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Originally Posted by shannonroselive

2 yrs ago, several people close to me passed away in a relatively short period of time. 3 of my closest friends' sons died which really freaked me out since I have 3 boys. Keith was 32 and died of brain cancer. It was a year that he had been sick and it got really horrible at the end. His mom and I would talk daily, she was in California and I was in North Carolina. Sometimes I would talk to Keith and try to keep his spirits up. For some reason, my son who was 4 yrs at the time, took a huge interest in Keith although he never met him in person and knew nothing about him. We lived at the beach and he would collect rocks and shells for him and they would all have some meaning my son would point out. He made him a video of himself doing a magic show for him (which was hilarious) and all sorts of sweet gestures. He would mail all of this to Keith and Keith would call to thank him and tell him how much it meant to him.

My kids and I were driving to New York for vacation at Christmas time and my cell rang. It was Phyllis, Keith's mom. She began telling me this sweet story about it being Solstice and how she was at Keith's bedside holding his hand, rubbing his forehead and telling him the story of Winter Solstice and the passing over n all and then he closed his eyes and made his transition.
Of course, I'm in tears as she's telling me this story and Jack is in his car seat asleep.
A few minutes after I hang up with Phyllis, Jack wakes up and says mom mom, I'm glad Keith is ok. I said "huh?" "Yep, he says he feels all better now." I asked where he thought Keith was and he answered, "right there" (pointing next to him). I will remind you he had never met him or seen pics.

When my friend Jeff's son was killed on an ATV at the age of 13, it came on the news and I started freaking out. I heard his name but somehow my brain wouldn't have any of it. I finally settled down and made a phone call to see what happened. My heart was truly broken for Jeff and his family. I just couldn't believe it. Jack, who was 4 at the time, came in to see about me. He wanted to know who died so I told him Jeff's boy had an accident and died. I showed him a picture of Alex and he started laughing. I was very confused and a bit upset that he would do that so I asked him why he was laughing. He said, "mom mom, he's not dead! That's my friend. He always takes me with him!!!" I said, 'Huh? what do you mean?" He said, "you know, cuz he likes me and let's me come with him every time." That's the best I could get from him though.

Unfortunately, he didn't have anything for my friend Bill who's son Evan shot himself to death at age 15 that same year.

I often think my son Jack is deeply connected with the "before and after" places.

I agree he's very connected, maybe because it was a quick suicide instead of an illness or accident he didn't connect with that person. It's good he's not seen bad things.