re: Ghost Story that just happened to me

Are ghosts real? Is there an afterlife?

I don't know, but I woke up at 4 am and couldn't go back to sleep so I read this thread. I eventually fell back to sleep and had a very vivid dream that I was having dinner with my grandparents (who both have passed on). I got to talk with them and it seemed so real. At the end of the dream I got up to leave and my MeMe called to me from the table, then got up and came and gave me a huge hug with tears in her eyes and told me she loved me.

I don't care if it was the power of suggestion or what. It was awesome and I woke with a feeling I haven't had in my heart since they died.

[ETA] Yesterday was my birthday and it was pretty shitty. My wife is strugging with some stuff and the day was mostly me helping her deal with it. I don't regret it, but wish it could have felt more like a birthday. That dream made up for it.