I have a question that I have been seeking answers to and have not come up with much of anything, yet. My grandmother and I were very close, she passed away this past Thursday February 12th at 2:53 pm. My mother and I were there on both sides of the bed hysterical and crying. After about 5 minutes, we calmed down a bit and the first thing I noticed was a song, rather a theme from Young and the Restless by Henri Mancini playing on the TV (music channel). This struck me as odd at the time because I don't think that she ever missed an episode since it aired, and she was just talking about the theme song and how pretty it was a week earlier. Then my mother was telling me that she and my grandmother had been seeing lights and shapes of mist in the apt. (my grandfather passed January 30th 2008). So, my mother told me to look up, and I am not one who has ever seen anything but I do believe. I looked up and it is quit hard to explain but there was a fog not white but grayish, charcoal in color..you could feel the heaviness when your hand touched it. Then there were at least 20 or more black like specs, small almost looked like it was a dust ball. That is what I thought until it went straight toward my head, I moved back watched it go through my hand and then it shot back up to the ceiling. They were all moving around , it was so surreal and 3-d looking. I know I saw this and was perplexed by the color???? Also when the body was removed they where gone , I have not seen them since. Interesting fact as well my grandfather died 6 days before my mother birthday and my grandmother exactly 6 days afterwardI would like to know if anyone can tell me what the color of these , what I believe to be spirits, mean?

Was the kind of experience difficult to express in words? Yes     I have never seen this before and I just was speechless and did not know how to communicate with it or them.

At the time of this experience, was there an associated life threatening event?          Yes            Grandmother dying was on hospice, I was just in anxiety state

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness?    After I stopped crying and my mother told me to look up, it was just amazing, I just can't seem to describe in words, and the world I was in was not like here or there, it was like I had a foot in the spirit world and a foot in the earthly world

How did your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience compare to your normal every day consciousness and alertness?    More consciousness and alertness than normal

If your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience was different from your normal every day consciousness and alertness, please explain:            After I stopped crying and my mother told me to look up, it was just amazing, I just can't seem to describe in words, and the world I was in was not like here or there, it was like I had a foot in the spirit world and a foot in the earthly world

Did your vision differ in any way from your normal, everyday vision (in any aspect, such as clarity, field of vision, colors, brightness, depth perception degree of solidness/transparency of objects, etc.)?  Yes     It was almost the best way to explain was 3-D, and fast and slow at the same time

Did your hearing differ in any way from your normal, everyday hearing (in any aspect, such as clarity, ability to recognize source of sound, pitch, loudness, etc.)?
            Yes     extremely quiet

Did you experience a separation of your consciousness from your body?     Uncertain

What emotions did you feel during the experience?            awe, peace, joy, happiness, crying, in amazement

Did you pass into or through a tunnel or enclosure?          No      

Did you see a light?           No      

Did you meet or see any other beings?           Yes     There was more than one of these floating objects as well as grayish fog? is the best I can describe

Did you experience a review of past events in your life?    No      

Did you observe or hear anything regarding people or events during your experience that could be verified later?          No      

Did you see or visit any beautiful or otherwise distinctive locations, levels or dimensions?           No           

Did you have any sense of altered space or time?   Yes     it was as if everything was still or stopped

Did you have a sense of knowing special knowledge, universal order and/or purpose?     No      

Did you reach a boundary or limiting physical structure? No      

Did you become aware of future events?       No           

Did you have any psychic, paranormal or other special gifts following the experience you did not have prior to the experience?     Uncertain      song played that was timed right after death, this song was something the deceased listened to everyday and had just commented on how much she loved the song.

Have you shared this experience with others?         Yes     currently, just recently happened

Did you have any knowledge of near death experience (NDE) prior to your experience?    Yes            Other family members at time of death saying and seeing things in the spirit world

How did you view the reality of your experience shortly (days to weeks) after it happened:            Experience was definitely real    When her body left, they left, I have seen nothing since , and I know it was real, my mother experienced the same thing with me, and more before I got to the apt

Were there one or several parts of the experience especially meaningful or significant to you?    it was all, but the mist and dark dots or small ting specs about size of a quarter they just hovered over her and zipped around us, we were in the middle of spirits , such an amazing experience

How do you currently view the reality of your experience:            Experience was definitely real            same as above

Have your relationships changed specifically as a result of your experience?           Yes     My mother and my sister had not talked in years, this brought us together and we now want to start over and have a relationship, I feel this was a gift , her last gift to us (my grandmother)

Have your religious beliefs/practices changed specifically as a result of your experience?            No            I have always been spiritual, I believe in God, Jesus and afterlife

Following the experience, have you had any other events in your life, medications or substances which reproduced any part of the experience?         No      

Is there anything else you would like to add concerning the experience?        I have never heard of these spirit forms being dark or black, I thought they were supposed to be white, my mother did see white flowing down right before my grandmother took her last breath, I would like to know what these different color in spirits mean?

Did the questions asked and information you provided so far accurately and comprehensively describe your experience?         Yes    

Are there any other questions we could ask to help you communicate your experience?   none