I sometimes have dreams about my grandfather who died a few years ago. Not as much recently, but one I remember very clearly. My whole family was in an unknown house, but it was very nice and clean and kind of beachy..like it was near the shore. My grandfather was there, and we were aware he was dead, but it was like he just came back for a visit. I got to tell him all the things I'd wanted to tell him since he died (stupidly, one of those things was "I got an A in math"). No one really asked where he'd been or anything, but we knew he was okay. It was kind of nice.
I understand that completely; my Gran died three years ago, three weeks before my GCSE's, my Grandad died two years ago, a week after my AS Levels, and my other Grandad died a year ago last week, three weeks into my first year at uni. There is so much I want to tell them, including my GCSE results and AS and A2 Level results!! I know they would have been so proud, as, I'm sure, your Grandfather would have been had you been able to tell him in person about the A in Maths.
I dream about them all the time, and I am able to tell them all of my news, and I strongly believe that they are able to see my achievements (and failures) in some form. It's a nice thought, although nothing makes up for not being able to tell them properly.
I smell my Gran all the time. When I feel particularly low, I can smell her perfume. Weirdly, my Mum, Aunt and cousin all do as well. It's comforting, and, like you, I come out of the experience "clearheaded and completely untroubled"
I wholeheartedly believe that the dead come back to us sometimes. At this point, a quote comes into my head, I'm not sure where from... 'the dead we have loved never truly leave us.' Possibly from Harry Potter, in a Dumbledore-to-Harry moment of wisdom.
But, regardless of origin, I believe that it is true. Whether they actually manifest, or if you just get a sense of them, or just like to think about what their reaction to something would be, they're always here. It's reassuring, at least, that is the way I see it.
Yup. That's where it's from. My Mom has that quote (and acouple of others) stuck to her fridge. (My Dad died around about the time the first Harry book came out, I think)
My dad did more or less the same thing. (Not calming down, I mean visiting me in a dream).
He smells like frost. :-)
I said "you're dead" and he said "yep". And gave me a big hug. :-)
It was nice. He hadn't been to see Mom yet. (Of course, when he eventually did, she was so surprised to see him that she woke right up. <*sigh*> That's my Mom for you.).
Anyway.
Don't feel too wierded out. It's just something dead people do when they care about you. :-)
My mother had a peculiar dream of that sort. If you believe that psychic abilities can transcend time, foretell the future, whatever, that would explain this. Otherwise...
The dream was simple enough: She dreamt that a woman walked into her bedroom. An older woman, somewhat heavy-set, wearing glasses, perfectly ordinary, simply walking into the bedroom. But though my mother recognized that it was her bedroom, the woman was a total stranger. It was that shock which awakened her.
To the day she died she had no idea who it was that she had seen entering the room. I'd be interested to see who is living in the house now...
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I dream about them all the time, and I am able to tell them all of my news, and I strongly believe that they are able to see my achievements (and failures) in some form. It's a nice thought, although nothing makes up for not being able to tell them properly.
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I wholeheartedly believe that the dead come back to us sometimes. At this point, a quote comes into my head, I'm not sure where from... 'the dead we have loved never truly leave us.' Possibly from Harry Potter, in a Dumbledore-to-Harry moment of wisdom.
But, regardless of origin, I believe that it is true. Whether they actually manifest, or if you just get a sense of them, or just like to think about what their reaction to something would be, they're always here. It's reassuring, at least, that is the way I see it.
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My Mom has that quote (and acouple of others) stuck to her fridge. (My Dad died around about the time the first Harry book came out, I think)
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My dad did more or less the same thing. (Not calming down, I mean visiting me in a dream).
He smells like frost. :-)
I said "you're dead" and he said "yep". And gave me a big hug. :-)
It was nice. He hadn't been to see Mom yet. (Of course, when he eventually did, she was so surprised to see him that she woke right up. <*sigh*> That's my Mom for you.).
Anyway.
Don't feel too wierded out. It's just something dead people do when they care about you. :-)
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My mother had a peculiar dream of that sort. If you believe that psychic abilities can transcend time, foretell the future, whatever, that would explain this. Otherwise...
The dream was simple enough: She dreamt that a woman walked into her bedroom. An older woman, somewhat heavy-set, wearing glasses, perfectly ordinary, simply walking into the bedroom. But though my mother recognized that it was her bedroom, the woman was a total stranger. It was that shock which awakened her.
To the day she died she had no idea who it was that she had seen entering the room. I'd be interested to see who is living in the house now...
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