, I did not know any of this until after she was gone. Also the morning we lost her, my brother who lives right around the corner from my parent's house was taking a shower and his house was quiet, only he was home, and he heard a woman calling his name a few times. He said it was so clear that he actually stopped his shower and looked around the house because he thought someone was in the house. We are sure it was my Mom. After his shower, his answering machine was blinking, it was my Dad, that the ambulance was at the house and that my Mom was already gone.......gives you chills right....? and the strange thing about it all was my Mom passed away on what would have been my Papa's 100th birthday. I figured my Papa wanted my Mom there for the party.

Donna, my religion teaches it, so I take it on blind faith.
Whether or not we see / hear from a deceased loved one, their spirit lives on. Pray for them.

I have to say that I do believe that there is life after death. Just as Sam said I have had many experiences with my mom and my Papa saying things like that. My papa would talk about his brother Glenn who passed as a child and my mom would always see people who were not there. And when she dreamed about my grandmother something would always happen. So I would have to say yes that I believe there is. I also one night when I was really really down right after my mom passed away and I cried myself to sleep that night I felt someone hugging me. It made me feel so at peace it was like my mom was there holding me as I cried as she did so many times in life.