Diana J ADC
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So many of the descriptions of being wrapped in feelings of Peace, Bliss, And Love and the telepathic communication that I read about in the nderf  testimonials also happened to me 15 minutes after my father passed away clear across the country in Oregon. 

    I live in Maryland. My father and I have a very strong bond even now. He became a nurse after he retired from the Air Force, and realized that his mind was slipping badly. Having cared for many  Alzheimer's patients, he said to me and to my three sisters that he was "checking out."  He stopped eating. He refused to allow me to fly to his side~~it was ok for my sisters to see him, though. During the next two weeks, I talked to him, then to his devoted nurses. My Beloved said that I was so anguished that I did everything but crash my car.

     I am retired and I pet-sit as my fun job in retirement.  I returned from a pet-sit & was standing in our driveway when my nephew called to tell me that my Dad had passed away very peacefully.  After we hung up, I felt suspended at a threshold of life without my Dad. But THEN, a strong feeling of absolute, ethereal bliss poured over me and wrapped all around, and through me. I then sensed my Beloved Dad standing in front of me, his hands on my shoulders, and, mind to mind, he spoke to me ~~in ALL CAPS AND EXCLAMATION POINTS!!!

It was his familiar, but Extremely Excited voice that was in my head saying, DIANA!!  DON'T CRY!!

YOU DON'T HAVE TO CRY!!  IT'S WONDERFUL!!

I LOVE YOU!!!

     The Bliss that he brought with him evaporated.  I looked around, still in my stunned state and said a dumb thing out loud...

"What The Hell Just Happened Here!!?? OOPS!! Sorry!!!!"

    I realized that I had been too stunned to say anything to him!!!

    I realize that My Dad gave me the Huge Gift of knowing that That Better Place really does exist, and he's there with my Mom, my other nephew, my little sister, and all of our much-loved pets, and they're all REALLY HAPPY!

     Whenever I go to a funeral or meet someone who is sick with grief, I tell them what my Dad did so that they know that their loved ones are also happy in that place that's 

WONDERFUL!!!! 

  I don't know if you may find this experience useful in your research, but it corroborates so many others' experiences, from both my Dad's point of view and my own. I find it amazing that he came all the way from Oregon to Maryland in 15 minutes, maybe less!~~ to make a quick stop to tell me how happy he is!!

Reading a couple of the After Death experiences reminded me of one of them...finding a card that a colleague gave me when I retired~~but it suddenly dropped out of a box onto the floor YEARS later shortly after our Beloved orange cat, Bogey, passed away.  The retirement card showed a cartoon orange cat waving,  accompanied by the message, "I guess it's time to say Goodbye." I was Floored~~and deeply touched.

   Sometime later, I attended an Animal Communication seminar, and in a workshop, someone told me that he sensed an orange cat saying he wanted to be my Spirit Guide!

    At some time in the 1980s, at work in the Smithsonian's Freer Gallery of Art, at two different times, I was chatting with men who worked there. During each of the conversations, a barely visible gossamer black veil suddenly passed across the men's faces. I don't know HOW, but on some level, I understood that it meant that they would soon be leaving this earth. And I was surprised that, not only did I understand that, but I accepted it. I, of course, said nothing to the men.  In each case, two months later, I learned of the mens' deaths.  I have never seen this sign since.

    However, many years later, a feral cat I was feeding (we called him Tank!)  came over to me and put his paw on my hand when I put a dish of food down for him. My immediate reaction was that he was saying Goodbye!  But then I argued with myself that I was Wrong and being Silly~~ that cat was only One Year Old, and was probably saying Thank You!!!  Three days later, Heartbroken,  I picked him up from the middle of the road in front of our house and buried that beautiful, wild cat. Tank KNEW!!!

    These experiences started to make me feel as if I had some kind of weird relationship with Death.  I didn't Bring these experiences to myself~~They Happened out of the Blue. But I have since come to realize that, in an odd way, Death is a part of Life, if you will~~a transition to Going Back To Heaven From Whence We Came, and my Dad's message to me about how Wonderful it is was the perfect confirmation! 

    Now,  mourning Doves say Hello for my Mother, Blue Jays say hi for my Dad, and, since Mid April, when my little sister passed away, age 60, a very persistent Cardinal has been thumping itself into every window of our house for Months~~even when we've covered them with paper or black trash bags to remove any reflection!  

A friend/petsitting client of mine whose Beloved Doberman, Chip,  passed away months before, was chatting with me over tea at her dining table. She suddenly Startled and said that something had put its head in her lap!!

We looked around, and remembered that her other dogs were all outside. Then I realized that the only explanation was that that sweet Chip was saying Hi to her~~ and how privileged I was that he did it when I was visiting!