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My Great Aunt My second story has actually happened in the last few months. My great aunt died a month a half ago in New York and on the day she died, she came to me. She wanted to see my then 6 and a half month old twins, since she had never seen them in life. She told me that I should not feel guilty for not coming to her funeral (I do NOT get along with my family and was not welcomed or aided to go there, since I also have very little money) and that I was good for living on my own away from the abusive people who I lived with growing up in New York! She said she would watch over me and my kids and that I should remain strong because I was all those kids had in the world.
Last night, I was on an IM with a friend of mine from Maryland who ALSO has this gift, though not as developed as mine. Now the only one in my family who even talks to me anymore is my father and he (my father) has recently been helping me out financially, etc. I feel resentful for this "help" because of the inevitable strings attached, even though it would REALLY help my family.
Anyway, I was talking with my friend, Ross, and when I made mention of the fact that it galled me to accept help from a man who had hurt me while I was growing up, Dolly, the great-aunt who died just a few months before, showed up unexpectedly. *smile* She was holding my son, who was playing with her hair (apparently he has the Gift, too) and she told me that I was too proud and that he (my dad) has been trying to make up for the past and that I should give him a chance to.
I also ended up telling her how guilty I still felt at not being able to be at her funeral and how I would always seem to ask for money or feel like I took advantage of her. SHE smacked me upside the head (literally) and told me to stop it, that she had been happy to help and that help offered is not taking "advantage" if it is offered to begin with and not asked for.
We had a nice chat and she played with the babies, who seem to have both been able to see her (apparently my daughter has the same gift, too) and then she left after I had gotten over myself and decided to accept the extra help. It's tough to be a single mom with twins in the middle of a divorce from her abusive husband with a first family who doesn't seem to care less.
I have also had experiences with some who have passed on! Who died at the 9/11 incident but will not relate them here. Anyway, the ghosts of my family are quite prevalent and some help out while others don't. Needless to say, this is the first time I have spoken of this outside of my closest friends because in my family the Gifts are not believed in or respected.
My Gift is so strong that I have seriously considered
becoming a ghost hunter or something of the sort but have no idea how to start
such a venture. But in MY family, starting with my twins, I will make sure that
the gifts thrive and become strong. Kate Pratt
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