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The original was posted on /r/paranormal by /u/TossDatZuch on 2025-08-03 15:49:05+00:00.
My mother passed away very unexpectedly about two years ago. She had cancer and was undergoing chemotherapy, which she was responding well to. Her death devastated us. For a long time, it was really hard for our family to discuss the circumstances leading up to her death - it was just too painful and sudden.
Eventually I learned from my father that for the entire week prior to her passing, my mother had begun to see HER mother (who had passed 10 years prior) randomly throughout the house - in the corner of her eye, entering into rooms suddenly, and even in her dreams. She never said anything to my mother - just simply made her presence known. Often times, she would be smiling. The morning of her passing, my mom told my dad that she felt like she was outside of her body. Not in a mental way but in a physical way. She felt like she was observing her body from the outside - that she was only halfway here. She said it was a feeling that she had never felt before. She passed hours later.
It gives me chills to think about what she felt in those final moments. At the same time, it gives me comfort knowing that perhaps she was welcomed into the afterlife by her mother, or that she was able to prepare for her own passing, at least internally.
Has anyone ever heard of experiences similar to this? I have never told anyone this in fear that they would think I’m crazy or in denial or whatever else. Thus, I’m sharing it here.