My dad reaching out to me from beyond the grave...

[RDL]

I've been having dreams about him lately...
One where he was giving me crap about blacking out and waking up in another city...
One where he was a pillow angel...
One where his hospital bed was being lifted into a hole in the ceiling...
One where he was giving me crap about drinking coffee in the bathtub and i threw a bar of soap at him...

[RDL]

and someone was knocking loudly on my doors, my windows, and my ceiling last night,
but when i went to go check, no one was there...
i think my apartment is haunted...

[RDL]

and I found a nice rock today downtown, it was kinda shiny, kinda scratched, kinda dirty,
I really wanted to show it to my dad, I'm sure he can see it from heaven,
it's about the size of a quarter in diameter, looks like a little yellow potato...

my dad was a longtime member of a lapidary and mineral society,
and a longtime member of a yearly rock and gem show,
i think this was his way of reaching out to me

[RDL]

Anyway, I'm off to a ska and reggae festival in the inner harbour here in Victoria...
I think this is gonna be a really great summer for outdoor concerts

[Blue Frost]

I had quite a few dreams of my dad after I lost him, and still do occasionally.
It's good, and bad always, you get to see him, and them realize he is still gone, and it's just a dream.
I think about him, and my mom a lot, so I have more dreams of them I guess, you where likely thinking about him lately, or what he would think of your actions.
Could have been just the rock you found.

Still having someone like a parent in your head, especially a good one is like a conscious other than your own.
Also a person remembered isn't totally gone, part of them are still here with you.

[RDL]

I just have to remember that I'm still in my first year of dealing with his passing...
The one year anniversary of his passing is coming up on September 26...

Anyway, I'm outside a hotel near the BC Legislature listening to a JazzFest performance...
Then I've got another concert to go to, that one's near the Langley Street toilet...
Then I've got a meeting across from St. Ann's Academy...
Then maybe time to go home, have some dinner, write in my journal, listen to CFAX 1070, then go to bed...

[Blue Frost]

I know the feeling, I'm dealing with my moms passing also.
I sent her to the hospital, and she never got to leave there, and yes I blame the hospital as much as myself for sending her there.

[Gary Oak]

I believe that I may have been reached by an old friend who passed away a few days ago in the Philippines. More precisely a photo shared by his son or daughter was visited by her dad’s spirit.

[Yong Jessie]

Of note sure seems be a very big P.I. THEME AMONST THE FORUM MEMBERS.

is it just a coincidence or done on purpose?

[Blue Frost]

I personally don't believe in ghost, spirits, or a lot of the stuff people do.
There is a rational explanation for most of it.
I have spent a lot of time trying to get past my loved ones deaths, and it's hard, but the sounds, and shadows are usually just that.
Floors, houses shrink, and swell, lights makes shadows, air also moves with temps from lights, and heat.
My biggest thing that bothers me is when I'm almost asleep, the mind tricks you a lot.
Even just being alone creates thoughts of something there, or wishing for it.

I have lost many loved ones in my life, it's hard, and all we can do is go on for who we have left.
My anchor is my family, especially the kids which love me so much.