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Comment by renee collier on January 24, 2013 at 11:29pm

Anna, Thanks for sharing your story. It's nice to know others have similar experiences.  So now we know we are not crazy lol.  I am glad you find comfort in the smell of smoke :)  It is comforting to know they are still with us. 

Take care. :)

Comment by anna l. on January 24, 2013 at 11:08pm

My son Karl was a smoker.  I hated it but when you are confined to a wheelchair and have very little left after the accident he had we accepted it but sometimes the smell of tobacco was pretty hard to handle.  After he died every once in awhile there is a very strong odor of tobacco smoke in my home.  Noone has ever lived here who smoked and I do not allow smoking in my house so it is not just old smoke.  I was still pretty numb from his death when my husband got sick and died too.  It took awhile for me to realize what the smell was.  Now when I smell it I just start talking to him.  Before I started to talk to him the smell would be around for long periods of time to the point it would choke me, but since I started acknowledging him it is here, then gone.  I think after his dad died he needed check up on me and let me know it was ok where they are now.  Thank goodness for my sanity that others have smelled the smoke as well or I would seriously be doubting myself.  I always cry when it happens as I talk to him and send messages for his dad too but it is comforting in a funny sort of way.  So there is my story!