From the time I can remember I was always afraid of the dark. Never quite sure what was lurking in the darkness... Not bad entities just a presence of sorts. We lived in a bi-level house just outside Philadelphia from the time I was a baby until about 10 years old. I have had a couple experiences there in that short 10 years. The experience I am about to tell you right now is one I will never and have never forgotten.
It was a winter night, there was at least a foot of snow outside. My mom and I were in our living room, her on one couch me on the other, watching a movie. We ended up falling asleep and decided to stay there for the night. I don't know what time I woke up but when I opened my eyes I was surrounded by people. The first person I saw was to my right, a beautiful lady dressed in white with a light around her almost as if she was glowing, then in front of her sitting on the side of the couch was an older man with big round glasses holding a grandfather clock (I KNOW HOW CRAZY IT SOUNDS), then behind them on top of the TV stand we had was an older man with grease stains all over his face and shirt. All three of them were just staring at me smiling. At this point I was panicking. I looked over to my mom and she was still asleep on the couch.
After I looked back to see if the people were still there they were gone. I finally let out a huge scream and woke up my mom. She had no idea that anything was going on. The next morning my mom went outside and checked the whole outside of the house to make sure no one had broken into the house while we were sleeping... Just like I thought there were no foot prints outside no indentations of old foot prints, nothing... Of course my mom believed me right away because she knows I am sensitive to the paranormal. Just like the rest of my family.
Here's where it gets freaky... Freakier...
My MomMom was pregnant with her first daughter, who died as soon as she was born... She died when she was born due to complications. Then my MomMom had my aunt and my mom... But we always talk about my MomMom's first baby, we all call her "Aunt Dianne". We all have talked to her occasionally and tell her we wish we were able to meet her and wish she would have had a great life with us all.
A couple days after this had happened to me I went and talked to my 20 year old cousin (at the time) and I told her what happened and she just smiled and said " well, the lady you saw was Aunt Dianne" my heart stopped... Because when I saw the beautiful lady in white I felt connected to her I felt like I knew her and I felt love. My cousin said that she has also had a visit from "Our Aunt Dianne". We told my MomMom that we saw her beautiful baby who is a grown woman now.
It has been 11 years since I have seen Aunt Dianne and I always think about her and remember the time I got to see her... I often wonder who the other two men were... I wonder if they were also relatives or just someone who wanted to come say hi. But I haven't seen any of them since that day...
Any one have any ideas?
My thoughts are since they were smiling at you, as you described, perhaps all 3 were relatives who have passed on just checking in on you.
I can't really wrap my head around the concept of a spirit growing up, but that's just me.
Thanks for sharing.