Randy S ADC
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When I met my wife she was living in Louisville, Ky. but was from West side of
Cincinnati. Her mom was a well known and beloved nurse at Good Samaritan
Hospital in Cincinnati. My wife's brother was getting married and Kate knew she
needed a heart valve replacement and scheduled it after he got married so she
could witness the ceremony. Afterwards, she had the surgery by the same surgeons
she worked with and while the surgery was successful, they could not get her
heart restarted post op. They ended up transferring her to University of
Louisville hospital for a week, but sadly they ended up having to remove her
from life support. My wife was only 21.
After we met, she moved back to Cincinnati and we eventually got married and
were living in my small, 2 bedroom house in Amelia, east of Cincinnati. We had
our first child, Grant, born in 2012 and were so excited. He always a challenge to
get him to take naps and on this particular day, my wife was working on a
Saturday and I was alone with the baby. I spent an hour trying to get him to
sleep, standing bent over the crib stroking his forehead until he closed his
eyes and then would try quietly to back out of the room, inadvertently stepping
on a creaking board and he would spring back to wide awake. It was very
frustrating, but after an hour and a half he finally conked out and I was able
to escape the room. I walked out into the hallway and into the bathroom several
feet away and stared into the mirror at myself exhaustedly, thinking about the
ordeal.
Just then, clear as day and audibly loud, I hear a woman's voice say, 'I loooove
you.' come from the bedroom with my son. A chill went straight up through me and
my eyes widened. I stood still for a moment, then got up the courage to back up
and peer into the room with the crib. No one was there and Grant was soundly
sleeping.
I
knew instantly it was Kate coming to see her first grand child. When I told my
wide later that day, she did not believe me and was irritated by the idea that
her mom would appear to me and not her, but I had always been open to the
spiritual realm and I believe that is why I was able to hear her. Nothing like
that ever happened since, but I am 100% sure in what I heard that day.
Was this experience difficult to express in words?
No
Did you ONLY sense an awareness of presence of the
deceased without actually seeing, hearing, feeling or smelling them?
No
Did you hear the deceased or hear something
associated with the deceased?
Yes
Describe what you heard, how clearly you heard it and what was
communicated:
Audible and clear and loudly heard a woman
proclaim, 'I looove you.' in a very tender and loving inflection.
Did the voice or sound seem to
originate externally or outside of you, inside you, or did you not hear a voice
or sound, but had a sense of knowing what was communicated?
It came from the baby's room.
If you heard a voice or sound, was it similar or dissimilar
from the voice or sound the deceased made when they were alive?
I have no way to
verify as I never met her and there are no videos or remnants of her voice.
Is there any possibility what you heard was from any other
source present in the surroundings at the time of your experience?
My wife thinks maybe it was from outside. There we
no TVs on and our home was on a cul-de-sac with 40-50 feet from the road or the
nearest house.
Was there any possible impairment to your hearing at the time
of the experience?
No.
Did you feel a touch or experience any physical
contact from the deceased?
No
Did you see the deceased?
No
Did you smell a distinct smell, scent, fragrance
or odor associated with the deceased?
No
How long did the experience last?
less than 5 seconds
Was the beginning and end of the experience gradual or more sudden?
sudden. It just happened and then silence.
Could you sense the emotions or mood of the deceased?
Yes
Like a loving mother would talk to her child
How do you currently view the reality of your experience?
Experience was
definitely real
Please explain why you view the reality of your experience as real or not
real:
I heard it clear as day. There was no other
possibility.
Was the experience dream like in any way?
No
What did you feel (while awake) immediately prior to your experience?
Happy
Describe in detail
your feelings/emotions during the experience:
It was a bit scary immediately, but then I thought it was a very cool
occurrence.
Was there any emotional healing in any way following the experience?
No
What was the best and worst part of your experience?
Confirmation that loved ones are still around us and able to check in. Not
having my wife believe me.
Has your life changed specifically as a result of
your experience?
No
Did you observe or hear anything regarding people or events during your
experience that could be verified later?
No
What emotions did you
feel during the experience?
Confusion, happiness.
Was the experience witnessed or experienced by others?
No
Did you have any sense of altered space or time?
No
Did you have a sense of knowing, special
knowledge, universal order and/or purpose?
No
Did you become aware of future events?
No
Did you have any psychic, paranormal or other
special gifts following the experience that you did not have prior to the
experience?
No
Did you experience a separation of your
consciousness from your body?
No
Did you meet or see any other beings other than
the deceased?
No
Did you see a light?
No
Did any part of your experience seem to occur in a
place other than the location described above?
No
Have you shared this experience with others?
Yes
Some relatives totally believe it was
Katie. My wife still thinks it was not what I said.
Have you shared this experience formally or informally with any other
researcher or web site?
No
Is there anything else you would
like to add regarding your experience?
No
Were there any associated medications or substances with the
potential to affect the experience?
No
Following the experience, have you had any other events in your life,
medications or substances which reproduced any part of the experience?
No
Did you ever in your life have a near-death experience, out of body
experience or other spiritual event?
No
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Experience description 2585:
Several years before I met my wife, her mom had passed away. Her mom was a
highly regarded RN at the local hospital and worked with surgeons and doctors.
She had learned that she needed a heart valve replacement surgery and had
scheduled it and was confident it would be an ordinary operation. The operation
was being done by the surgeons she worked with, so there was an added comfort
that she was in good hands. While the surgery itself went without a hitch, after
it was completed the doctors could not get her heart restarted to beat on its
own. They transported her from Cincinnati to Louisville, Kentucky to a well
known heart hospital but after several days it was apparent they would not be
able to get her heart to beat on its own and so decided to turn off life support
and let her pass.
Flash forward to several years later when I met my now wife. It was uncanny all
of the similar things we shared in common. Though she was living in Louisville,
she was from Cincinnati. Her best friend's dad owned a church right up the
street from my house. We knew similar people and we just clicked and felt like
the other was the one we had been searching for all of this time. On my first
visit down to Louisville to see her, it happened to be the anniversary of the
loss of her mom. It felt like a sad day was given an option to be a better day.
It was like mom had tried to bring her joy to cheer her up. We joked that her
mom must have been 'aligning the stars' to bring us together.
We
eventually got married and had the first of 2 boys. There were many times that
my wife struggled with not having her mom around. Not there for the wedding, not
there for her the birth of the kids or to be there to play with them and do the
things grandmothers do. At the time, my wife had to work occasionally on the
weekend at her job as a mental health therapist. It was one chosen by her to try
and help others based on the grief she had worked through on her own.
My son Grant was probably just a few months old if that and so it was
just him, the cat and me alone in the house on this particular Saturday.
Grant had always been a nightmare to get to sleep. It was frustrating...spending
30 minutes rocking him to get him to close his eyes, trying to silently back out
of the room and stepping on a squeaky floor plank to have him snap back
awake..the life of parents. After probably an hour of trying to get him to nap,
I was finally able to tip-toe backwards out of the room without him waking. I
left the door open as new parents do, afraid to leave him out of my sight on my
watch.
Nothing was on in the house. No radio, no TV, and the sound of no crying felt
great. Shortly after, I walked into the bathroom to wash my hands and for a
moment was standing looking at my reflection in the mirror, thinking about
nothing in particular, when I heard in a normal speaking voice, the sound of a
woman coming from my son's bedroom (but also maybe in my head) say, ' I love
you.' It was in a very tender, sincere way a loving mother admires her child. A
chill ran up from my toes to my hair and I froze, because I knew no one else was
home and the house was otherwise silent. I slowly got the nerve to back up and
peak into the open bedroom and no one was there!
Since then nothing really has happened again. The house never felt ominous or
haunted in any way. I believe that she had come to see her first born grandchild
in person and the experience was pretty amazing. I told my wife and she is still
skeptical and questioned why her mom did not appear to her. I believe it is
because I am more open to the paranormal whereas she is more logical and fact
based.
After the birth of our second son we moved to a new house and here and there
have had little events happen. Lights turning on by themselves, the dog staring
for 15 minutes straight at the corner of the room on multiple occasion...so
maybe she is still there, watching over and being grandma from above.
Was this experience difficult to express in words?
No
Did you ONLY sense an awareness of presence of the
deceased without actually seeing, hearing, feeling or smelling them?
No
Did you hear the deceased or hear something
associated with the deceased?
Yes
Describe what you heard, how clearly you heard it and what was
communicated:
Very clear woman's
voice at conversation volume saying, 'I Love You!'
Did the voice or sound seem to
originate externally or outside of you, inside you, or did you not hear a voice
or sound, but had a sense of knowing what was communicated?
I perceived it as coming from the bedroom, but also
kind of just 'there' right in my head as well.
If you heard a voice or sound, was it similar or dissimilar
from the voice or sound the deceased made when they were alive?
I never got to hear her voice to compare, sadly.
Is there any possibility what you heard was from any other
source present in the surroundings at the time of your experience?
None. The house was silent.
Was there any possible impairment to your hearing at the time
of the experience?
No.
Did you feel a touch or experience any physical
contact from the deceased?
Yes
Maybe a touch or maybe just a chill from the shock of it.
Was the touch familiar or unfamiliar?
No.
Was anything communicated by the touch?
No.
Is there any possibility what you felt was from any other source present in
the surroundings at the time of your experience?
No.
Did you see the deceased?
No
Did you smell a distinct smell, scent, fragrance
or odor associated with the deceased?
No
How long did the experience last?
About 10 seconds.
Was the beginning and end of the experience gradual or more sudden?
No.
Could you sense the emotions or mood of the deceased?
Yes
It sounded like a woman seeing her child and communicating pure love.
Did the deceased give you information you did not previously know?
No.
How do you currently view the reality of your experience?
Experience was
definitely real
Please explain why you view the reality of your experience as real or not
real:
It was as real as if a living person was standing
next to me talking.
Was the experience dream like in any way?
No
Describe in detail
your feelings/emotions during the experience:
Was a bit scared, amazed and confused all at once.
Was there any emotional healing in any way following the experience?
No Response
What was the best and worst part of your experience?
That I got to meet my mother in law in a way and to know she is getting to
see her grandkids grow up. The only bad part is I wished my wife could have been
present to experience it.
Has your life changed specifically as a result of
your experience?
No