This all happened two years ago. I was in terrible car accident and as a result had to spend a long time in hospital having operations and recovering. During my stay I got to know all the nurses and they would always come and chat when they changed shifts to let me know what was going on in the outside world. As time went on I was starting to worry about my job and how I was going to manage paying all the bills while I was holed up in there. One night I just couldn't sleep and it got to three AM and whatever I did I couldn't fall asleep. I decided to call the nurse and ask her if there was anything she could give me to help me sleep. But an elderly nurse appeared at my side before I had a chance to hit the call button and began to talk softly to me. The words she spoke to me were so comforting and as I lay there she began to stroke my hair and face and it just felt so relaxing and good that I just lay there and began to drift into sleep. I had the best night’s sleep of my life and when I awoke I heard the words "Everything’s going to be alright" in the nurses soft voice.I  asked the other nurses who the nurse from last night was and nobody seemed to be able to tell me. I told them that the nurse was around 60 years of age and had short dark hair but they wouldn't tell me any more. Later that day one of the nurses came and asked me again about the mystery nurse; when I told her she began to cry and then explained that 6 months ago she'd lost a dear friend and colleague to a terminal illness. That friend was Sister Williams, and she described her exactly like the kind elderly nurse who'd soothed me to sleep and stroked my face. This experience was not frightening at all, and when I look back and remember I always smile. Sister Williams was a remarkable woman in life and had been nursing on that ward for the past 25 years, and she still is. I feel like I have had a visit from an angel.

Jennifer, England