My husband shop is beside our house and I'll go outside at night and the lights will be on. I'll go back into the house for the key and when I come back out the lights are off. My children and grandchild told me I was crazy until they saw it happen. My granddaughter sees him all the time. She will wake up at night and come to me to tell me she saw her pawpaw. She then will tell me things that she could not know. She tell's me pawpaw told her to tell me. The things she tells me are things that happened when Bill and me dated, Things even her mother doesn't know. One night I woke her up to get her to go to the bathroom and she got the biggest smile on her face, then she looked at me and said do you see him, do you see him? I said who she said pawpaw is standing in the doorway. I did not see anything but I believe she did. She never smiled like that for anyone but her pawpaw. My granddaughter is only 9 yrs old. The one that got me the most was the day after his service. My sister-in-law came to the house and was in his shop messing with his stuff my granddaughter came up behind her and said pawpaw is here and he's doesn't like you going through his stuff and he said for you to stop it. You never saw a person turn so white. Needless to say she stopped messing in his things. When I get real upset missing him I feel like someone is standing behind me and it feels like a hand on my shoulder. So yes I believe they watch over us. I look at it this way Bill loved me so much and promised he would never leave me alone. I feel he is keeping his promise.

Always, and it's a comfort. When we are married we become 'as one'. We absorb so much from our spouse that they really become a part of us, and we, a part of them, and of course their blood is flowing in our childrens' veins...and a 'part' of them really is still physically living in that way. When they die, a part of us dies as well, but at the same time, a part of them is still here , physically (through our children), and in our hearts and minds, and in the part of them that has become part of us. I'm not expressing this very well....but yes, their presence is still with us, just in a different way than it used to be. We should rejoice and be thankful for the time we had with them, no matter how long or short it was. Ahhh....the mysteries of life...someday we will understand it all.