Hauntings

Do you believe in ghosts?

I do. I think that the spirits of those we have loved stay with us and watch over us.

I also think that they love to show us signs that they are around.

We lost Leslie back in November. She was fast becoming a member of our family and brought lots of noise and excitement when she came into our ordinarily quiet house. Personally, I lost someone I really thought was going to be my daughter-in-law someday and we really had a great relationship. I was looking forward to all the fun things we were planning and finally getting a chance to enjoy having a "girl" around my house.

Well lately I think Leslie has been around letting us know that she's still around and once again, she's making LOTS of noise.

First event: One of the spoons in my collector's rack flew off the rack onto the floor. All of these spoons are secure and no one ever touches them.



Second event: Paul and I were in the office and the dart board fell off the wall with a GIANT crash. We just got done putting it up on the wall when.......







Third event: a stack of folders in the same room fell into a giant heap.







Fourth event: A couple of hours later that same spoon flew out of the spoon rack again. Interestingly enough -- the spoon that keeps falling off has a dolphin on the handle (her mom loves dolphins)and no other spoons have fallen.




Fifth event: Things have been quiet and then last night one of my new frying pans fell off the counter (when no one was in the kitchen). I had to give her a little lecture on this one though, because it was a brand new frying pan and now the edge is dented and the lid won't fit on it. I asked her the next time she wants attention to go back to knocking spoons off the rack and not messing with my new pots and pans!

In addition to these noise making activities, I have walked into our laundry room on two occasions and just caught a small whiff of her perfume. At that moment I tried once again to catch that smell thinking there was something in the room -- but it was gone.

Believe what you want or do not want, but I know she's around and she knows that we miss her like crazy!