Added February 13, 2003
Spirit Send Off
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Keith Deschene, Lowell, Massachusetts, June 14,
1994,
emoatticus@msn.com
I find my story to be strange because it happened the night before I
moved with my parents to where I live today (Litchfield, New Hampshire).
The house was all but empty that night because the next morning we were
moving in bright-and-early. I awoke for some reason in the middle of the
night in a cold sweat -- and I was unable to sleep. Maybe I was too
excited about moving into a brand new house.
After looking up at the ceiling for a couple minutes I noticed that
there was an awkward silence. Usually I could hear my brother snoring
from his bunk under mine -- and the streets were always busy at night. I
soon became uncomfortable -- something wasn't right. I turned my head to
look out the window when I noticed a shadow-like figure of a woman at
the edge of my bed. " Mom?" I called out quietly trying not to wake
anyone. The woman did not respond. I became frightened. If that was my
mother she would have answered. Thinking she might not have heard me I
reached out my hand to touch her face. Right as I was about to touch her
the woman looked up at me and starred into my eyes. I soon became
overwhelmed with sadness. I reached out my hand again and when I was
about to touch her face she vanished. Why I didn't scream or become
frightened, I don't know. I didn't feel like I was going to be harmed.
It felt more like the woman was sad about something.
Throughout the years in that house my family and I had no previous
experiences with the supernatural except that one. Some say my
imagination was just running wild, but I like to think it was a spirit
saying goodbye.
