Life After Death? You Decide

Is there life after death? Many people from many different places and religions have a differing opinion about the subject of the after-life. For some of us it is easier to believe in death as the end than to be afraid of the unknown. Some would rather have the comfort and peace of mind of knowing that all of the loved ones that have passed before are surrounding you, watching you, and protecting you. While some take comfort in believing that this existence is the only plane of being, and believe that our souls simply vanish into the cosmic energy that surrounds us when we pass on.

Since I was a child I was surrounded by odd presences in our old house as well as by the death of my loved ones. I remember going to close family member's funerals at the age of 6, 10 and 13. I have always believed in life after death - or at least wanted to. That is until I, like many others out there, had a few paranormal experiences of my own. I do believe our old family house was haunted not by one, but by a few spirits. Our whole family (including my grandmother before she died) would be woken up in the middle of the night by our piano playing beautiful classical music by itself - that is, unless someone occasionally broke in just to play the piano. Also, I believe my sister and I were contacted by my grandmother after she passed away. She always stated that she would never live to see me and my twin sister become teenagers; strangely enough she was right - she passed on the night before our thirteenth birthday a little after nine that night. Three nights after, my twin sister and I were sitting in the kitchen right beside the room she was in when she died and we heard her distinctly call out to us "Girls!". We looked at each other frightened and ran back to our rooms asking each other if they heard what the other had heard. How could there not be something to the belief of life after death?