Tough call there. Could be you want to see her and so your mind makes her image from things nearby? Maybe just hallucinations, maybe something supernatural? I don’t know. I had 2 weird experiences with my grandmother’s death. We knew she didn’t have long, was on hospice. One night I dreamed we were both in the hair parlor getting our hair done, talking and having a good time. She loved getting her hair fixed. I woke up around 4:30 AM (always look at the clock when I wake in the night, a habit of mine), then went back to sleep. My mom called in the morning, told me my grandmother passed around 4:30 AM. I know I likely dreamt about her because we knew her death was imminent, but to wake at pretty much the time she passed was weird.

Later, after my daughter was born (I was very pregnant when my grandmother died), there was one morning, not quite light outside when I was lying in bed nursing my daughter. I got the feeling of a presence at the foot of our bed, just watching me. I wasn’t scared. It was light, but not clear but I was not wearing my glasses. I had the strongest feeling it was my grandmother, come to see the baby. Then, the presence was gone, everything back to normal. So was I hallucinating, I don’t know. That was the only time in my life I had something like that happen.