[MamaB]

Do you ever sense his presence around you? It is so odd but my daughter!and i have been “seeing” both my daughter and her daddy. I was sitting in my recliner the other day using my iPad. I kept sensing someone in the room with me. I kept looking up because that feeling was so very strong and a few minutes later, I “saw” 2 shapes. When I told my daughter, she said since he had been involved with computers since the early 1960’s when they were the size of fridges, he and my other daughter were very curious about what I was doing. We have been having really strong dreams about them, too. They are very comforting. They are always smiling and seem very happy. The anniversary of my daughter's death is 1/15/12. My grandfather, dad and mom all died on 1/6 of different years. We are all relieved when we get past that date. I am sorry for your loss. God is the Answer! God bless.

[RobbyS]

The fall after my dad’s death, I was sleeping, and I seemed to wake to find him sitting in a chair across the room. We had a conversation and then, after awhile, I suddenly thought, but he is dead. I then woke to find the chair empty. But his presence had seemed so real.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Sometimes people undergo unusual stress around the holidays, which might put them at higher risk of fatal illness around that time, but having three deaths on January 6 must seem a big uncanny.

[HiTech RedNeck]

big uncanny => bit uncanny

[HiTech RedNeck]

Jan. 6 is also Epiphany, the historical church celebration of the visit of the Magi to the infant Jesus, who by that time was in a house and out of the manger. (It is the day after the “12 days of Christmas.”)

[annieokie]

"""Do you ever sense his presence around you?"""

Not as often anymore, it has been 24 yrs now.

The first year I thought I heard his footsteps down the hall, to take his meds for the night. That stopped.

Then at the gravesite: people were stealing his flowers, I got so mad one day, but felt a comforting presence, telling me "it's OK mom, God saw who it was, don't fret about it". I stopped fretting.

My dads gravesite: Took flowers out for him, (his brother is right next to him), was walking away, and felt this feeling inside saying, "You did not put flowers on Uncle Henry". I had to turn around and take flowers from my dad and put in Uncle Henry. Ok, now I never forget that, everyone gets flowers .

What I toss those experiences up to:That is the kind of people they were, and would have said those things to me if they were alive. Grief takes all forms, there is no set of rules and everything is allowable, for a spell. Takes about 2 years to get over the death of a child, and then it is slow.

The anniversay dates are hard, but today I hardly notice them. Just look forward to the future and see them again. God Bless you and comfort you. Can't imagine a loss of a child without the Lords help. He allowed me to be angry, have a Pity party or any emotion I felt, He was patient with me (this to shall pass),and waited until I shut up before He could help.

I think the key is: Shut up, listen and let GOD.