I was in the sleeping well and can't remember any dreams prior to the one that woke my early that morning.  It was getting light and my husband was sleeping beside me when I sat up and shouted "WHO?   WHO are you going to take?"  That is how I woke from my dream.   In my dream I was standing in front of my parents home at the end where the driveway becomes yard. I was facing to the East towards their woods and I see a group of people walking towards me through a slight fog.  I stand there and wait.  I finally begin to make out faces and they are all smiling and looking at me lovingly.  They even have my Clumsy with them and he's grinning at me like he always did and snorting and sneezing. When they are about five feet away from me, I start to take a few steps toward them when my grandpa Lee holds up his hand to stop me.  I look at all them and see both sets of Grandparents, my Aunt and Uncle, and a few other people I don't recognize.  My grandpa Lee looks at me with such love and compassion as he tells me  "Mary, honey, we have come to take him"   That is when I wake up and yell who.  I told my husband about my dream, then later told my 20 year old daughter about it still wondering who "him" was.  About 5 days later we found out that my Daddy had stage 4 cancer.  He died about 5 months later.

Was this experience difficult to express in words?  Yes

Did you ONLY sense an awareness of presence of the deceased without actually seeing, hearing, feeling or smelling them?            Yes

Did you hear the deceased or hear something associated with the deceased?          No

Did you feel a touch or experience any physical contact from the deceased?            No

Did you smell a distinct smell, scent, fragrance or odor associated with the deceased?      No

Could you sense the emotions or mood of the deceased?           Yes

They were all sad for me.

How do you currently view the reality of your experience?           Experience was definitely real

            Please explain why you view the reality of your experience as real or not real:           Because they did come and take my Daddy.

Describe in detail your feelings/emotions during the experience:           I was angry because I had no idea who they were going to take and i didn't want to lose anyone I loved,  i was happy to see all of them,  but never once did I think it was only a dream.

Was there any emotional healing in any way following the experience?           Yes  It's great to know that our loved ones will be waiting for us.

Death Compacts are when two or more living people promise among themselves that whoever dies first will try to contact the other(s).  Have you ever made such a compact?   Yes

With my daddy about a month before he passed away

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

What emotions did you feel during the experience?            Same as above

Was the experience witnessed or experienced by others?           Yes   Only in the way that my husband was there when I sat up and asked my question

Did you experience a separation of your consciousness from your body?     No

Did you see a light?           No

Were there any associated medications or substances with the potential to affect the experience?            No

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

Did you ever in your life have a near-death experience, out of body experience or other spiritual event?           No