The bell rang at the unearthly hour of 1.30 am, but there was no one outside. It happened three more times, and the call bell got burnt after a prolonged Qrrr… sound.
She was paralysed with fear when the phone rang, but her sister had picked it up.
“Dad passed away after a massive myocardial infarction. His friend says he wanted to be sent home rather than the hospital.
She marvelled at the ways souls can connect, as she wiped her sister’s tears.
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Reena Saxena 
What an element of comfort in the ringing. Nicely done.
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Thank you, Lisa!
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This feels oddly comforting, not spooky.
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You are right. Comforting the family, that he made an effort to connect.
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I can relate to this, Reena. At the moment my mother-in-law passed away, I was in bed, almost asleep. I heard her speak. ‘Is this it?’ Then the phone rang.
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OMG! Stories of the metaphysical tell us so much about life after death …. if we care to believe.
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I’m still not quite sure what she meant…
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Maybe, she was wondering if this is THE FINAL SCENE that we keep talking about…
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eerie, spooy and moving. all in all a siix to win.
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Thank you so much!
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An eerie, sad Six. I don’t believe when a person dies they are simply extinguished like a lit candle. Our life force, our energy travels somewhere and when it does… bells can ring 🙂
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You are right. Thank you, Denise!
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Maybe this was to give her the reassurance that home wasn’t his earthly home, but his heavenly home. The veil can be so thin at times like these.
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Agree. Thank you, Pat!
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Often souls, like in your story, connect in unearthly ways.
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Yes. They do. Thank you, Patricia!
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to connect
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I like the spookiness of this, mxed with the sadness of how he wanted to come home but was unable to.
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Thanks so much!
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