Paranormal Q and A: When was the first time you realize you could communicate with the other side and what was that experience like?

Each week, I'll answer a question about the paranormal, whether a general question, or one about human or animal ghosts (Earthbound) or spirits (crossed over). Here's this week's question: 

QUESTION: When was the first time you realize you could communicate with the other side and what was that experience like?;

ANSWER: I was 13  years old. My grandfather had passed in January of 1977 and appeared to me in July of that year. It so happened that he appeared in the same month as his birthday (which I now understand that spirits reappear around birthdays, anniversaries and holidays for the most part). - I was sitting in my parents' house, in the kitchen, and our family dog was sitting next to me. I was drawing my own superhero comic books when I looked up.

Two rooms away, looking through our dining room into the living room, I watched, transfixed as little orbs of light coalesced into a full color figure of my grandfather!

I grabbed the dog and ran out the door, where I sat outside on the steps until my parents came home from wherever they went. I told my mom and she understood (she had the gift but was afraid to use it).  I later understood it was really not supposed to be frightening- just a 'hello, I'm safely on the other side."

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