learning to feel and identify the origin of phenomena is an important ability and needed now for personal evolution to begin. there is no need for belief for us to know of our origins - 'natural' is of the same rood origin as 'birth' and technically 'supernatural' simply refers to 'that which exists before birth' - which is 'parents' in many cases. ;)
you could have been communicating with numerous levels of your own being, or the mother/father aspect of existence.. there are a few options.
Maybe that's true. I've always felt a very strong affection for my parents. It's beyond normal, to the point that I cry sometimes when I remember that they will die someday.