As I walked into Mom’s room, she greeted me with a happy face, “Nan came and visited with me this morning.”
“That’s wonderful, Mom. Did she stay long?”
We quickly moved on to other matters of the day. Mom’s eyes lit up seeing I had brought her some macaroni and cheese. She was more than ready for lunch. As I spooned it into her mouth, she looked at me and said, “I thought Nan died.”
“That’s right; she did, Mom.”
“You lied to me!” She spat at me.
“No, Mom. I didn’t lie to you.”
“You told me she came to visit me this morning.”
“Mom, you told me that she came to visit. And I believed you. You know I believe the spirits from the other side can
Mom lost her steam at that point. She had no more desire for her food or for figuring out my grandmother’s visit.
I’m sure that she was confused as she found herself in and out of this dimension and the next. My mother did not have a habit of talking with the dead like I do, so it must have been especially confusing for her.
For me, it was a red flag. Mom was passing from this dimension to the next. She would soon take her last breath.
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