Blessings from the Other Side: Wisdom and Comfort from the Afterlife for This Life

Deceased loved ones communicate in ways that are easy to miss if one is not looking for them — through dreams, through the behavior of animals, through electrical anomalies, through a sudden sense of presence or the smell of something associated with the person, through songs that play at specific moments. The grief process is greatly eased by the genuine understanding, rather than merely the belief, that the person who has died continues to exist and to love — this understanding comes from direct experience of communication rather than from religious assurance. Asking a deceased loved one for a specific sign — and then remaining alert for its appearance in an unexpected form — is a practical and often surprisingly effective way of testing the reality of ongoing communication.