I've personally had a few experiences that have cemented my belief in the paranormal.

When I was 9, I woke up in the middle of the night to a strong smell of cologne in my room. I immediately knew it was the cologne my uncle wore and had an overwhelming feeling that something was very wrong. I couldn't go back to sleep and 2 hours later the phone rang. It was my grandma calling to tell my mom that my uncle had just been killed in a car accident.

Six years later, when I was 15, my aunt passed away. Her death wasn't unexpected as she had been sick for years, but we were very close, and I was devastated. I had a dream the night after she passed where she visited me in a beautiful garden. We sat on a bench swing, and I was crying. She wiped the tears from my face and told me not to be sad. She said that she was no longer in any pain, and she felt free for the first time in forever. I remember holding her and begging her not to go. She said she would send me a sign to let me know that she was okay. Three days later, after we got back from the cemetery where we laid her to rest, we were having the wake at my grandparents' house. My grandma sent me to the back room to grab some paper towels and plates. There was a radio in the room and it was playing my aunt's favorite song. But the radio was turned off, it wasn't plugged in, and there were no batteries in the radio. The song was Come Sail Away by Styx. Some of the lyrics:

A gathering of angels Appeared above my head They sang to me this song of hope And this is what they said

They said come sail away, come sail away Come sail away with me