Hospice Nurse tells about the Afterlife

Mike

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I read an article in a newspaper about angels and
the afterlife, which I found interesting, the author
Julie McFadden, a nurse in hospice, tells some very
calming instances of angels, which of course she
has put in a book.

I couldn't find the original, online, but I did find
an older article, by the same person.
Hospice nurse lifts the lid on 'phenomena' when someone is dying

Mike.
 

Our dying experiences can be as individualized as our life experiences, and are most strongly influenced by the beliefs of the person who is dying rather than those of others in attendance.

There were no 'angels' at my dying father's bedside but the spirits of both his mother and his last (5th, only one with him longer than my Mom who was his second) wife were there. Both he and i were aware of their presence.
 

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I do believe in this in general, but not so in the case of angels but of deceased relatives. There are quite a few books and YT videos, that show us that patients shortly before death (which can be some days) see their already deceased parents or other relatives and can communicate with them. I have no reason to doubt this.
 
George1959 said:
I do believe in this in general, but not so in the case of angels but of deceased relatives. There are quite a few books and YT videos, that show us that patients shortly before death (which can be some days) see their already deceased parents or other relatives and can communicate with them. I have no reason to doubt this.
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I read about these occurrences too, George.
 
After my DIL died, then her twin about 3 months later, their sisters and a grandson who visited her daily decided never to tell their mother that they had passed. She was in full dementia and had been in a nursing home for a couple of years. At first her daughters took turns taking care of her, then my DIL had knee surgery and could no longer adequately care for her mother. Her twin had health issues too and the other sisters worked and had families.

Anyway...when discussing plans for my DIL (T) and twin's (S) memorials, the grandson who visited daily (S's son) said his grandmother told him that T & S had visited her. Not long after, she died. At her memorial, one of her daughters told me the same thing.
 
hollydolly said:
I don't believe it. My Mother was a nurse of geriatrics so she saw a lot of death.

My mother was someone who was a devout catholic , and would have adored to have seen angels et al... so if she had she would have told everybody
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I have much empathy with your comments Holly, deceased family members have never appeared to me, not in dreams or daytime thoughts, yet I still engage with them. At times, when life seems insurmountable, I have asked my late mother, ( I was just nine years old when she died,) "What am going to do?" Or it might have been: "How do I cope with this?"

Somehow, usually after a night's sleep, the answer to the problem just comes to me. How is that? I prefer not to evaluate it, but I do remember to say a silent prayer of thanks to Mother.
 
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I have much empathy with your comments Holly, deceased family members have never appeared to me, not in dreams or daytime thoughts, yet I still engage with them. At times, when life seems insurmountable, I have asked my late mother, ( I was just nine years old when she died,) "What am going to do?" Or it might have been: "How do I cope with this?"

Somehow, usually after a night's sleep, the answer to the problem just comes to me. How is that? I prefer not to evaluate it, but I do remember to say a silent prayer of thanks to Mother.
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I do the same HC.. hardly a day goes past where my mother doesn't pop into my mind and when I;m in trouble I ask for her help.. and that of my granny. When I'm in my greatest need, I believe the white feathers in my garden are my mother or grandmother telling me they are there... they have my back, everything will be ok..
However I have never seen ''angels'' . My mother believed in the afterlife.. she believed we didn't die, that we simply moved onto a higher plane , re-born, lived , died, atoned for our sins, then onto a higher or lower plane depending on our actions on this earth.... if there was a chance she could reappear after death.. she would have by now..
 
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hollydolly said:
I do the same HC.. hardly a day goes past where my mother doesn't pop into my mind and when I;m in trouble I ask for her help.. and that of my granny. When I'm in my greatest need, I believe the white feathers in my garden are my mother or grandmother telling me they are there... they have my back, everything will be ok..
However I have never seen ''angels'' . My mother believed in the afterlife.. she believed we didn't die, that we simply moved onto a higher plane , re-born, lived , died, atoned for our sins, then onto a higher or lower plane depending on our actions on this earth.... if there was a chance she could reappear after death.. she would have by now..
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Thanks for sharing that Holly, much appreciated.
 
I don’t believe that any living person can give us an accurate account of what lies ahead as we leave this world.

I believe that these are natural hallucinations resulting from chemicals/hormones released by the brain as the body begins shutting down.

As others have said, I believe the images are probably influenced by each persons beliefs about what, if anything, lies ahead.

“I looked over Jordan, and what did I see
Coming for to carry me home?
A band of angels coming after me,
Coming for to carry me home...” 😉

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When my mother was in the hospital, in Plymouth,
I drove down from London and visited her, then I
left, to go to her house, I stopped in a small town
to get a carry-out meal, this town was in a valley,
when I drove up the hill, I got a message on the
phone, to call the hospital urgently, this I did and
was told that my mother's heart had stopped and
that the crash team arrived, but it started before
they could do anything, I was advised to get back
as quickly as possible, when I walked in to her room,
I asked how she was, she put her arms out to me, so
I gave her a hug, she said, "It has been a long time",
she thought that I was my father, because I look like
him, but maybe he took over, to make me look more,
as he did.

She died shortly after this, just a few minutes later.

Mike.
 
When my mother was a few days from death after more than 50 days in hospice care, she insisted that she could see her brother in the room with her. He was a favorite uncle to me and had been gone from this world more than 40 years. She could also see someone else whom she refused to identify to me......save that she was glad to see him and that he seemed to be "shining and luminous".

I didn't disbelieve her nor did I contradict her. I did speak to them when she was asleep but didn't receive any reply.
I'm far more opened minded and optimistic about the veracity of her perceptions than I am skeptical.
 
The day just before my mom passed, while about four of us in the family were visiting in her hospital room, she described two other people that were also visiting. She didn't know them, or recognize them, and neither did we as she described them to us. She was the only one who could see them.

She described them in detail; what they looked like, their approximate age, hair color, what they were wearing even the style of their shoes. At the time, she was very coherent, awake and aware, etc. She said they seemed to be trying to comfort us, (her visitors in her room), more than visiting with her.
 

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