Readers Stories In Spirit As In Life In August 1998 my father had a stroke that left him in a coma for 3 months. He was in hospital on the Isle of Wight and I live in Oxfordshire. My wife and my sister in-law had gone to visit him and I was working. When I came home from work the whole house smelt of lavender, a really strong smell. I thought that my wife had bought a lavender plant because she had mentioned buying one a few days before, so I thought nothing of it. Later the same day, I phoned her to see how things were and I mentioned the lavender plant but she told me that she hadn't bought one yet. I spoke to my mother about it and she told me that they had been bathing my father in lavender oil at the same time I smelt it 70 miles away. In November he died, it was a miserable rainy grey day on the day of his funeral but half way through the service the sun broke through and filled the Crematorium with beautiful warm sunshine then as quickly as it came it started to rain again. Shortly before he had his stroke, my wife and my children moved to a new house, which he only visited once. As he drove away I had this feeling that I wouldn't see him again. After he died, I twice felt him standing behind me. Once when I was cooking I was suddenly aware of someone behind me, I didn't look around and I wasn't the slightest bit scared but I know it was him. On the other occasion I was sitting in the lounge and experienced the same thing both times I was alone in the house but since then nothing. At about the same time my niece started to draw pictures of a person coming out of the wall and hovering over her bed. When my brother asked her what it was she just said "oh, it's only grand-dad, he comes to see me every night and just smiles at me? Tim Lawrence   [Home][Top][Back] If page is loaded out of frames click Here This material may not be copied, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Ghost Watch UK are not held responsible for any actions taken after reading any of our pages!