A Strange And Prophetic Occurance

[Cheryl Harrell]

Something strange happened to me Thurs nite so here I am before going to bed at this early am sharing it on here. I had washed the bedsheets so I went to the bedroom to put them on the bed. I noticed Mike had some magazines sitting out in front of the bedroom stereo. Some of them were on the Beatles & one was a movie magazine. Once I got thru with the making up of the bed I stopped to look at the magazines a minute. Looked to see what yr the movie magazine was in case Freddie might've been in it but the yr of it was 1988 so I figured he probably wasn't in it it being that late an issue. I was flipping thru it out of curiosity & lo and behold an article on Freddie stared me in the face. It was on his death as a part of a series of articles on stars who had Hollywood tragedies like starts who died or succumed to alcohol or drugs etc. Funny how I had never seen that article before but had seen the magazine before. Mike says he thinks it was one of the last issues ever put out of the old 70's movie magazines. I think so too. He told me I could have it. He knew he better let me have it LOL!

But I thought it was so strange how that article on him suddenly appeared to me on the anniversary of his death. It's like he's trying to tell me he doesn't want to be forgotten. It had in it 2 pics I'd never seen before. So I've scanned it & here it is. What a strange occurance to have happen to me on the anniversary of his death...

[Prince]

Cheryl,
Thanks for sharing your experience with us all. I love the pics you posted. It's always great to see new ones. What a great pic of Jack and Freddie, they look so happy.

[Pitooey]

OMGoodness Cheryl... That was weird.

I had an occurance yesterday myself. Read about it in the post on How are you going to honor Freddie's memory. It has scared the daylights out of me.

[victorianscribe]

I am ready to faint. I am totally ready to faint. Cheryl, these things don't happen by coincidence. And I just posted to you in another thread -- is this where you got the idea for one of your newest wallpapers? Because -- and honest to God, I am telling the truth here -- I feel that one of the most recent messages I've gotten from Freddie was: Do Not Forget Me.

[Joy]

I wonder why all of us don't have Freddie exoeriences that way, could there be an explaination we are aall fans who love him why does he only seem to visit some?
I don't mean to sound jealous it's just that as i read these posts i know he must be in touch with what we are doing for him with our sites and posts and i am just curious as to how and or why he chooses the people and times he is going to do something. Does anyone care to comment?

[Cheryl Harrell]

I just came up with the do not forget me pic idea after finding the article in the bedroom. I can't figure out why he would give me a message when ya'll have been into him longer than I have. Even tho I watched CATM in the 70's & liked it, I didn't get into him until I started watching the CATM re-runs on TVLAND. So it seems to me that those who loved him for yrs ever since CATM first came on would be the ones to have this happen to them. It's really weird tho...

[victorianscribe]

Both Cheryl and Joy raise interesting questions. Cheryl, you might not have loved him for years ever since CATM was originally aired, but you've been passionate in your love and grief for him. As far as I'm concerned, what happened to you yesterday is not something to be overlooked.

And Joy -- I don't know why these experiences happen to some and not others. For instance, lots of people here talk about dreaming of Freddie -- that hasn't happened to me. For the most part, I don't even remember my dreams lately. And there are people who would scoff at all these things. I had one priest take my experience with the candle seriously, but another in an on-line chat told me it was a lot of nonsense. The first priest I spoke with is well-respected in this area, so I don't think he can entirely be discredited.

I know Luckymama has mentioned here that she thinks Freddie sends her messages that he wants her to spread to others. Maybe she has some ideas about why only some people seem to receive these "visits" from him?

[Pitooey]

Originally posted by Joy
I wonder why all of us don't have Freddie exoeriences that way, could there be an explaination we are aall fans who love him why does he only seem to visit some?
I don't mean to sound jealous it's just that as i read these posts i know he must be in touch with what we are doing for him with our sites and posts and i am just curious as to how and or why he chooses the people and times he is going to do something. Does anyone care to comment?

For me personally my mother has these type gifts. In my family only us two have it. (Heredity) We feel things. I don't want to seem spooky but, I've felt things before. I had mentioned long ago that I put "Say no to drugs" in my signature because one day while on the computer I felt something wierd. I felt Freddie tell me to put this on my signature because there were alot of young people on these boards. So I put this on my signature and it's all due to him.

I do want to know the meaning of the fragrance I smelled yesterday. Was it really Freddie sending me a message to light up the candle for him? In my heart of hearts I still cannot fathom where that fragrance came from.

[Luckymama58]

I was reading the experiences Cheryl and JennyLee were having and I have to admit that they got to me too. I was afraid I would hurt Cheryl's feelings if I told her that the wallpaper with the message from Freddie really got to me..... but I do love the wallpaper, it just made the hairs on the back of my head stand up.

And I want to address what Joy, Victorianscribe and others were asking.

I am not sure why some people have dreams and some don't. I don't know why some people seem to hear from those who have left us and some don't. I do know that I have always teetered back and forth between believing that this could happen and not believing it. I guess when I had my first encounter with a loved one letting me know that things were ok, I started to believe that God would allow people to hear things from beyond. Don't misunderstand me. I don't believe in occultic things. I believe everything I have heard over the years, and everything I have dreamed needed to be prayed about and discerned. All I know is that when I have had these experiences, and I have prayed about them afterwards, a peace comes over me and it is like God telling me it is ok.

As for getting them in the first place..... OMG I wish I knew. Most of the time I don't ask for them, and then there are a few times that I go out of my mind with questions that haven't been answered and it is like someone wants to put my mind at rest with the answers. That is how I got to writing the story 'Salvation'. I was crying out for answers and I feel Freddie was behind me when I wrote it, giving me the answers he couldn't give when he was here. Don't ask me how I know this, I only can tell you it is how I felt.

Is there a formula or anything that people can use to be receptive to such experiences? I dunno that either. I don't think so, except to say you have to be at least open to the fact that they do happen. I think for a long time I believed that when this kind of thing happened to me, it was nothing more than wishful thinking. It took me a while to realize that some of it couldn't be, cause I don't think I was capable of making some of this up.

I don't know if this makes any sense or not. I am not sure if this really gives people answers or not. All I know is what I experience and I know it is true. I also believe other peoples encounters of this nature. Do I wish everyone would have these experiences, well if they want them I do wish they would. I just don't know what to tell you about how to have them. I don't know if there is an answer to that. All I do know is that I am NO one special... never have been and never will be....

[Cheryl Harrell]

It doesn't hurt my feelings that the wallpaper with the message from Freddie really got to you. Didn't mean to make it so sad...

Here is another pic I did up...