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What is the apparition's message?

By , About.com GuideNovember 28, 2009

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"My mother, who has been sick these past three years, says she was seeing people in her room," says Rosalva. "She would see a tall man with a flower, which he would throw on her bed. She tried to wake up my father, but by then the man would be gone. After a few days, the same man appeared, but shorter and with a dozen roses. We used to think that it was because of her medication, but not long ago, the tall man appeared again and this time my mother woke my father and he saw the ghost. My mother doesn't feel frightened by the ghosts, but she thinks that they are trying to tell her something. We want to know what's going on."

Rosalva, I certainly understand why you at first thought it was your mother's medication that was responsible for the things she was seeing. That was my initial reaction, too, until you revealed that your father was able to see the very same apparition.... Read the rest of my response.

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November 30, 2009 at 5:17 pm
(1) priscilla wolf says:

spirits with flowers are usually death Angels,

December 1, 2009 at 10:57 pm
(2) Jeff says:

The flowers themselves may be some kind of message. If she can remember what type of flower he had the first time, she might want to look up the meaning of that type of flower. The color of the dozen roses may be significant too. His changing size might be part of a message too…although I don’t know what it might be. It seems odd that the apparition would change sizes for no reason though.

Although we’ve already determined it isn’t just a medicine induced hallucination, even if it were, her subconscious mind may have been trying to tell her something. The details may be in the appearance and gestures.

But I agree, the best thing she could probably do is just ask the apparition what he wants.

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