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Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 22:20:03 -0700 (PDT)
To: guestbook@ghosts.org
yourname Becky Backen
email mayerguyz@mwaz.com
While there are many stories (all true) that I could tell, there's one that is of great interest to me at the moment. And any helpful feedback I can get would be good.
In February of this year my husband, two children and myself moved to a new home. It was the most comfortable, happy house I'd ever been in. It was remodled in 1981, but still retains parts of the original structure which was built in the late 1800's.
Within a week after moving in I began to hear laughing children. What made it odd was that mi children were in school and there are no other children on this street. And I hear it most clearly in the new area of the house.
One day my husband was outside working on the car while I put away laundry. It was about 11:00 a.m. and I clearly heard, "Mom, I'm home." So I yelled back that I was in the bedroom.
I waited several minutes and got no reply. I went through the house and no one was inside. I went out and asked my husband if Eric had come home early. He looked at me as if I were an idiot and told me that no one had come by. I told him what had happened and he said he thought he'd heard something too, but hadn't seen anyone.
Well, as time passed, I looked on these voices as part of the home. They weren't hurting anyone, the children weren't having bad experiences, and often, I found them to be rather comforting.
But then I started noticing that I was seeing things I'd never seen before. That, at times, I could hear voices of many different people all trying to get my attention. After ruling out schizophrenia (boy, I hope that's spelled right!) I started wondering if I was becoming psychic. Which is not a thing I've ever wanted to be.
My mother came to see our new home about a month ago. She had been told nothing about my experiences. Yet, after her first night here, she asked me about all the activity and the children's voices that she heard. We discussed it briefly.
When she left a few days later, so did the children's voices. I actually missed them. I called and asked mom what she'd done to them. She said I should invite them back, but with the proviso that they not go near my two children. She felt that it was possible that these voices were trying to get my attention because they are guides.
While I considered this for a few days (after all, who INVITES ghosts into their home?) the voices returned. But they have stopped laughing. Quite often now I hear the sound of a child crying. I'm still seeing and hearing other things, but the children have stopped laughing. If anyone can help me find out if I'm supposed to help them, or if I'm being taken for a ride by some bad spirits, i'd really appreciate it. What do you think I should do?