In June of '96 my dear father had passed on, as my mother and I was in the hospital visiting him, he was starting to go back into a coma that he had been in before, I was sitting at the foot end of the hospital bed, and I whispered ( to myself ) but directing it at Dad...( mostly not to get my Mom upset ) Dad, if you see that light at the end of the tunnel, go to it! You will have peace and tranquility there, just go towards the light!

A month later I was in the hospital do to pneumonia and other lung problems, the doctors had me on a very large dose of steroids trying to help my lungs off, well when you are on a high dose of steroids, sometimes things don't seem the way they are...my husband and mother laughed at me cause one night, I was so fun of nervous energy I called them at 3 in the morning, not to mention I sat up painting my nails ( which of course is a no-no in the hospital ) all nail polish has to be OFF...

Well, this one night I wasn't really tired but quite warm so I walked to the other side of the room to turn the air conditioner on full blast! Thank goodness I didn't have a room mate at that time cause I would have probably froze her out! I also need to say that this was probably my 4th day in the hospital and I was not getting no sleep...

Well it was around 2AM when everyone is supposed to be sleeping, I had my TV on low just gazing at it, and my thoughts turned to my father and how I never got a chance to say to him, that I loved him and that I would miss him...well right after those thoughts, there was like a mist or fog that was coming out of the air conditioning vent, I was getting ready to ring for the nurse, cause I thought that the darn thing was on fire or something...but at that moment something stopped me, I had a strong smell come pass me of my fathers favorite after shave "Old Spice" and it kind of put me in a trance as I started to watch this FOG take shape, I would guess it was only a minute but it was my father, I started to cry ( as I am doing now ) the spirit of my father did not talk to me but I could feel what he wanted to say! He was telling me that I would get better from my sickness and that he was always near me..as I looked at him, I said "Oh Dad I love you so much!" The Spirit of Dad looked at me and Smiled the biggest smile...It was then that I was at peace with myself...as the fog started to go, I got the feeling of a Bear Hug...which is what my das use to do to me when I was a little girl! That night was the best night I had, I was at peace cause I finally said what I wanted to my Father and to also know that he is watching over me, after that I had no more restless nights and the rest of my hospital stay was restful...