Originally Posted by kwhite
They do communicate to us. For years after I was married at Thanksgiving I would call my mother and say, "hey Ma, how do you make stuffing?" It became a joke. After a while I knew but I still called. Well she died in 2001 in October. One month later no one to call to say, "Hey Ma" to. Well soon before Thanksgiving my phone rang and it was my brother. He says, "Hey Karen, how do you make stuffing?" I think I laughed for 5 mins before I could tell him why he actually called.
I believe in angels and spirits.
How amazing, almost the same thing happened to me. After my mum got older and could no longer stand the strain of preparing a large Thanksgiving dinner, I took over the job. For many years after, I would call my my mum on Thanksgiving morning saying, "OK, mum, now how many stalks of celery do I need?" The first year after mum passed, my eldest daughter decided she wanted to have the Thanksgiving dinner. I was badly missing my mother on Thanksgiving morning, and the next thing I knew, the phone rang and my DD was saying, "Mommy, how much celery do I need?" Normally, my DD is very independent and hates to ask for help and loves to use new recipes, so I think it was my mum that prodded her to call.