True Life Ghost Stories: Intro & Part 1

I am a skeptic. I don't believe in much of anything, except myself, which is one of the few things in this crazy world that I can prove exists. Sometimes.

However, these stories are unexplainable and made me think twice.

They're not "ghost stories" in the standard sense. But...they are Real.

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Part 1: Mom

Mom always told me about these two stories. The general idea is that when living people start conversing with dead people, it's a pretty sure sign that their time here is limited.

Mom ended her entry to me with this line, but I think it's worth opening with:

"That's it! Now please don't make people think I am crazy.....it is all true."

When my grandfather was in the hospital, Dad and I went to visit him. He and Dad immediately started to talk about fish, as he was an outdoorsman who loved fishing all of his life. As they enjoyed their conversation he stopped for a moment and asked that I go and get my Aunt some tea, referencing one of his sisters who had passed away years earlier.

"Girl, go and get Auntie Mary some tea, she has been waiting for you to come."

He died while we were on our way home from NH.

Several years later, I went to visit my Noni Gauthier in her nursing home. She mentioned that my mother had visited her that day and that she was so happy to see her. My mother had passed away when I was 9 months old. Noni died three days later.