I will chime in here with my story of how my dad was able to let us know he is still around. After he passed my sister and I were sitting in his backyard talking about his gun case and who should take it. While we were talking the air filled with the smell of gun oil and I knew that dad was there. Dad was an avid shooter and lived his retirement going skeet shooting. After that I kept waiting for a dream from him because everyone else had had one. Then one morning I remembered a dream where he just kept saying "end of message" over and over. You see that is what he had on his answering maching message at the end and we all used to laugh about that. I remember I was so upset because I didn't get the message but in all actuality I did. ...end of message ...Sue