I see dead people

I fully intended to write about nature spirits and gardening yesterday. My plans changed after listening to Coast to Coast Tuesday evening in bed. A psychic or medium was the featured guest. I was listening, only mildly interested, until he said he's seen the deceased at their own funerals. Yessss!! I said. Now you're talking!

A trait inherited from my maternal grandmother, an eastern European "witch," I see dead people. On occasion, I've seen, heard or felt my beloved animal companions after they've left this earthly plane, too. Shoot, I've seen dead people since I was 4 years old. I may have even seen my guardian angel, if you believe in those. He, a cowboy no less, was the first other-worldy being I saw. Heck, we even spoke and I wasn't the least bit afraid or puzzled. Nowadays a kid might scream because a stranger's in their bedroom. Times and places were gentler then. Fortunately for me, I ain't no Alison DoBois, John Edward, Sylvia Browne, etc. I do not have strangers imposing on me. My spectral visitors are my loved ones. Like most people, I have enough on my plate dealing with my own life. I sure as heck don't need other people's problems, especially dead peoples' problems! But hey, I really did see a dead person at their own funeral...

Some reference sites and associated books:
Mary Ann- the real Ghost Whisperer
After Death Communication
Afterlife Encounters
John Zaffis
Richard Jackson
Annette Martin
Loyd Auerbach
Jeffrey Wands
The VERITAS Research Program