Fits exactly with my limited experiences with that kind of thing when my kid died.
People need to share this stuff to let others know that it is more common than we think!
Monday morning my younger died of a sudden brain aneurism.
It has been a long week of planning his Memorial and I'm writing this before I go.
But
last night his best friend of 46 years (who will be performing the
eulogy) called me aside to tell me of a dream he had the night before.
The evening earlier I had asked Tony if he felt John was already in Heaven.
Tony
said the dream was so vivid- more vivid than any he has ever had
before. He asked my brother, "John, are you in Heaven yet?" John was
standing by a train station and in a voice that was ever bit that of my
brother's said peacefully, "Not yet Tony." It was a peaceful, frank
answer and not one of fear.
Tony woke up immediately (comforted
by the exchange)and couldn't figure out if John meant that there were a
couple of things he was waiting on before he could move on (like perhaps
his kids that had to drive from all over the country to get here in
time).
This brought to my mind three other encounters I have had
over my life and was wondering if anyone else could share if they've
ever had anything like this occur to them.
On the night of my
younger brother John's birthday party (he was 10 on April 10th and I was
about to turn 13 3 days later) my mother placed John's birthday cake on
th table and then fell to the floor.
My father and brother
quickly put her into bed and called the doctor (This was 1973 when they
made house calls). Dr Arrendal arrived quickly and insisted since she
had begun to vomit and had an excruciating headache that she be admitted
immediately. Within a day there was no brain activity due to the same,
sudden cerebral hemorrhage my brother suffered.
The next morning
as the family sat numbly and in tears at the breakfast table my father
told me that Mom and Grandpa (her father who had passed before her of a
stroke) had visited him the night before in the middle of the night.
I
was at that teenage rebellious period and felt Dad was making the whole
thing up and never believed him for another two decades.
He said
that as surely as he sat up in bed Mom and grandpa were in front of him
holding hands and there was a beautiful sunset in the background. He
said Mom had the most radiating smile of peace and love he had ever seen
(even after us 4 kids were born). She told him, "Jim it's going to be
okay. It's time for me to say goodbye." And they turned and slowly
walked away.
When Dad told this to all of us (the Preacher was
present)I think we all smiled and he knew we were just trying to be
kind, which made him all the more persistent that this was NOT a dream.
It HAPPENED. I still never believed him.
Twenty five years later
I was living in Reno, Nevada when I woke upright in the early morning
hours. I am not a dreamer- or at least I wasn't back then- I always
slept very soundly.
Moments before I observed a very misty ground
coverage and although you couldn't see below people's waists (they were
all wearing white) they were moving evenly without any body movement
such as legs or arms moving. I heard my favorite Aunt say to me very
calmly, "I've come to say Goodbye".
To the best of our ability none of us knew she was back in Oklahoma, sick.
She was very calm and though her lips didn't move with the words those words were in my head with the very sound of her voice.
I later found myself trying to explain to people who thought I was crazy that this was REAL- it wasn't a dream!
Two hours later I had gotten the phone call from home that my dear Aunt had passed in her sleep.
Does this happen to others?
Why does it happen?
Does it only happen to Christians (my family is)?
What is the point to this?
What are we supposed to do with this information when it happens?
I
realize I am in horrible grief right now but would appreciate some
insight as to why some people choose to appear to those they love after
they have immediately passed on?
Makes me wonder about when Moroni (and others) appeared to Joseph Smith, if they communicated more through thoughts, rather than audible word. Or if thought communication is more reserved for dis-embodied spirits and resurrected beings mostly use audible word...
ReplyDeleteI have had very "interesting" (to say the least) dreams off and on throughout my life. I've had several where I was communicating with people and even animals that had passed on, in all of these the communication was non verbal and done when the other person or animal looked in my eyes. I've had other dreams as well of natural disasters, wars etc, always in these I am rushing to prepare while everyone else around me doesn't seem to notice what needs to be done. I've even had a dream that involved a living person who I found out had an eerily similar dream the same night involving me. I think the dream world is definitely important and the messages occasionally conveyed are too often forgotten or brushed aside.
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