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Have any of you received what you believe to be signs from your loved one after they passed? ....If so would you mind sharing some storiesĀ of what you've experienced?
I've experienced quite a few strange and unexplainable things since Jims passing but talk myself out of alot chalking it up to my imagination but some things I can't.
I was hoping to have had a dream of him by now but i have not dreamed at all of him since he passed.
I was just curious to see if many people had any similiar strange things happen that were unexplainable.
Wishing you all peace and comfort in your journey...Stay safe
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The most common things is i hear my phone ring and go to answer it but there is no call or missed call. The other one is i constantly hear truck doors closing- which seems to be coming from my drive way but when i go look so one is there or in my neighbors yards.
There are some freaky funny things too. I smoke when im stressed- my husband made me quit so i stopped for over 10 years. well he died so i picked the habit right up again. A group of us were out late/early one morning and i needed a smoke, everyone was out. We were at such a dive they had a cigarette vending machine in the corner - started putting in the money and the 10th dollar would not go in, then it accepted it for a hot second then spitted it back out. and not your typical return it shot the bill several feet away from the machine several times. No one had ever seen it do that before. So i said fine frank im done smoking for the night you got your way. also had registers go down while trying to purchase a pack. i just laugh at it now when it happens.
It may come off as strange but sometimes i know he is around. its this strange scene of piece i get.
What was your strange experience?
Laurie
Take care.
Peace, Tim
Some of my experiences that were unexplainable......[This one happened 8 weeks after Jimmy passed away] I work o/n for a shelter and was alone in my office and put my cell on the desk to keep track of time with the built in clock. At 4am. the cell phone starts coming through with a text message reading from Jimmy....I froze for a moment in confusion and panic because Jimmys phone had been shut down when he died and it made no sense that I was getting a text from that number or him at all. When I got the courage to open the text it said.. R U There? it was dated the same date as he died [28th] but from a year earlier....it was a recycled message from a year earlier that came through without explanation...It freaked me out and left me trying to explain it to myself in my mind but I couldn't....He was addicted to his phone when he was alive and text me all the time when I was at work so I believe now that it was a special sign.
Another experience that was unexplainable was something that happened a couple weeks ago when I was feeling down on our anniversary and I asked him to please show me a sign that he was still with me or visit me in a dream...I was disappointed that day because I got neither and went off to work....When I came home I found a dvd pulled out of our dvd cabinet halfway [I live alone] and haven't touched any dvd in about a year.... To make it stranger it was his favorite [Star Trek] The Dark knight movie [I'm not a fan] ...I couldn't explain how it had been pulled out that way because it was like 40 dvds down and the rest were all neatly compressed together...It felt like another special sign because I couldn't explain it away and it happened the night after I asked for a sign and was disappointed.
I have also had other little things that I have somewhat talked myself out of to be my imagination or coincidence......My dogs freaking out at about 4am. the night after he passed...they were all on my bed with me and jumped up out of a dead sleep to stair off to side of bed where there was nothing there and they were squatting and growling and charging that side of the bed and I couldn't find a reason for why....they then all just stopped at the same time and piled under the covers...one was actually shaking from it.
Also have had our song come on at exact moment that Im crying in the car missing him....this has happened several times the same way.
There has been a bunch more little things that I will share another time but I wanted to thank all of you that have shared yours with me and for the comfort it has brought me...All your stories are special gifts....Thank you and I hope you all find peace and comfort in your journey...stay safe....Jackie
After my first husband died, I smelled the sweet perfume of flowers by our bedroom. There was no one else in the house at the time. His secretary had standing instructions that flowers were to be sent to me every Monday and I received those for the ten years we were married.
Before he died, he started a rose bush on the side of our home. When he passed away, I was afraid the rose bush was going to die also since I do not have a green thumb and when I first met him he gave me a beautiful cactus telling me there was no way I was going to kill it... I did!!
To my surprise, even though I knew I was not doing anything special for the rose bush, the roses bloomed and blossomed up until I sold that home and we moved to South Florida.
There were other incidents that reinforced my belief that there is life after death and if the necessity arises, a loved one finds a way of communicating with us and giving certain signs that only we can understand.
I also had some very strange experiences when my second husband passed away from pancreatic cancer. Yes, I do believe we receive messages from beyond the grave but we have to be careful not to expect our loved ones to communicate when we want them to. They will come through in unexpected ways.
Hugs
Anna (lifegoeson)
Wishing you all peace and comfort in your journey...stay safe
Another time...during the 1st year each occasion or Holiday was very hard. The night before my birthday I asked him to please show me a sign that he was there, I often talk to him and still do to this day. The next morning on my birthday, I went into my closet which has about a 9' ceiling with 3 levels of shelving going up. One the very top was a bag of my son's old baseball uniform with his name on the back. He has the same name as my husband. The bag had been there for many years as my son is now married with his own children. I found the bag on the floor all covered in dust...opened it and found the uniform with the name on it Chris. I broke into a big smile and felt chills run through my body. I was amazed and in awe all at the same time at how this could be. But it was and I believe it was my husband knowing how strong willed he is. I so many more....but I will tell them later. Thank you for sharing your stories.