Spooky things happening at home recently...bit of a ramble im afraid!

[maybebaby23]

My dad passed away nearly 2 years ago now and i am missing him more and more each day. I had a few wierd dreams about him just after he passed away. I had a really realistic not very nice one where he was walking and talking but i knew he was dead and could see that his body had started to decompose, it was very scary I have not had a dream about him since that last one.

A few nights ago i had a really terrifying nightmare that we had a poltergeist. I was home alone with DD1 and it was throwing things at me, opening cupboard doors and slamming them, and strangely, i put DD1 age 4 in DD2's pram and when i turned round the poltergeist had taken her out of the pram and put her shoes on Bizarre. It was really scary!

A day or so after that dream, i kept finding the cupboard door in the kitchen open. I didn't notice at first because i was busy, just kept closing it on my way past. Only realised the 5th time i had to close it! So i checked if it could spring open on its own..nope. It is high up so DD cant reach to open it. Bizarre. I told DH when he called and it didn't happen again that day.

Tonight DH went into our room to check on sleeping DD and found her cot mobile swinging really fast!! She was fast asleep and cant reach anyway (4 months old) no drafts, DH rocked cot gently to see if any movement had caused it, nope. Totally wierd. DH doesn't believe in ghosts/spirits but was quite shaken up!

I dont know what i expect you to say! Im hoping it has something to do with my dad..anyone have any similar experiences after they lost a loved one? Thanks for reading

I'm sorry you have lost your dad. Personally I don't believe in ghosts, and would suggest there are lots of reasons if you are focusing on something you will have funny dreams.

Also the cupboard thing - may be seasonal, we find out cupboard doors open more easily in drier weather - they are made of wood and it shrinks when it gets warmer.

Yes perhaps you are right, thanks for replying. I dont think i believe either, as much as i want to. But the cot mobile..its just wierd. Oh i dont know.

Anyone else?

It could be that your dad is sending you a sign. The fact when you mentioned the cupboard door thing to DH that it stopped is a big sign - these things usually stop when you acknowledge them.

Perhaps he knew somehow about the dream and just wanted to reassure you that he is ok and has passed over safely. It's nothing to be afraid of and will probably stop now you have paid it attention!

Random question, but have you been noticing 11:11 or 22:22 on clock faces any more than usual lately?

I always look at the clock at 11.11 AND 22.22!!! Why what does that mean? Wow. Mostly its 22.22..

After my dad's death i often woke up at 1.05am, the time he passed away. That was wierd.

I do feel that the reason i haven't dreamed of my dad since that last horrid one is because it affected me for days, i felt very very uneasy and if he is around me, he wouldn't want me to feel so afraid would he...

Thanks for your reply!

I just added a photo of DD in our garden with a beautiful butterfly on her shoulder. It stayed on her for ages even though she was running around all over the garden, and when it eventually left her shoulder it flew around her for a good few minutes before fying away...i know i may be sounding a little mad here but i like to think that has something to do with my dad too. It wasn't long after his death and DD was the apple of his eye She always has a beautiful butterfly following her around our garden

seeing 11:11 or 22:22 is said to be a sign that the angels or spirits are around you.

One of my friends had a very strange 11:11 experience, he had been seeing it a lot, not just on clocks but in places like the end of the mileometer in his car, and was in the kitchen at work and noticed that there must have been a power cut about 11 hours earlier because the clock on the microwave was flashing 11:11 at him. He thought "I'll change the time on that later" and went to his desk. His boss came in a bit later and he mentioned that there must have been a power cut at about 2 or 3am, because of the time on the microwave. Boss went to the kitchen and came back and said "I'm not being funny, but it's not saying a time on the microwave. It's just flashing at 00:00 now."

Hello maybebaby Do you feel scared about the things that are happening? Apart from the dreams that is?

Oh my gosh bertiebotts, wow.

indigo-no i dont feel scared really, because i feel a real need to experience something so that i know my dad is around me. I do feel wierd about the cot mobile. It is the same mobile we used for DD1 and i remember my dad standing over sleeping DD1 in her cot and listening to the tune (you are my sunshine tune) and crying because he was terminally ill and knew he was going to have to leave her before he could see her grow up..so very sad. So the swinging mobile has choked me a little. I want to know if he is around me, i want more signs!

Sorry for the sad post, i tend to ramble on a bit!

I think that if you think it's your Dad then of course it is. I am glad you are not feeling scared. It truly is lovely to receive such signs.
I lost my Dad 10 weeks ago, when DS1 was one week old, We didn't have the chance to talk but he did get to meet him and say Hello. My Dad was terminally ill too but the Dr's didn't tell him. I have had a number of signs from him since then and all I can say is - it comforts me a great deal but of course I would give anything for him to be back here with us.
Please don't apologise for the sad post, it is so hard losing someone that we love, and the fact that we are able to receive messages is amazing. I think that many people probably do get signs but they just don't realise that's what they are. xx

Oh thank you indigo Im so sorry about your dad. It is so hard isn't it. It is nice that he got to meet your DS but also very sad.

Could i ask what kind of signs have you had? No need to reply if you would rather not share. I agree that perhaps lots of people get signs but don't know thats what they are. Im probably one of them! Which is why i ask what signs you have had so i can look out for any i may get from now..

Thanks for you lovely reply

Of course I am happy to share! Sometimes signs are very subtle and can be missed.

On the morning of my Dad's funeral we all piled into the car as I was also registering the birth of DS. As we put the radio on it was a george benson song that my Dad used to play on the guitar. I had a wee tear and a wee smile at the same time.

When we got to the registry office the registrar's name was Robert which was also my father's name, but the registrar (I won't name him) shared the name of a very famous guitarist from about 80 years ago whom my Dad and I learned about. I had a chuckle.

These are just a few things, but the signs can be anything that make you think of the person. I'd say don't try to overthink anything and try to relax these things just happen and when they do - it's great to recognise it

Also, I don't think you are missing any signs, you have made a connection between the cot mobile and your Dad

Ah lovely. I see what you mean. Thanks for sharing! Makes you smile to yourself doesn't it, you feel like he really is with you

There was a CD in my car on the night i had to dash to hospital when my dad died, 4 songs played through and over the 2 years since he died i have noticed these songs come on all the time (and they are not new or very popular ones!) in shops, on the radio in my car or other peoples houses, even on TV in eastenders/corrie!! I take that to be a sign..it always stops me in my tracks and makes me feel funny, like it is still raw and takes me back to that horrid night but also makes me smile because it MUST be a sign Happens far too often to be a coincedence..

My father, who is a very rational, logical man and who is usually very rude about anything remotely 'kooky' as he would call it (read - anything spiritual! His wife is an astrologer and he loves to take the mick) told me after my wedding, with tears in his eyes, that he was absolutely positive my grandfather had been standing next to him throughout the service. (He died the previous year.)

oh pippa, how lovely thanks for sharing! and the fact that he is a non-believer too..wow.

Oh I am sorry for the loss of your dad and I am sure that that was him with the cot mobile and the cupboards.

I am fortunate not to have any of my parents pass but my dh mother passed away a year before I met him (6 years ago) and is still a raw subject because she didnt get to meet our kids or my sil kids. My dh is very sceptical of a spirit life and was shocked just like your dh when my dd woke up screaming (she had really bad collic) at around 5 months old. Usually it took her hours to settle but on this particular night as my partner walked in the room she was already quiet and a little light moved passed him. He just had a feeling that it was his mother. Another time we were at his parents house and we has a bad argument going to bed and a pillow flew off the bed, still cant explain that but it was probably his mum trying to tell us to calm it hehe.

I personally have had experiences with the spirit world and know that these things happen and if you are open to hints and messages it can be very comforting. A friend of mine passed away in a car accident and the following day I went passed the scene and felt a pain in my neck, it wasnt till weeks later that I found out that he broke his neck. At the moment of his death the candles in my bathroom went mental (its the only way I can explain it) I only found out the following day he died and the time which sent shivers down my spine. Also I too his death quite hard and he was in my dream telling me he was fine, he was dead and told me that it was his neck but it wasnt too bad, I felt a million times better after that. Also for no reason at all everytime I hear the Police (doesnt matter what song) I think of him with a smile. To a sceptic it could all be coincidence and mind tricks but that wouldnt get us very far now would it!

Kittycat thanks for sharing your experiences! It really gives me hope that these little things are messages from my dad. It is nice to think that your DH's mother may have been around your baby. Comforting. Sorry to hear about your friend too. What you said about the candles at the moment of his death sent shivers down my spine too!!

Last night i had a dream about my dad, but he was ill in his hospital bed just how i remember he was towards the end of his life...not sure what that was all about but it was the first dream i have had of him since that scary one i mentioned in my first post!

Also i went to my mums house earlier and DD1 was lying on my mums bed. I sat down beside her, on my dads side of the bed and I suddenly could smell him in the room (his ashes are in there too!!) Very comforting

Anyone else want to share their experiences?

When my gran died I couldn't get back for her funeral as i was in Canada. I had a dream though shortly after the funeral where I was in her house with my Dad sorting out her stuff, and she was there sat in her chair but in my head I remembered she was dead. Then we went outside and me and my Dad started to cross the road and I looked back and my gran was still stood on the pavement and I realised then that she couldn't come with us. She waved then and said bye to me. It was a peculiarly vivid dream, felt totally real, and I woke up feeling that she had come back to say it was ok that I hadn't been able to go to the funeral, and to say her goodbyes. It is daft but I still find it comforting.

I don't know if these count as signs but they have been comforting to me |~

On the first anniversary of a friend's death I was driving to work on a country road, which slopes downwards. It is a plain road, not much to see usually. On this day I realised that the sky was tones of pale blue, merging into pink. The treetops were making a v shape against these beautiful colours and right in the middle of the V was a perfect round, white moon. It was truly beautiful and I have never seen the sky like that again on that road.

On the first anniversary of my Dad's death I kept looking for something, but nothing happened. But the next day I walked into the living room and there on the sofa was a piece of paper in his handwriting. He had written a lyric from a song of his favourite artist, someone very important to him.
I know he must have written it before he was even ill and it must have been tucked away somewhere and the DCs must have unearthed it. But such a coincidence to see it there straight after his anniversary.

Wow, badkitty i had a few dreams just after my dad died where he was asleep in bed, i could see him breathing and moving in his seep but i knew he was dead..sounds a bit like your dream in that way. I got to the hospital only a couple of minutes too late when he died so i thought maybe he was telling me that he is ok and at peace, and saying goodbye..because thats the bit im finding so hard-i didn't get to say goodbye.
Thanks for posting!

Aleene-sounds beautiful on the anniversary of your friend's death, must have been very comforting. And the paper with your dad's writing on, oh my gosh like you said the DC's could have unearthed it but still!!! Wow. Thanks for sharing!

maybebaby - so glad this is all seeming to cheer you up and yes, i believe it is your dad.

I'm training to be a medium at the moment, so I am very used to hearing of such occurrences and have had quite a few myself.

Have a look at some books by mediums about how we believe the afterlife works - it may give you even more comfort and confirm again, that it really could be signs from your dad to let you know that the spirit lives on after death.

There is so much to learn once you get into it and you may even realise that you have become more psychic yourself in other ways lately (lots of people are - please contact me if you'd like to know more!)

Lots of love

Thanks akangarooloose, could you recommend a book? I wouldn't know where to start

I think it would give me more comfort. I'd like to learn a bit about it all. I'd love to have a reading like those on TV, one to one with colin fry or sally morgan!

Hello
i don't think your Dad would want you to be afraid but those things might be the only way that him or whoever/whatever it is to 'contact' you which might appear frightening to you even more after that terrible dream.

i don't know what the 'solution' unfortunately but i do agree with one other comment as if you focus on things like that you will only see them.

Take care