"Intelligent hauntings are (when) they're trying to communicate with you, like tugging on your clothes."
~Grant Wilson~
Most of us have had them - those experiences that we can't explain or ignore. Several of my family and friends have told me about instances where they felt the presence of or a sign from someone who had passed away.
One of my aunts told me once that she had her mother on her mind one day. She glanced up at a photo of her parents - my grandparents - and said to the photo "Mama, I hope you're with Daddy and you're both okay". The next morning, her daughter got up and told her mother that she had a dream about her grandparents that night and said that Grandma told her to tell her mother that she was with Grandpa and they were fine. My aunt was home alone when she made her comment and she didn't tell anyone about it. A sign from her parents? I believe so.
My cousin told me a couple of days ago - and was the inspiration for this blog - that someone pulled her hair twice when she was home alone. She believes it's her dad letting her know he's still watching over her. I think she might be right.
A couple of years ago, my cousin and I were doing some genealogy research in the courthouse in Virginia Beach and I was in the 'vault' - the room where they keep all the old records. I found a record about the death of a baby and was surprised to see the parents were my 3rd great-grandparents. This was a child I never knew about. Right about that time, I became aware of a strong scent of roses and thought that someone in the outer office had received a nice bouquet. A little later, my cousin came in from the outer office and suggested we get some lunch. While at lunch, I told her about my discovery and had a thought - I'd been looking for the parents of my 3rd great-grandfather with no luck. It occurred to me that if I looked up his brother's marriage record, I might learn who their parents were. Once we got back to our research, I went straight for the marriage records and hit pay dirt! There was the information I had been looking for! About that time, I smelled the roses again. I looked at my cousin and asked 'do you smell those roses?" She shook her head no so I asked, 'how can you NOT smell them as strong as they are?" She smiled and said, 'they aren't meant for me'. Sure enough, there were no roses to be seen anywhere in the outer office.
I think, too, that those experiences are not limited to someone who died. Once when I was working in my uncle's warehouse, I felt someone tap me on the shoulder. I was totally alone but the tap was real. I turned around, fully expecting to see my oldest son standing there - which was strange in and of itself because he was living in another state at the time. As you guessed, there was no one there but I couldn't get my son off my mind. I decided to give him a call. He was on his way home from work and I talked to him until he got home. The next day, I was talking to my daughter-in-law - his wife - and she told me that he had a tendency to fall asleep when he was driving home from work and that she tried to talk to him on the phone so he would stay awake. For some reason, she didn't talk to him the day before and he confirmed that he was about to fall asleep when I called him.
I don't know what anyone else may think of these experiences, but I'm not convinced that they are signs from loved ones who have passed away. Rather, I believe they are messages from God meant to comfort us or maybe, in the case of my son, to use us as His agents to intervene when necessary. Whatever they are, I believe they're real and that we should always take comfort from them.
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