Grandma's Watch
Julie’s sister Sue had an appointment to see a psychic medium. Julie wanted to go, too, but could not because of other commitments. “At the exact time of her appointment,” Julie says, “I remembered our grandmother who had died 14 years previously. I also remembered her old-fashioned watch on a long chain, which had been given to me shortly after she died.” Julie reached into her jewelry box and pulled out the watch. She then said out loud, "Nan, if there is such a thing as life after death, mention the watch to Sue and this will be my proof." Julie felt a little silly at having said this and thought nothing more of it. The following day when she met Sue, Sue showed her the notes she had taken at the psychic sitting. Half way down the sheet of paper were scribbled lines describing a lady who was coming through to the medium, and the words she kept saying were, "Here's your proof – the proof you've been asking for." Sue was skeptical because she didn’t understand the message. "What was really strange," Sue told Julie, "was that the medium described the lady she was seeing as leaning forward holding out a fob watch on a chain, which she was wearing. Didn't Nan have one of those?"
Grandmother's Strong Hand
Karen never knew her maternal grandmother since she died when her own mother was just nine years old. One night, Karen was walking home after meeting with friends. She stepped into the street to cross when she felt a strong hand grip her by the shoulder. “This hand not only pulled me back on to the sidewalk,” Karen says, “but was strong enough to land me on my posterior on the sidewalk. When I glanced around me, I caught a glimpse of a light blue, periwinkle-colored dress with tiny white flowers.” Other than that, there was absolutely no one around to account for whoever grabbed her. At the exact same time, a car came whizzing around the corner at breakneck speed. “If I had been standing where I was a moment earlier, I would certainly have been run over and either seriously injured or killed,” Karen declares. When she returned home, still shaken by the near accident, Karen told her mother what had happened. “When I told her that I saw a periwinkle-colored dress with white flowers just after I was pulled out of harm's way, she blanched and became completely still,” Karen says. “She told me that my grandmother had a dress exactly like the one I described, and that it was my mother's favorite. To this day, I feel my grandmother's presence around me. I think she is looking out for me.”
Brother Still Teases
When C.B.’s brother died, he went to his apartment to find papers concerning his military service for burial purposes. But he couldn't find them, although he searched the apartment thoroughly. Fortunately, even without the papers, his brother was given a military burial after C.B. made some phone calls. “Later, when I returned to his apartment, I was still angry I hadn't found his file,” says C.B. “Well, there it was on the kitchen table. And there he was, sitting in his favorite chair with a smug smile on his face. I went to chew him out for putting me through all this trouble... and he disappeared.” Later, C.B. needed the registration for his brother’s car so he could have it towed to storage. He asked his brother’s landlord to search the car for the missing registration, and he assured C.B. that he had checked very carefully (the visors, the glovebox, the trunk, etc.) and found nothing. The following morning, C.B. went to his brother’s apartment to wait for the tow truck and decided to check the car again. “I opened the driver's door, and there on the driver's seat were the car registration and insurance papers,” C.B. says. “Needless to say, the landlord came over to see and freaked out. My brother and I were so mentally bonded, I guess he had to give me a last tease, as he did in life, to leave me loving memories of his shenanigans.”
