my great~grandpa dies. i adore him...but as far back as i can remember, he was in a wheelchair and then a hospital bed, so i can't say i'm surprised. still, i'm worried about him. who will take care of him in the after~life? my great~grandma is still alive. won't he be lonely without us? so, i'm in bed, trying to sleep but worrying...and there he is...at the foot of my bed. gg "don't worry about me...i'll be fine" me "MAMA!!!!!!!!" gg "it's okay..." me: "DADDY!!!!!!!!". the parents come running. i tell them what happened. "oh, you're just upset. you just saw what you wanted to see." blah blah blah...FLASH FORWARD 1981(ish)
mama and daddy are out doing whatever it is old people do. my lil bro is out playing little brother games with his little friends. it's just me...and kat...and my german shepard, kacy (look...i don't know how my parents spelled it, i spelled it this way so i could sing the radio station jingle to her: k~a~c~y port hueneme!). so, the 3 of us are in the kitchen, planning our night when we hear a toilet flush. what?!! then we hear someone clanging around in the basement. remember how i said it was just the 3 of us? just like a movie...the 2 dumb blonds and the dog go into the basement instead of getting out of the house. there is nothing there. and no evidence that anyone was ever there. as we get to the top of the steps...FLUSH...the basement toilet flushes. ummmmmmm...."that toilet doesn't even work, kat! it doesn't even have water in it!!!!!!!" AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!! the parents think we're crazy.
FLASH FORWARD 1998~2009
we've bought a new house. really, it's just me and my boys...the ex works away from home. we see a lot of shadows in our peripheral vision. we hear a lot of noises. dustin hears someone tapping his feet to "build me up buttercup". i hear someone whistling the tune to "young folks". it's not scary, just life. his name is ted...we know this because, at one point, we asked a ouija board. ted likes to walk past our front window and make us believe someone is coming for a visit. he likes to sit in our rocking chairs on the porch. at first he is just a shadow...but it doesn't take him long to show me a human form: i come into the living room and i see a figure walk past the front window...tall, skinny, tan and wearing a white t~shirt...it looks like houseman and i'm super excited to see him back from college...i run to the door...no one is there...
FLASH FORWARD 2007
i take a tour of eastern state penitentiary in philadelphia. i know it's haunted, but it's broad daylight. it's 95 degrees in the shade, and you can feel the humidity in the old prison. i'm darting in and out of cells, sensing nothing. i'm bored now...they all look the same. i go in one last cell. i feel like someone is breathing down my neck. i feel like i can't breathe. i back out slowly. i bump right into blue~eyes. he grabs my arms to steady me "my god girl! you are freezing!!". ummmmmm....in case you were wondering, that place is haunted.
FLASH FORWARD 2012
betsy is giving the grandboy a bath. he is giggling and splashing and having a ball. i watch from the doorway. "hey!" i hear in my left ear, even feeling the breath on my neck. i turn around to hug mamabird...there is no one there. i look in the dark bedrooms, thinking she is now hiding from me and plans on scaring me, they're empty. betsy looks at me like i'm crazy. i know i'm not. the next day, betsy is positive that she turned off all the lights and locked all the doors when she left for work. she gets home to find the front door unlocked and the hall light on. coincidence? i don't think so.
1 in 3 people believe in ghosts. 23% claim to have seen, or been in the presence of, a ghost. i know i am one of the 23%. i KNOW i've seen a ghost. but today is not about the people that believe. today is international skeptics day. today is a day for you to give in to all the things you are unsure exists and celebrate them: ghosts, ufo's, santa claus, the great pumpkin....BELIEVE...even if it's just for today.
^a 2nd trip to eastern state...very successful^
^the long front porch ted liked^
^monkeyboy...what's that beside him?^
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