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Hi Mom

When grandpa D comes to visit, he smokes until we cough We also have to say “We know you are here, you can stop smoking” My father has been supposedly “gone” for nine years. I see him monthly, checking my flowers, to see if I am watering them. One day we heard the kitchen cupboards slamming. Bang. Bang. Bang. Bang. Bang. I was terrified. My husband and I were they only ones in the house. What is that? I asked him. He said “I think it was my mother. She used to slam the cupboards.” I peeked out. There was nothing there. After my mother passed, we waited for a signal but did not get one. Until I needed medical treatment, and finally got it. Isn’t this your old phone number? My husband asked me. I looked at it. It was my parents’ number for over sixty years. It keeps calling me, he told me. I dialed the number. It has been out of service for over seventeen months. Hi Mom.

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Date: 8/20/2021 5:01:00 AM
Your love for her speaks, Caren. No doubt she's looking over with blessings. Many can relate to your thoughts.
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 8/21/2021 7:06:00 AM
Thank you very much Vijay
Date: 7/24/2021 9:44:00 AM
Caren, Telephone connection made through the switchboard of the heart in this poem 'Hi Mom'. Though the toll charges tend to be astronomical. -Richard
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 7/25/2021 7:56:00 PM
I cannot imagine paying this price because this call was priceless Richard.
Date: 7/24/2021 9:26:00 AM
wow, Caren. Is this true story??? Oh, I see you are saying yes to Milt. I sure would like to get this kind of thing from a loved one who passed on. It would give such reassurance!!!
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 7/25/2021 7:56:00 PM
Andrea, we are part Irish; we have a lot of fey in us. My family is full of soothsayers, psychics, and mediums. It is our "normal" - I do think it is something everyone can get in touch with if they have a desire.
Date: 7/24/2021 4:09:00 AM
An intriguing write. I often feel elders who died in family are still around, it is just that we cannot see. Everytime we ask for help from my Mother in law who passed away 2 years back, our problem instantly gets resolved. It is amazing.
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 7/25/2021 7:57:00 PM
My husband is always asking his father for help -his father supposedly "died" in 1984, as soon as he asks his Dad, the answer is there.
Date: 7/23/2021 6:21:00 PM
Nice, Caren. I don't have space here, but I could tell you about similar experiences, totally inexplicable, that actually happened to me. So, I know it can and does happen.
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 7/23/2021 6:27:00 PM
This is true

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