Ghost story

Awhile back Um Naief did a post regarding some unusual activity in her home. She heard voices when she was alone in the house. It reminded me of events in my life...

Years ago I worked for a lovely family in their home. They were wonderful people but when you first enter their home there is such an eerie feeling. It wasn't long after I began working there that strange things began to happen. I would hear people talking upstairs when I was there alone. I would check--no tv or radio and the windows would be closed and locked. The conversation would stop as I walked up the stairs. I would see things out of the corner of my eye. One day I was feeling ill and decided to rest on the sofa. I woke up in a state of sleep paralysis, you know, when you can see and hear but are unable to move. It felt like someone was pushing on my chest. This happened several times over the span of months. I thought I was going crazy. I didn't tell anyone because I knew it sounded nuts. My best friend began to work there, and unknown to me was also having experiences. On several ocassions I would hear a rubber ball being bounced in the next room, which would also stop when I walked closer. One day it began and I called my friend and she could hear it over the phone. We finally admitted to each other what we had been experiencing. It was a relief to know it wasn't just me. Two more events really stick out in my mind. One day I was upstairs (alone in the home) and the doorbell rang. I wasn't being careful and hurried down the stairs too quickly. On the third step from the top I began to slip and fall. My heart jumped into my throat because I was very high up and the fall would definately do some damage. Just as I started to fall, something grabbed the back of my shirt and pulled me upright. I regained my balance and it was fine. I literally felt something pull on my shirt. While I appreciated the help, it freaked me out. The next incident was the last straw for me though. I was housesitting for them one night and was just falling asleep when I felt a prescence in the room. I opened my eyes and saw a very tall, dark figure wearing a hat only a few feet from the bed. It was semi-transparent and seemed to be wearing a long coat. I was not dreaming. It was not a shadow from outside or inside. It was there. It made me feel very uncomfortable, to say the least. I quit working there soon after. I never told the family about my experiences for fear of either 1. making them think I was nuts or 2. scaring them. I am still close with this family and have been in the home many times since but never alone and never at night.

Tell me your ghost stories, either here or post and let me know.

A forward from a friend

20 Ways to Maintain A Healthy Sense of Self

1. At lunch time, sit in your parked car with sunglasses on and point a hair dryer at passing cars. See if they slow down.

2. Page yourself over the intercom. Don't disguise your voice.

3. Every time some one asks you to do something, ask if they want fries with that.

4. Put your garbage can on your desk and label it "In."

5. At work, put decaf in the coffee maker for 3 weeks--once everyone has gotten over their caffeine addictions, switch to Espresso.

6. In the memo field of all your checks, write "For Smuggling Diamonds."

7. Finish all your sentences with "In Accordance With the Prophecy."

8. Dont use any punctuation

9. As often as possible, skip rather than walk.

10. Order a diet water whenever you go out to eat, with a serious face.

11. Specify that your drive-through order Is "To Go."

12. Sing along at the opera.

13. Go to a poetry recital and ask why the poems don't rhyme.

14. Put mosquito netting around your work area and play tropical sounds all day.

15. Five days in advance, tell your friends you can't attend their party because "You're not in the mood."

16. Have your co-workers address you by your wrestling name, Rock Bottom.

17. When the money comes out the ATM, scream "I Won! I Won!"

18. When leaving the zoo, start running towards the parking lot, yelling "Run Fast, They're Loose!!"

19. Tell your children over dinner, "Due to the economy, we are going to have to let one of you go."

20. and the final way to keep a healthy level of insanity.......

Send This E-mail To Someone To Make Them Smile.

I am keeping a secret from you but I can hide no longer. I'm tired of sneaking around, incognito. I have become what I fear most. I drive my son to soccer in a minivan. Yes, my friends, I am now a soccer mom. However, I will be shot before I tie a cardigan around my neck. I will not scream hysterically at games. I will not have my hair cut into a trendy, sensible style. I will not gossip about Jd and other moms with the ladies. I have limits, you know. Truthfully, I fit in there as well as I do anywhere. Me with no makeup, hairstyle, tattoos, piercings and out of fashion clothes. Jd does tease me about it because he knows what dread the thought of becoming one of those clones does to me. Will not give in to peer pressure. Will not try to fit in and sacrifice self. Those women kind of scare me really. I don't understand them.

Finally something good happened in our lives--a healthy baby girl. Beautiful with dark hair and large eyes. Her mother came through it healthy. Such a relief. It's nice to have a new baby in the family. Gives me the itch to have one more....wait, scratch that thought. I can hear my daughter tormenting her brother as I type. If only they stayed small, sweet babies...