One night in the months after my mother died, when I was grieving deeply for her, I either woke or was lying in bed in a pitch black room, when I saw what appeared to be white smoke swirling around my bed, I somehow felt that it was a surreal experience, but I turned on my light to check that there was not a fire in the house. When I switched the light off the smoke was still there. I can't explain how it felt, but I felt my mother's presence all around me. I also felt a weight on my body, as though someone was hugging me. Around the same time, but on another occasion, I could feel a weight beside me pressing up against me, I thought the dog had jumped on the bed, but when I felt there was nothing there. I had never heard anyone's experiences of white smoke until I googled it and found this page. I have had a few psychic experiences since the age of 10, but not that many, but my Mum and I were very close and had a psychic connection. I was also with my Mum when she died and stayed with her afterwards for several hours while I was waiting for other family members to arrive, when a prism of colour, like a rainbow appeared on her pillow, just above her head. I don't know if it was significant, but it was amazing. I am so grateful that I had these experiences, as they were very comforting at such a sad time.
I didn't tell anyone about this until recently when I told my daughter and she told me that she had heard that smoke and rainbows had psychic meaning, and I decided to find out more and hear other people's experiences. Reading that others have had similar experiences has been very interesting.
On a side note, and I apolgize if I don't sound simpethetic, simpithy isn't my strong suit, but don't get down about your mothers passing, death is another stage of life and no one really knows if it is the final step of life. I want to believe in reincarnation, I want to come back as a whale myself.