Hello Rebecca Anne and welcome to the blogging world. It is hard to write a blog. Thank you for opening up yourself to the WWW! I know my loved ones are not gone from me - they are simply in the next room. However, many times I feel them right here in the same room as me. When my Grandmother died-at the moment of her passing she appeared to me and a feeling of love-that I cannot even begin to describe filled me-she said "this is more beautiful than I ever dreamed or thought it could be" I knew this was true because her religion taught her that she would sleep until the great awakening-she therefore did not believe in life after death-and I often told her that she was in for a great surprise. She is with me always and I know the love she has for me and our family surround us constantly. I look forward to seeing more of your posts in the near future.