I WAS FALLING ASLEEP AFTER FEEDING MY NEWBORN SON THIS WAS THE NIGHT AFTER MY DAD PASSED HE PASSED ON 9-26-02 AT 1:48AM THIS HAPPENED ON 9-27-04 AROUND 5 IN THE MORNING. 

I OPEN MY EYES BECAUSE IT SEEMED THE SUN WAS OUT IT WAS VERY BRIGHT IN THE ROOM I LOOKED UP THE THE CEILING AND SAW WHAT LOOKED LIKE THE SUN, THE WAY A CHILD WOULD DRAW THE SUN.  THEN I FELT A BRUSH ON MY FACE LIKE SOMEONE WAS TOUCHING MY FACE AT FIRST I WAS SCARED BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS A SPIDER OR A BUG BUT THEN I FELT PEACE AND NO FEAR AND I NEVER HEARD MY DADS VOICE BUT I JUST KNEW IT WAS HIM AND HE WAS TELLING ME BYE AND HE WAS OKAY AND THAT HE WAS IN HEAVEN I BELIEVE THAT I SAW HEAVEN IT WAS THE LIGHT THAT WAS A BRIGHT AS THE SUN BUT IT DID NOT HURT TO LOOK AT IT.  MY DAD IS PART OF THAT LIGHT.

I KNOW WHERE HE IS BECAUSE I WONDERED IF HE WAS IN HEAVEN AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH AND IT BOTHERED ME A LOT SO I BELIEVE HE CAME TO LET ME KNOW HE WAS IN HEAVEN AND OKAY.  SINCE THEN I HAVE NOT HAD ANY MORE EXPERIENCE BUT MY SON WHO WAS 8 WEEKS OLD WHEN MY DAD PASSED AND IS 2 NOW WILL SAY BY POCK (THIS IS WHAT MY OLDEST CHILD CALLED MY DAD) WHEN WE LEAVE MY MOM AND DADS HOUSE. I HAVE ALSO TOOK HIM TO MY FATHER GRAVE AND BEFORE I COULD EVEN START UP THE HILL HE WENT TO MY DADS GRAVE AND SAID POCK, THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME HE HAD EVER BEEN TAKEN THERE.

Was this experience difficult to express in words? 

No

Did you hear the deceased or hear something associated with the deceased?         

No

Did you feel a touch or experience any physical contact from the deceased?           

Yes

BRUSH ON THE FACE

            Was the touch familiar or unfamiliar?  

FAMILIAR

I JUST HAD PEACE AND I KNEW IT WAS MY DAD

            Was anything communicated by the touch? 

PEACE AND LETTING ME KNOW HE WAS IN HEAVEN AND OKAY

            Is there any possibility what you felt was from any other source present in the surroundings at the time of your experience? 

NO IT WAS ONLY ME AND MY 8 WK OLD SON WHO WAS IN THE CRIB ACROSS THE ROOM

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?       

AT LEASE ONE MINUTE

Was the beginning and end of the experience gradual or more sudden?        

SUDDEN

Could you sense the emotions or mood of the deceased?          

Yes

PEACE EVERYTHING WAS OKAY AND FOR ME NOT TO WORRY ANYMORE

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:         

I KNOW IT WAS MY DAD AND I KNOW THAT THE LIGHT I SAW WAS HEAVEN

            Was the experience dream like in any way?  

No

Describe in detail your feelings/emotions during the experience:          

FEAR THEN PEACE AND HAPPY BECAUSE I HAD MY FATHER TELL ME HE WAS OKAY

Was there any emotional healing in any way following the experience?          

Yes

I KNEW MY DAD WAS IN HEAVEN

What was the best and worst part of your experience?     

I KNOW MY DAD IS OKAY

Did you have any changes of attitudes or beliefs following the experience?   Yes     I KNOW THAT THERE IS A HEAVEN

Did the experience give you any spiritual understandings such as life, death, afterlife, God, etc.?            Yes     I KNOW THAT THERE IS A HEAVEN

Death Compacts are when two or more living people promise among themselves that whoever dies first will try to contact the other(s).  Have you ever made such a compact?        No

Did you observe or hear anything regarding people or events during your experience that could be verified later?          Yes I TOLD MY MOM AND BROTHER AND THEY BOTH SAID THAT THEY FELT SOMETHING

What emotions did you feel during the experience?            RELAXED, HAPPY SAD AND GRIEF.

Was the experience witnessed or experienced by others?           Yes

NO ONE WAS IN THE ROOM BUT I TOLD MY MOTHER AND BROTHER ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY FELT SOMETHING AROUND THE SAME TIME AND THEY FELT PEACE AND NO FEAR

Did you see a light?           Yes

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     MOTHER AND BROTHER AND DAUGHTER