02-14-2022, 05:12 AM
A true story:
In her last two weeks, as my sister was dying of cancer, she would almost daily claim that “her time” would come at 9:28pm, and asked us to promise that we’d be there for her, so that she wouldn’t die alone (even though nurses were always on duty). I had such faith in my sister that I made sure I was at the hospital, by her bedside, every night well before 9pm, just in case she was off by a couple minutes.
On the night she died, my brother, and three other family members were with her. I was not really surprised when she passed at 9:28pm. The unit nurse, also knowing of my sister’s prediction, was so startled that she insisted that the actual time of death was closer to 9:25.
I’m glad that we had faith in my sister. In this case, there was evidence to back up that faith, yet I have no idea what that evidence means, or how it is that she could've known.
Many years later I was with my mom on the night she died, along with my son, and wife. When I could no longer find a pulse I asked my son what time it was. When he said 9:28, I was stunned. Later, when I told him the story of my sister he just shrugged and proclaimed it a coincidence. While I agreed that it was a coincidence, I felt it was a pretty extraordinary one. I must admit that I looked toward “heaven” and asked, “are you trying to tell me something?” I've never received an answer, nor do I expect one.
To be honest, if these events had not involved witnesses other than me I would question whether they actually happened in the way that they did.
In her last two weeks, as my sister was dying of cancer, she would almost daily claim that “her time” would come at 9:28pm, and asked us to promise that we’d be there for her, so that she wouldn’t die alone (even though nurses were always on duty). I had such faith in my sister that I made sure I was at the hospital, by her bedside, every night well before 9pm, just in case she was off by a couple minutes.
On the night she died, my brother, and three other family members were with her. I was not really surprised when she passed at 9:28pm. The unit nurse, also knowing of my sister’s prediction, was so startled that she insisted that the actual time of death was closer to 9:25.
I’m glad that we had faith in my sister. In this case, there was evidence to back up that faith, yet I have no idea what that evidence means, or how it is that she could've known.
Many years later I was with my mom on the night she died, along with my son, and wife. When I could no longer find a pulse I asked my son what time it was. When he said 9:28, I was stunned. Later, when I told him the story of my sister he just shrugged and proclaimed it a coincidence. While I agreed that it was a coincidence, I felt it was a pretty extraordinary one. I must admit that I looked toward “heaven” and asked, “are you trying to tell me something?” I've never received an answer, nor do I expect one.
To be honest, if these events had not involved witnesses other than me I would question whether they actually happened in the way that they did.