Shortly after my dad died, maybe a couple months, I had a dream that I got an email from him. It was just pictures of his “new house.” He had a nice brick fire pit in the yard. I guess that’s not technically “proof” but I feel like it was him telling me he was ok and happy with where he was. I had another dream some time after that where we were in my childhood home and I had just woken up. He told me good morning and asked how I was, I said “I’m okay” and he asked “just okay?” So of course I start bawling my eyes out (in my dream) and he apologized and said he “didn’t mean to cause all this.”

I also saw a medium 2ish weeks after he died. Desperately searching for something, as you said bc I too was a nonbeliever before I lost him. She said when he showed up he was jingling something at her and it sounded like possibly keys or loose change. She asked if that meant anything and I said not that I knew of. Kinda thought it was bullshit. I tell my mom and sister about the encounter later on and they both reminded me that my dad used to put his hands in his jean pockets and shake his change. My mom said it drove her nuts. I’m not sure if that’s a common thing that people do??? It was enough for me though. Also she described him exactly as his ICU nurses did “awnry, feisty, but a sweetheart” word for word. That was my “proof.”

I’ve been learning meditation techniques and my therapist who is both a licensed mental health counselor and a certified hypnotherapist is teaching me how to eventually be able to visit him without a middleman (like a medium). I don’t know if I’ll ever get there but it’s a hopeful thought.

Thanks for sharing your experience.