‘My kid told me he was playing chess with grandpa in heaven’

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Fleur sings songs with her late grandfather and Stan plays chess with his late grandfather without ever learning the game. Not everything children say can be dismissed as ‘a vivid fantasy’.

Sandra (41), mother of Fleur (7) and Roos (3):

“I myself had absolutely nothing to do with the spiritual. Until my daughter Fleur, who was four years old at the time, kept talking about Grandpa Beer. She said he came to sit with her on the edge of the bed and sang songs with her. I got acute chills.

My father (Berend) died when I was fifteen and was a conductor in a choir. He also sang a lot with me. According to Fleur, he was happy and cheerful. Unfortunately he has been a few times and then never again. Every now and then I ask about Grandpa Beer, but Fleur can’t remember anything. Such a pity. Still, it feels like a sign from my father to me.”

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Lisanne (29), mother of Wout (7) and Stan (6):

“My father-in-law died when Wout was one and Stan was not yet born. But a while ago I was woken up in the middle of the night by noise. Stan sat up in his bed. He had taken the chessboard out of the cupboard and said he was playing chess with Grandpa in heaven.

I quickly woke my husband; he had to see this. Stan named the pieces and even knew how to make some moves. We were amazed; we had never played chess with him. What made it extra special was that chess was my father-in-law’s favorite hobby.”

This article can be found in Kek Mama 01-2022.

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