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Hi all!

This book has taken a very long time to evolve! I suppose the main reason being that I am not a writer as such (or wasn't!), rather that I have gradually felt the need to put all my experiences into a book for the benefit of others who have also lost loved ones. I understand that for many it is difficult to believe in an afterlife and I'm certainly not one to press my beliefs on anybody. (Though with me it is not 'belief' but 'knowing'.) However, I do know that many people experience dreams of their passed-over family members, friends and even beloved pets and are left with the question - as it had felt so real - could it really have been them? This is where these dreams may be able to help.

I initially just wrote down the dreams but gradually started to study and make more sense out of them, by making connections between them with many years' hindsight and noting when they happened. My main proofs that they were real emerged to be the facts of the spirits appearing so very clearly, often with eye-to-eye contact, and with the episodes being so brief and often inserted into normal dreams. Also if spirits came together, their ages would always correlate and also their clothes would match the ages. So, for example, if my parents appeared together with Paddy they would show themselves as aged early forties and Paddy around four, as in the picture below. And re. clothes matching ages, as an example my Dad once showed himself in army uniform as a young man - the only time he would have worn it. The timing of their appearances I started to notice were relevant in different ways too.

So it is my wish that those people who are questioning their dreams (and of course anyone else who might be interested in this fascinating subject!) be helped by reading these dreams as they may find some similarities with theirs with them. I've had some very interesting feedback from people who've read and benefitted from the book; some who've told me that they could really relate especially to the weirdest and wackiest of the dreams - ones I really hesitated to include initially! But, rest assured, I included all of my spirit dreams - just as I experienced them.

The dreams have changed in nature and quantity since 2007 (the end of the scope of the book) but still continue. I have almost enough dreams from since then to fill a second book! Really the timescale is unimportant as the message is the same - that we survive 'death' and our loved ones are so keen - I would say at this time more than ever - that we learn to accept that fact once and for all. Think of the peace of mind that would bring so many people!