Jacky Newcomb

When you want a visit from a loved one, why don’t they come?

Visiting from the other realms is not easy. I believe that there are many reasons why they don’t come. Here are a few of them.

• If our loved ones didn’t believe in life after death, they might not realize that they can visit us, and might not try (although this isn’t always a problem so don’t worry if you find yourself in this situation).
• If the death was sudden they might not realize they are dead for a while.
• If a death follows a long illness or bodily trauma, the soul goes through a period of healing first of all, with the soul often waking up in a hospital type of setting on the other-side.
• If our loved one die at their own hand they will go through a type of healing process too and it might be some time before they can visit (*but again, not always).
• Our loved ones can be so caught up in their new life that they are unaware of the passing of time. Time as we know it does not exist in heaven, and I’ve heard this expressed many times in the visitation stories in my files.
• Souls are busy learning about their new lives and are not always immediately aware of our yearning for them.
• Unless they are helped, some souls might not be able to visit at first. In the same way that we have difficulties communicating with them, they find it hard to reach us. Practice though makes perfect!
• We might not be able to receive their messages – through no fault of our own.

Many years ago, I sat down to write my first book about angels. During the research I discovered that many people were having spontaneous afterlife contact from deceased loved ones...they were calling these experiences 'Angel Visits'. I could see quite clearly that this was a different type of phenomenon but it was even more exciting to know this. Our loved ones were surviving death and were popping back to let us know!

All this was happening without the use of a medium or psychic of any sort. Deceased loved-ones were creating a variety of phenomenon that was both clever and welcomed. I'd like to share some of these experiences with you here.

You can find afterlife stories in many of my books - just visit the book shop for more information.

Appear in dreams and visionsFlicker lightsSet off alarmsLeave us white feathersMess around with clockwork itemsChange the time, stop and start clocks and watchesBring bird and butterfly signsArrange for animals to act in unusual waysSpeak briefly in a warning voiceOrganise for us to hear 'our tune'Lead us to bumper stickers, number plates and poster signsMove items (jewellery, photographs etc)Bring items to us (place something in front of us that wasn't there previously)Organise for us to bump into certain people or for them to bring us thingsBring messages through othersAppear just as we are falling asleep or just as we are waking up so they are visible with our physical eyes.Bring us a familiar scent

To many people, their passed-over loved ones are their angels. Great Grandma is the one who you feel comfort you when you are sad, Granddad is the one who ‘sits’ with you in the car and your late father who is always in your heart…and also protects you at work.
So many of my lovely stories are based on help and love from our afterlife-angels, our loving relatives who have passed into the light. These special loved ones are never forgotten in our minds but there is so much more to this. People all over the world see, hear and sense their loved ones after they pass on. Our loved ones appear in special dreams and we sense their reassuring touch – quite literally!
When we say that our loved ones are close still and watch over us, we mean this literally. It’s not just a ‘nice idea’. Our relatives and friends who have meant so much to us on this side of life continue to be a part of our lives once they move to their new realms of existence…heaven. They really do exist still.

Do you have questions relating to the afterlife? Jacky and her sister Madeline Richardson, authors of the book Call Me When You Get To Heaven, answer these questions as part of a competition run by their publisher Piatkus.

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Sister says Goodbye

‘When I was 13 years old (I am now 47 years old) my younger sister, who was just 8, was hit by a speeding car. My sister Ann died but thankfully her friend did survive. My sister and I were very close and we looked so much alike. In fact, Dad used to call us ‘twinnies’ due to our similarities.

I wasn’t allowed to go to her funeral. I had to stay home and look after my younger sisters but a few days after the funeral I saw her. I lay in bed one evening in the room we had shared together and I knew that something or someone was in the room with me. The sensation was very strong and I was terrified at the time. I lay there for a long time, too frightened to turn around or to call out. I was bathed in sweat and my heart was hammering in my chest. Eventually I plucked up the courage to look and as I turned around I could see my sister just standing there.

She was very solid and dressed in a bridesmaid dress which I had never seen before. Ann was going to be a bridesmaid to my cousin on February 14th but was killed on January 27th. She was buried in her bridesmaid dress. As soon as I realised it was her, the fear just disappeared. I actually heard her speak to me and she said, ‘please don’t cry any more. I know you are sad and miss me but we will be together again one day and when that day comes it will seem like a moment.’

Sadly my Mum never believed me, In fact I think she was angry about it. As an adult now I realise why. I know how lucky I am to have had such an experience. Spiritually it was the beginning for me and since then I have always believed that life continues after the physical body dies.’

Pearl’s mother came back to visit her shortly after she passed and then came again to support her daughter when she needed it the most.

Fish and Chips

‘One night after my Grandfather had died I awoke to the strong smell of fish and chips in the bedroom. The smell was so real and so strong that I had to get out of bed and go and check in the kitchen to see if anyone was in the house eating fish and chips…they weren’t!’

Chatting with Dad and Granddad

‘My dad passed away when I was just ten years old and then shortly afterwards my grandfather passed away too. I miss them both very much but they have both visited me since they passed over. I have had several conversations with in my dreams which seem so real it was extraordinary.
I had a spell in hospital where I was critically ill. At one point I was speaking to both of them and they told me what Mum was saying to my step dad whilst she was at the opposite side of the hospital. Later I was able to recite exactly what my mum was saying to him. I repeated this too my mother who nearly passed out with shock!’

Going home to Mum

‘David was weak for the last two days before he died. He couldn’t
sit up, speak or anything really. He hadn’t eaten or drunk anything for the whole of this time. It was clear that his time was close. All of a sudden he pulled himself up. Right into a sitting position! I was amazed. He was staring at the corner of the room with a big smile on his face and I knew that he could see something amazing and kept saying ‘look, look…’ Then he held out his arms and said one word, ‘Mum!’ I was thrilled because I knew he was being collected and taken ‘home’. He just looked so excited.
To watch someone who has been in such pain…to experience that…well there is nothing like it in the world. It really helped my own pain because I knew that he was going to be ok in his new life in heaven.

Dragonfly

After Dad died we were told about a book to help children deal with bereavement. The book was about the life cycle of a dragonfly. That night my mam was out walking the dog and when she looked down, there at her feet was a dragonfly necklace shining away to her! Co-incidence? This is just one of many extraordinary events which surrounded Dads passing!

Angel Watching Over Me

My father-in-law was a kind and caring man who suffered most of his life with illness, and sadly he past away when I was five months pregnant with our first child. Padraig was born on the 20th of September 2001. My husband was very happy but at the same time sad as his father would never see our beautiful son. I told my husband that his father does see him, because I always believed that there was an after life.
Then Padraig was four we had our proof. One morning he told me that his granddad in heaven came down to see him and told him that he was always watching over him and loved him very much. We were thrilled, I asked my son to describe him which he did very well an he also said that he tried to touch his granddad but his hand went right through him! Padraig also said that his granddad told him could not show himself to my husband as he was too sad, and it might frighten him.
My son and now my daughter talk about their grandfather often. As I walked past my daughter's bedroom the other day she was waving goodbye up to the ceiling and when I asked who she was waving too, she said her granddad of course.
I am glad that they have a wonderful angel watching over them.