Maybe this blog should have a category called “woo woo.” A friend told me this story a while ago, but whenever I started to write about it, it was nighttime and I’m a scaredy-cat. And, as I write this now, a balloon on a flower arrangement nearby is swaying for no reason, but I’m going to power through. When my friend’s mother-in-law passed away, my friend and her husband went to Vermont to be with his dad. They wound up sleeping in the bed where her mother-in-law passed away. (Brave!) That night around 2:37 a.m., the landline telephone by the bed rang, a soft ring, and when my friend picked up, she heard static. Okay, that’s weird. Landlines either have a dial tone or someone on the other end — not static. Eerie, right? Well, the next night around 2:37 a.m., the telephone softly rang, she picked up and again heard static. This happened every single night she was there. What message did she get out of these calls? She said her mother-in-law, Jane, passed away at 2:37 a.m.! Jane had a strong personality as well as a strong faith. Jane was also time motivated, always setting those plastic kitchen dial timers as a reminder for things she had to do. My friend believes her mother-in-law wanted to be acknowledged and convey that she was still around. Jane also communicated with her other daughter-in-law by making the kitchen timer on her stove go off randomly until it finally stopped working altogether. I’m wondering why Jane reached out to her daughters-in-law instead of her sons. When it comes to woo woo, maybe women are more open to seeing signs and sharing the message. Her sons are probably scaredy-cats!