Reddit reviews Hello from Heaven: A New Field of Research-After-Death Communication Confirms That Life and Love Are Eternal

Lost my mom in April and she was my best friend in the world. I was her caregiver as she lost the ability to walk this last year. So we were inseparable. I also had cancer before her, so without question, it’s harder to be the one to watch a loved one suffer. I wasn’t expected to survive, so I can tell you that being the patient was easier for me. I had no fear of dying when I was the one sick; however, I definitely had fear of losing my mom.

Somehow the most beautiful version of myself has emerged, but it took some work. I had no one to lean on, so by the grace of God I pulled out of it. Just trust that even when it seems impossible, you will find joy again. I held my mother as she took her final breaths and then had to sit with her for 6 hours bc the funeral home was understaffed. This meant I had to wash and clean her body and prepare her. I consider it the greatest honor of my life. I knew, without question, it was just her body there. Her soul was free and happy in Heaven. I FELT IT.

Main things I did:

• Disconnected from social media for 3 months bc the triggers of seeing other families together is hard. I also didn’t want to seek validation externally. I wanted to do it all from inside.

• Changed my eating habits. Walked the dogs everyday. Did everything natural so I could feel; I didn’t want to come back someday and have to deal with the junk.

• Went outside and sat in the sun for 10 minutes every single morning.

• Allowed myself to mourn and feel sadness when it came on. Be mindful of what triggers you, then get to the root of WHY it does. For instance, I don’t like stores that play Christmas music right now. I have to ask what specifically do I not like about the Christmas music? I determined it was the songs that say things like “I’ll be home for Christmas” bc, no, my mom won’t be home.

• Emotional release massage therapy was a game changer for me

• Gave myself 3 months to mourn. That next week planned a solo trip. I believe this was the start of my true healing.

• Was often too tired to journal, so recorded my thoughts in my phone by digitally recording them (similar to how they do therapy for soldiers with PTSD). Then made myself listen to it all down the road about months 5-6. Life changing. I’d grown so much.

• Talk to my mom everyday. I feel her more than ever. Look for the feathers, heart rocks and clouds, messages from people and rainbows. She sends them all the time. I miss my girl soooooo much but I literally feel her every second and I know, without a doubt, she is with God and so happy. If you are interested in learning more how loved ones communicate after death, the best-seller Hello! From Heaven is a great one.

• Early on, you might go through the numbness stage at first. Just know that grief doesn’t follow a path. Be kind and patient to yourself.

I am praying for your peace and heart because I know how tough it is. Give yourself permission to rest A LOT!!! Grief sucks it out of you. Feel free to DM me anytime. Just know that even when it seems impossible, you will learn to see this as a gift and your Dad is there and will carry you through. Trust me on this.

First of all, my heart aches for you and I am so sorry about your mom. You have every right to miss her and grieve her loss. My mom was 57 and died 5 weeks ago. I can't compare our two losses because yours was unexpected and my mom was sick. We thought she had lots of time left, but we did essentially understand it would likely be the last Christmas, etc. I share that just to reiterate that grief does not look the same across the board. I can't even imagine your heartache right now.

With that said -- I can share there are ways for you to definitely "feel" your loved one and receive messages. If anyone would've told me this a year ago, I would have called them crazy or said it was grief-induced hallucinations. I'm a Christian and thought it was outside my beliefs to even hear from my loved one, which is also crazy when we believe in eternal life. If our loved ones live on, well then of course they might want to let us know they're safe.

Now that I've lived through it, it is REAL. The first thing is to familiarize yourself with the "common ways deceased loved ones communicate to you." I was only introduced to this phenomenon when my close friend died a couple years ago. I started finding feathers everywhere in the strangest places. My mom and I actually talked about it back then because it was the strangest thing. I wouldn't look for them nor think about my friend in the moment and the feathers kept showing up tucked under my shoelaces or under a hat in the car, along my path out of place, etc. At first it kind of scared me, then it made me smile and affected my mood and really strengthened me. It gave me a little "nudge" that basically reminded me: "Hey, don't worry about me. I'm fine and doing well. Go live your life."

My mom saw the profound impact it had on me. I told my mom then that if anything ever happened to her, she had to promise me she'd find a way to let me know she made it to Heaven. I just didn't think it'd really happen to me or that it was real. I convinced myself that the feathers were all an imagination.

Well after my mom died, she didn't waste any time. One of the last conversations I had with my mom she said "I'll send you red dots." I was like huh, red dots? She told "just wait, you'll see." She said it was a represented the blood of Jesus. I just laughed and told myself she was on a lot of drugs. My mom loved the Lord, but that's not something she would say. I remember in that moment kind of imagining that maybe one day I'd be walking in downtown and see giant red dots on buildings or something.

Well, right after she died I about fell over one morning when I walked outside and saw all these red flowers had bloomed inside these trees. I'd NEVER seen anything like it!!! When I looked out my window, the red flowers in the trees literally looked like red dots. Once again, some might say it's just a coincidence, but there was just a supernatural joy and peace that overcame me in that moment. I can't explain it other than to say I just KNEW it was her.

The other big thing that happened early on was the night before her funeral. I had an iPhone that bricked about six months ago and got it replaced. I was REALLY upset about it because it held so many vacation photos and videos. Like an idiot, I didn't save any of it and went to Apple repeatedly for them to help me retrieve the content. The phone was a goner, so I put it away in my home office and forgot about it. The night before my mom's funeral I was up all night editing the video we decided to play at her funeral. My brother wasn't around much and I became pretty emotional when I couldn't find any video of him to include in the funeral video. I was shaking and upset because I already knew how this would go down. He'd be mad that he was left out and it'd create some major tension.

WELL, I will never ever ever forget what happened next. It was the most incredible moment of my life! In the middle of the night my phone kept popping up with an iPhone message that said another phone with my Apple ID logged on. I dismissed it over and over and then it dawned on me like a brick hit me in the head. I walked to the office all stunned and thought to myself: "there is no freaking way." Sure enough, that old phone was suddenly ALIVE. I swear on my entire life. I found video of my mom singing happy birthday to my brother and got it done in time for her funeral. To this day, the phone still works and I've since been able to retrieve all the awesome videos of my mother off of it.

These are just two examples, but once I acknowledged I knew it was my mom, other fun things started happening. Mother's Day was especially hard for me this year until I woke up one morning and heard some little chirps. A bird built a nest right outside my window and the little babies popped their heads up right then. It was adorable. Coincidence? Could be. But when things continually keep happening, you realize it's for a reason. We've had his discussion at grief meetings and many shared similar situations where they just KNEW.

My mom was my best friend in the world and I miss her everyday. But she's communicated to me so many times that she's happy and that life exists beyond what we know here. That's given me such peace with just knowing she's safe. I'm now dealing with two different issues. I no longer worry about how she's doing or how she missed out on so many great things. I'm comforted in the fact that SHE'S okay now. The hardest part for me now is just missing her. Everything reminds me of her and I want to share so many things with her. That's the hard part for me right now. Just missing her. Somehow she's been able to deliver the message to me that there's nothing scary about dying and it's something I no longer fear.

I know some people might read this with skepticism as I once did. But it happens more than most people realize once you become OPEN to your mom visiting you. It can be through dreams, animals acting out of ordinary, butterflies, electricity, lights flickering, smelling their fragrance, hearing their voice, friends or strangers delivering advice out of the ordinary or using the same words your mom spoke, unfamiliar songs playing with just the message you need in that moment, feeling their presence or just this sense that someone is next to you, etc. It's hard to explain the supernatural in words; but trust me, you'll know it's your mom when it happens to you. Pay attention to your thoughts, too, when dialogue takes place in your head and thoughts might pop up with words your mom used. My mom didn't call me by my name. There are a couple times I ask myself a question and then I randomly get a response back, but not in a way I'd respond to myself. Rather, I hear the name my mom called me and her answer.

There are some great books to help. Hello From Heaven is about 20 years old, but the standard book on this and the first I read. They took 10K people who lost loved ones and share how their loved ones communicated. What stood out to me is the authors wrote that they did NOT include any accounts from people who sought out contact through mediums or psychics. They only included natural, spontaneous communication.

You'll see a pattern emerge and they also explain why it's not hallucinations and real (many times the deceased showed up before the person even had a chance to know their loved one had died). There are also a bunch of videos on YouTube if you look up after-death communication.

Watching the movie "The Shack" was also helpful just from a visual perspective. I had visions of my mom before I saw the movie. Once I saw the movie, I was really amazed at how much my visions aligned with some of the scenes in the movie and understanding how our loved ones are doing well. That's been the reoccurring theme with my mom. She just makes it known that she's still here, but gives me the courage to live my life.

Anyway, outside of all that, just know that you are loved and you have every right to miss your mom. When you become open to perhaps hearing from her, maybe google some articles on the common signs and then allow it to happen naturally. I'm confident your mom will comfort you somehow. I am so sorry for your loss and praying for you!

Edit: Don't lose sight of the fact that there's a reason you decided to post that message today. I never visit this sub and randomly searched for it today. Your message was the first and only I saw and I felt compelled to respond with my story. More than anything, I felt compelled to let you know that you're LOVED beyond your wildest dreams. You matter. You are enough. Your mom is safe. She is proud of you. She is soooo sorry that you're going through this and she's not there to hold you. Most of all, let your wings fly. You have been equipped with the knowledge to keep fighting. You are stronger than you EVER imagined. Pay attention to the people and messages delivered to you throughout your days. There might be a reason for it.

Edit 2.0: I added a couple specific stories on things that happened in my experience.

That's a wonderful after death communication OP. I can highly recommend the book or audio of the book Hello From Heaven, the authors are ADC researchers and interviewed over 2000 people for it, it has hundreds of ADC's in it. www.amazon.com/Hello-Heaven-Research-After-Death-Communication-Confirms/dp/0553576348/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1463779284&sr=8-1&keywords=hello+from+heaven