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Signs/messages after a person passes away

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hamster58 Mon 12-Jan-26 09:01:20

Does anyone feel that after someone in your world has gone that sometimes you get ‘messages’ from them. I don’t mean hearing their voice but rather things that happen that instantly make you feel like it’s a communication from them? Any examples would be interesting to hear…

JOJO60 Wed 14-Jan-26 13:57:40

Shortly after my son died, 3 years ago, I started receiving messages from him. He studied electrical engineering so it makes sense to me that he would use electricity to contact me. First, a lamp in my lounge (not a touch lamp) switched on and off. It still has the same bulb in and still works perfectly. I have 4 other lamps in my lounge and they didn't flicker so it was not a surge in power. My husband said the same thing happened to him in our garage where he was working. There are 4 lights in there but only the one over his work bench turned on and off. The next day the aerial plug in the back of the TV flew out. Neither of us goes into the corner behind the TV so it should not have been loose. There are a lot of things we don't understand, but science has proven that matter/ energy cannot be created or destroyed - it just changes from one state to another. I am a very logical person and I read lots of scientific articles and one day science will prove what happens after we die. Having an open mind allows us to receive messages from people who have passed over. Having a closed mind blocks them out.

Nannee49 Wed 14-Jan-26 14:22:14

Totally agree JOJO60 I'm very open minded as to undiscovered or yet to be rediscovered knowledge or energies.
We can't explain many things with absolute certainty either for or against, I'm fascinated by the science which digs deeper to try.

Sweetpea60 Wed 14-Jan-26 14:32:16

My mum died 3 years ago , I was unable to see her before she passed.her favourite flowers were yellow roses she had them in her wedding bouquet. 3 weeks after she passed my home shopping was delivered as usual but right on the top of the first container was half a dozen yellow roses.i hadn't ordered them I have never ordered flowers. So I like to think it was a sign from her

Labradora Wed 14-Jan-26 15:57:08

When I was admiring the first-born daughter of my ( then very) adult stepdaughter, astonishingly I saw almost the face and expression ( a particular impish grin and twinkling eye) of the child's paternal grandfather.
The child is a girl, not a boy, obviously and did not and does not actually look like him.
I was not " looking for" this " manifestation" for want of a better word , certainly did not expect it and found the whole experience really weird.
I liked but was not particularly emotionally involved with/attached to either the mother or the child. I was familiar with the grandfather who I'd seen reasonably regularly for about 10 years.He , again, I liked but was not deeply attached to.
My late father and mother and one very dear late friend all of whom I was very deeply attached to have never revisited me in any way after their deaths.
Spooky? Literally hadnothing to gain from this experience.

Oreo Wed 14-Jan-26 18:18:02

Nannee49

Totally agree JOJO60 I'm very open minded as to undiscovered or yet to be rediscovered knowledge or energies.
We can't explain many things with absolute certainty either for or against, I'm fascinated by the science which digs deeper to try.

Me too 😃

Cadenza123 Wed 14-Jan-26 18:27:50

I lost a ring my husband had made for my birthday. Looked everywhere. Couldn't bring myself to tell him as he was ill, couldn't replace as it was unique. My husband died and low and behold days before my birthday the ring turned up, somewhere I had looked several times. It felt like a present from him. While I don't actually believe it, this is my experience.

Retread Wed 14-Jan-26 19:06:42

My sister lives in a different country from me and went through an extremely difficult personal time after her son died, whilst at the same time experiencing serious health problems herself. I was sad and frustrated that I couldn't be with her to help her.

She made acquaintance with a woman through a casual introduction by a friend. This woman became a wonderful friend and support to my sister when it was badly needed, going out of her way and asked for nothing in return.

My sister was telling me about this woman in a phone call, and I asked "What is her name?" This "Earth Angel" has my late mother's name (an uncommon first name). Heaven sent.

Etoile2701 Wed 14-Jan-26 19:06:54

I had a very similar experience when my mother died. It gave me much comfort.

Toetoe Wed 14-Jan-26 22:01:13

I'm loving this thread. So wish there was a like button

nanna8 Wed 14-Jan-26 22:58:13

It’s a lovely thread ,isn’t it ? I never believed in ghosts or anything like that until I actually saw a very young man in our house who had recently died. My daughter also saw him. He just looked real and then disappeared, not scary or anything. Never seen anything like it before or since. Anyway, I now have a completely open mind about such things.

Bellab Tue 10-Feb-26 18:07:28

When my Husband died ,I had two wagtails appear in the garden,never seen them before. They have been here everyday since. I talk to them now!