She was there today...?

[cal_gundert05]

I just remembered another incident, this time with my grandpa.

My grandpa Jerry died about 10 years ago, but I was at my grandma's (his wife's) house about a year ago, and we got to talking about him. After we finished talking, we went to the living room to watch tv. Right then, the phone rang and my grandma answered it and said, "Oh, hi Jerry." Of course, it wasn't my grandpa, it was my great-aunt JerryLyn, but it was still pretty powerful.

 

[Luminosity]

I'm with you 100%.

For a few days before my great-grandma died we knew she was in pretty bad shape, and probably wouldn't live for too much longer (but 95 ain't bad). So one morning shortly before she died, I woke up and had the song "Amazing Grace" in my head for no apparent reason. Less than a week later, we were at her funeral and they played "Amazing Grace". It made me feel like it was finally her time to go.

I still get emotional just thinking about it.

I just had a shiver go right through me, when you mentioned Amazing Grace.

It was the song that reverbated through my house that night, on the day my nan died. My sister was in one room, cradling my nephew (who was only a tiny babe at the time) and I was in the kitchen, the house was lit by candles and that song, sung acapella, curved around the house. I'd just put down the phone, after realizing that what I was doing was calling my nana's house and letting the empty ring sound out...that I was trying to connect with her somehow ( those phone companies lie, they don't always connect people, hmmph ).

Got the shiver too, on hearing your story. It was her making her physical goodbye to you in a way you could notice it. :hugs:

 

[Luminosity]

I feel the same way exactly. I do not think I know anyone that does not believe in the spirit world. The scientists pick on the ghost hunters and vice versa. Again I keep my mind open and form my own thoughts. Definitely would not hunt ghosts. The contact I have with spirits is about all I can take.

Yeah, with ya on that. When it's your own loved one sending quiet, meaningful communication to you, it's not spooky or weird. It's like a hug from them, in the middle of chaos. Seeing a ghost or whatnot, when you don't know who or what they are...that would freeze me on the spot and make my legs jello.

 

[Luminosity]

I just told my fiance that, if I die before he does, I'm gonna do things like sing the "ten green bottles" song endlessly, really out of tune and right in his ear when he goes out on dates with other women

Nah, seriously, he has my blessing in that regards. I told him that it would break my heart if he spent the rest of his life (like he says he will) alone (as in, not ever starting a relationship with another woman). I would want him to be happy and to find love again because the only thing I want is his happiness and for him to have an amazing and well-lived life...even if that meant having to do it without me.

He swears black and blue that he couldn't marry or love anyone else. But I know that, eventually, he would. One can't say that it'd be a knock against a love you had for someone if they passed away and you one day found love again. It wouldn't be a 'better' or a 'second-best' love...just another love.

Has anyone had this kind of conversation with their significant other?

 

[cal_gundert05]

No, but on a similar note my mom told me and my siblings that if we have a sad funeral when she dies that she'll haunt us...she wants us to have a celebration for her life rather than a mourning for her death.