this happened to my mom a couple of years ago.
It was the beginning of 2007. One morning, i woke my mom to get her ready for dialysis. I tapped her on the shoulder and she turned around. As she was turning around, she asked me, "Is sunshine and bee here?" (Sunshine and Bee are my little nieces. at the time, sunshine was 7 and bee was 5.) I answered saying no. She replied in hmong, "i thought i saw sunshine tapping my shoulder. I turned around and there she was. Are you sure she's not here?" i said, "yes". We thought nothing of it. We just went our day like nothing happened. From that day on, my mom's been seeing bugs crawling on her, around her and even in her food.
Come spring, we were celebrating some birthdays. One of my nephew's gf's mom came to the celebration. She later told my nephew's gf that when she came to the party, she saw my mom. Around my mom was this little girl. She kept hanging around my mom just picking at her. She knew we were christians so she didn't say anything. She knew we wouldn't believe her. It wasn't until summer that my nephew told us.
Come july, my mom went into a cardiac arrest. That day, one of my brother told us that the night before, he had a dream of this little girl hanging around my mom. He said that the girl was the older version of his daughter, Sunshine, and that her name was Mee. My oldest brother confirmed that at the time of my sister's Mee death, she looked a lot like Sunshine. My cousins were there and even they confirmed it.
We never did any sort of shaman jingle bell on my mom but then my nephew's gf, who's now his wife, her mom told her that before my mom married my dad, she was supposed be a shaman. But because she married my dad and my dad converted to christianity, the spirits stopped bugging her. It wasn't until my dad died that the spirits came back. They want her to be one even at her advance age. My nephew's wife said that her mom is willing to help us get rid of it. However, when the time comes and my mom is to pass on, we have to do it the shaman way. My mom, all her life, she's known God. So i told her that it's okay. We'll just keep praying.
in a way, it kind of makes sense. all my mom's life, she's been a sick child. she even told us that at one point in her childhood, her grandma wanted her to go with her to the after world but my grandma wouldn't have it. They even changed her name so that the grandma wouldn't come anymore. Even til this day, my mom is still sick. She's so sick but yet she keeps holding on.
Just a couple of months ago, my mom and I were talking in the living room. All of a sudden, my mom starts reaching outward in front of her. I asked her what she was doing. She replied in hmong, "who's kid is this?" i looked and said, "what kid, mom" she replies, "he's right here. Don't you see him?" i said, "mom, there's no kid here." I saw her face and it looked like she knew she was going crazy. she stopped what she was doing and just went back to talking.
these days, when it gets really quiet, she'll scream out my name. if i don't answer her on the first call, she yells and yells for my name until either i answer or someone else does. she doesn't like to be alone and always wants someone in the same room with her.
my mom told me one time that when she misses my dad, she'll see his face appear kind of like a cloud floating near her. When she's had enough of it, it would disappear. Sometimes, she would even feel him sleep right next to her. She would feel the bed sink and she'll turn and see him next to her.
a few members of my family have experienced a lot of paranormal activities around them. i'll try to tell them later when i have the courage to do it. hahahahaha