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<blockquote data-quote="orbitalfreak" data-source="post: 1159390" data-attributes="member: 1669"><p>Well, I've got another one, and it's a little long. This happened within the past month, when my great-grandmother passed away. </p><p> </p><p><strong>A Visit from my Great-Grandparents</strong></p><p> </p><p>I was laying in bed when I felt it. A presence infringing on the edge of my consciousness. At once, I knew what was happening. My great-grandmother had died.</p><p> </p><p>She had been slipping towards death for the past few months, as her age crept up on her, so her passing was certain to happen soon. It would not come as a surprise when we would learn of her death. What <em>was</em> disconcerting, though, was the manner in which I learned of her death...</p><p> </p><p>Cecelia Gatlin, Maw-Maw Ceelie. She died near 10:30 p.m. Less than a quarter of an hour later, I saw her. I could almost communicate with her. She did not speak in any way that we would recognize as speech; more, it was as though her thoughts were emenating from her, and whoever was listening would interpret those thoughts and apply their own words as they saw fit. It was the meaning that was important, not the specific words used.</p><p> </p><p>She was looking for her daughter, my grandmother Maw-Maw Bonnie. Maw-maw Ceelie had come to our (my and my parents') house to find maw-maw. The house <em>had</em> been maw-maw's until a few years ago, when we had purchased it; Maw-maw Ceelie had thought that maw-maw was still there. This is an understandable incident, as her mind had been degrading along with her body in her final days. Thus, she was still confused after passing the bounds of life.</p><p> </p><p>She was looking for maw-maw Bonnie because she wanted to say her final goodybes to her family. As she stood confused, only yards from me (in what had once been the living room of the house), her husband, my Paw-Paw Speck, came to her. Again, they did not communicate in words, so allow me to paraphrase their conversation:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Ceelie:</strong> "Speck [[<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'">she most likely used his real name; however, since I knew him only by this nickname, that is what I interpreted her words as</span>]], where's Bonnie? She's not at home?"</p><p><strong>Speck:</strong> "Bonnie doesn't live here anymore, Cecelia. Angie [[<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'">my mom</span>]] bought the house. Bonnie lives elsewhere now."</p><p><strong>Ceelie:</strong> "Then let me say goodbye to Angie. But if Bonnie's not here, where can I find her?"</p><p><strong>Speck:</strong> "Don't worry Cecelia, I'll help you. I know this is new to you, that you're confused and disoriented. It will all be fine in the end. You will be in PERFECTION, a place beyond happiness, a state of pure peace, of absolute serenity. Come along, I'll take you to Bonnie."</p><p> </p><p>And with that, they departed; then, the telephone rang, with the family reporting of her death.</p><p> </p><p>This confirmed a thought I had entertained previously. Our house was, at one time, inhabited by what you could call a ghost. This was when my grandparents still owned the house, both when and before we lived there. After my grandparents moved out, the ghost no longer visited the house.</p><p> </p><p>I am now convinced that this spirit was Paw-paw Speck, watching over his daughter, Maw-maw Bonnie. I am unaware if he "haunted" the houses of his other children, though I assume he did visit them.</p><p> </p><p>Speck had died back in 1990 - 1993 (I honestly can't remember...) He stayed on Earth long enough to guide his wife into the afterlife.</p><p><strong>*************************************</strong></p><p> </p><p>And that's another of my stories.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="orbitalfreak, post: 1159390, member: 1669"] Well, I've got another one, and it's a little long. This happened within the past month, when my great-grandmother passed away. [b]A Visit from my Great-Grandparents[/b] I was laying in bed when I felt it. A presence infringing on the edge of my consciousness. At once, I knew what was happening. My great-grandmother had died. She had been slipping towards death for the past few months, as her age crept up on her, so her passing was certain to happen soon. It would not come as a surprise when we would learn of her death. What [i]was[/i] disconcerting, though, was the manner in which I learned of her death... Cecelia Gatlin, Maw-Maw Ceelie. She died near 10:30 p.m. Less than a quarter of an hour later, I saw her. I could almost communicate with her. She did not speak in any way that we would recognize as speech; more, it was as though her thoughts were emenating from her, and whoever was listening would interpret those thoughts and apply their own words as they saw fit. It was the meaning that was important, not the specific words used. She was looking for her daughter, my grandmother Maw-Maw Bonnie. Maw-maw Ceelie had come to our (my and my parents') house to find maw-maw. The house [i]had[/i] been maw-maw's until a few years ago, when we had purchased it; Maw-maw Ceelie had thought that maw-maw was still there. This is an understandable incident, as her mind had been degrading along with her body in her final days. Thus, she was still confused after passing the bounds of life. She was looking for maw-maw Bonnie because she wanted to say her final goodybes to her family. As she stood confused, only yards from me (in what had once been the living room of the house), her husband, my Paw-Paw Speck, came to her. Again, they did not communicate in words, so allow me to paraphrase their conversation: [b]Ceelie:[/b] "Speck [[[font=Arial Narrow]she most likely used his real name; however, since I knew him only by this nickname, that is what I interpreted her words as[/font]]], where's Bonnie? She's not at home?" [b]Speck:[/b] "Bonnie doesn't live here anymore, Cecelia. Angie [[[font=Arial Narrow]my mom[/font]]] bought the house. Bonnie lives elsewhere now." [b]Ceelie:[/b] "Then let me say goodbye to Angie. But if Bonnie's not here, where can I find her?" [b]Speck:[/b] "Don't worry Cecelia, I'll help you. I know this is new to you, that you're confused and disoriented. It will all be fine in the end. You will be in PERFECTION, a place beyond happiness, a state of pure peace, of absolute serenity. Come along, I'll take you to Bonnie." And with that, they departed; then, the telephone rang, with the family reporting of her death. This confirmed a thought I had entertained previously. Our house was, at one time, inhabited by what you could call a ghost. This was when my grandparents still owned the house, both when and before we lived there. After my grandparents moved out, the ghost no longer visited the house. I am now convinced that this spirit was Paw-paw Speck, watching over his daughter, Maw-maw Bonnie. I am unaware if he "haunted" the houses of his other children, though I assume he did visit them. Speck had died back in 1990 - 1993 (I honestly can't remember...) He stayed on Earth long enough to guide his wife into the afterlife. [b]*************************************[/b] And that's another of my stories. [/QUOTE]
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