Signs/messages after a person passes away

No

Yes I do. After my son died we became aware of green woodpeckers appearing at significant times of our lives. When mil was overwrought one flew into her garden and called. It was never there before. On the day of his funeral one sat in our garden and watched us go. Dd went for a job interview and one appeared outside in the grounds - she got the job. There are other times too.

I have several times throughout my life had very clear and vivid dreams of different people close to me who have died. Usually carrying a message (in some way) that they are "fine and happy".

The dreams almost always include me spotting them at a gathering or in a group and in the dream I rush to them saying "What are you doing here? You're dead!" and they smile and poof, they're gone. Recently I dreamt of a friend who died and although I didn't speak to her in the dream, I saw her at the back of a crowd and waved and she waved back really animatedly. In life she was really tall.

I relayed this to her daughter who said "Oh my gosh, she was known for those cringe-inducing waves". 😊

Are these signs? I don't know, but the dreams are strangely comforting.

I like to think so.

Some time after my dear sister died I was in her bedroom with my brother in law helping him organise her stuff to give to charity when we both stopped because her jewellery/music box was playing. It hadn’t played for years. And once the music stopped it never played again.
We didn’t feel at all spooked we just sat on the bed in tears.

Similar to Fallingstar above, my mother’s alarm clock began to beep the first time my brother visited my (very remote) house after our mum had died. Took me ages to track down the noise. The clock had been on a windowsill covered by detritus for months and was not even going, or so I had thought. It never beeped again after that. It was hugely comforting to us both.

My Mum is always around me. If I mislay anything I ask her to help me and she never fails. This will sound daft to many but I have a tiny Peruvian Worry Doll that goes everywhere with me. I keep it in my coat pocket and it’s like having Mum with me. She came to hospital and helped me all through my son’s major surgery and now with his chemo.

Yes. My husband is convinced white butterflies are a sign, I think Robins!

Might be utter rubbish, but it comforts us!

Also, many of our family have “sensed” presences in our home, to the point that we have (thought) we’ve seen “visions” of people.

No i m afraid I don’t
My loved ones are in my thoughts, I talk to them, I love them but that’s all, they do not and I believe, cannot contact anyone, they are a memory only
Everything else Robins, butterflies, pictures falling off walls is just our way of comforting ourselves.

Thanks everyone. I’m enjoying reading your experiences. Mine are different, too long to explain and things that happen in real life that instantly make me feel it’s a message from that person, but as you say, amazingly comforting. Please keep writing everyone

Cossy
There probably are people there.
I’ve seen 2 ghosts/ spirits. One was the late father of my boyfriend at the time and the other was my friends cat who had not long died.

I had lots of my mother’s bits and pieces in my home after she died and felt guilty about disposing of them either to charity shops or just throwing away.
One day when I was wondering what to do again my bedroom was filled with the scent of her room when she was in a care home.
She liked the smell of lavender and always had a room spray and lavender bags hanging in her wardrobe.
The scent was so powerful I was convinced she was telling me it was ok to part with them,
I don’t know why I was so reluctant because I have to admit I didn’t have the easiest of relationships with her but supported her fully to the end of her very long life.

I once “saw” my dad appearing at the window for a few days running. I won’t go into details, but I believe he was trying to warn us of a tragedy that occurred locally and in which our son could easily have been involved. That our son wasn’t there at the time was, I believe, an answer to a prayer brought on by “seeing” my dad. I just knew he was there for a reason, though I didn’t know what at the time.

No, I don’t but I’m glad people do if it brings them some degree of happiness or peace.

Many years ago a colleague lost her adult daughter.During conversations in the days before her death she told her mum she would come back as a butterfly…in strange and up expected places,
On the day of the funeral a butterfly folllwed the coffin up the aisle in Scotland in February and just a couple of weeks later when my friend took her GC on holiday a butterfly met them on the plane
I,m not a believer but they all got so much comfort from it that I wept
There’s no harm in. believing things that help when you,re grieving.

I definitely believe it and constantly ask for signs when I am feeling down. Out of nowhere we will get the strong smell of cigarettes (Mum and Dad were heavy smokers). I believe my Dad appears as a robin and my Mum as a squirrel, I know these are commonly seen but it'd the unusual circumstances when I tend to see them. It helps me anyway so I will continue to believe.

No ... not signs. My late OH has returned to his atoms, to the stardust. He is not in a position to send signs.

But lots of things trigger memories of course... some good, some less so.

Yes deff, But you sometimes have to look for them.
My mum died 5 yrs ago my dad last April.

Was watching youtube few weeks ago when randomly this decorator came on, he was papering a wall out of all the papers he could have chose it was the same paper that was on my dads kitchen wall.

About 12 mnths ago I was driving turned a corner, I was going to where my dad lived, I ended up behind a vehicle its number plate ended in DEE that was my mums nickname.

I have started writing down any coincidences./messages but just cant bring them all to mind right now.

Last week I was working in front of my friend on a checkout.
I turned round and said oh I've just had Angel numbers.

She said I had one in December. 23/23 it was the 23rd of December and it was the date of her daughters birthday who died 10 yrs ago.
So yes.

Definitely I certainly get messages and sense people that I really loved and miss.
I'm a restless sleeper and dream a lot these these days . But though I used to sleep well I still had vivid dreams .
In my dreams,my Grandma visits me and says I'm always with you .
I sense her when I'm gardening.
I also sense my parents.
I also feel that my best friend,who died tragically is sometimes around.

Oh yes and always when I have done a difficult job or need a solution to a problem. Just need to need open to the spirit world and the tiny messages they try to send. A closed mind will never see a message

eg When I moved after doing all the packing myself. on an interior landing a small fluffy white feather. Another time after dropping a very tiny allen nut into gravel, there it was, I got the nut back

I never lose anything, I just ask for help and go directly to the `lost` object. The partridge that sat on a fence by me after my husband died. The kestrel that sat on dgd window cill after her grandad passed. I have a mass of examples and always comforting and with guidance

When I was about 10, some long dead relations came to visit me and I have never been afraid of dying, never since then and nor do I get angry at loved ones who have died, it was their time

need to be open

It’s comforting to think coincidences are messages.
On Saturday I spotted the first snowdrop - a tiny speck of white which had pushed its way through the usual winter debris. It was part of a clump I had brought from my old garden I shared with DH.
It would have been his 81st birthday. ❤️

A school friend died during Covid so we all had to watch her funeral on a webcam in our respective homes. Afterwards, I went for a walk round a walled field. As I walked, a wheatear landed on the wall near me, looked at me and tweeted. It continued to fly in front of where I was walking round the edge of the field, where it would stop, tweet and look directly at me. Then off it would go again, land and so on right round the field. Eventually, it was starting to frighten me and I said, “Please X, can you stop this now?” Whereupon the bird flew away.

I believe that there are spirits around us that we are not equipped to perceive with our limited senses.

I always compare it to ants, busy doing whatever it is they do, with no perception of the world around them. They don't know about buildings, transport, in fact all aspects of our daily lives.

I think we are the same, going about our business with no concept of another dimension around us.

Sorry if that sounds a bit daft, but it's what I believe.