text: have you ever communicated with some one that passed away a few hours before?   yes, many times. it seems that i am the spiritual gatekeeper for the family. my grandmother visited me for a full six months after her passing; i finally had to ask her to stop since i wasn't getting any sleep because of it! the only two people in my entire family who have not made personal visits are my dad's mother &, believe it or not, my dad. i did see him once in connection with my mother's dad & believe that i learned why i haven't been visited by him, alone, but am still not certain that i understood what was happening perfectly.  if this happens to you, try to go with the flow as it is a very powerful gift &, once your family understand that it happens to you, one that can bring a measure of peace to those who are grieving. just don't be surprised if most people don't understand it or claim that they don't believe it as this is perfectly normal for those who have never had it happen to them personally.  what has happened over the course of my life & losses is that my family - while some of them still don't fully believe that this happens to me - has come to be the realization that i am wise beyond my years. to clarify, there are things that i have said or done in relation to information that has been passed on to me that there is no other explanation for but, since some members of the family choose not to believe that i've been contacted, they pay respect to my talent by their belief that i am "wise".  personally, i have learned to phrase anything i might say to the family in ways that tend to indicate that it could have been prior knowledge. this helps ease them into the idea that i know some things that they know fully well i shouldn't be aware of. i've learned to phrase what i know from contacts with the family who has passed in such a way as to present it as logical..."i wouldn't think that grandma would - whatever - since she never liked - whatever..." this also helps to add information to the conversation & get the point across while not drawing attention to what i tend to call my "ether" knowledge.  i don't really blame some of my family for having problems, however. after all, it is hard enough on one of my uncles that i now look exactly like his mother...add to this that my voice has the same timber, i have the same type of personality & such & it is easy to understand his issues with my other talents :) poor man nearly fainted the first time i walked into his house & he saw me with glasses...  edited for fred: are you okay or are you intentionally rude because you have the strange idea that it is funny? here's a newsflash for you: it isn't! if you can't answer a question in the vein it has been asked, please don't insult everyone involved by your rude comments! thank you!