About Me

The vignettes tell stories that are, indeed, based on true events. The truth is that I have been married twice, to two of the people loosely described in these tales. I really did meet these people, but I've changed some details, to protect privacy.
Should anyone think that he/she has found him/her/self within a story, I will be happy to claim a copyright on said person ;-)

When I was a very young child, my mother says that I acted 'like a little old lady".
....shades of reincarnation, perhaps?

Speaking of little old ladies, once my mother and I [at about 3 years of age] went to a nearby farmhouse, to visit. While we sat at the kitchen table, I watched as an old woman came in, then slowly hobbled across the room, to a large cupboard that stood in one corner of the room. She disappeared inside it. I asked "Who was that old lady?" and no one had an answer. They had seen nothing at all unusual...Did I see a ghost, or had I just dozed off, a sleepy child?

At the age of 5, while playing outdoors, in the wilds of northern British Columbia, Canada,
I heard a voice calling out my name. I ran back to the house, where my mother insisted that no one had called for me... It may have just been a wild animal, with a human-like cry.

Many things can influence one's life. Some of the things which may have influenced mine include:

-- The church we attended when I was 4 - 5 years old was ministered by an Australian pastor and his family.
He told many stories about Australia, and the aborigines there, including their folklore,
http://dmoz.org/Arts/Literature/Myths_and_Folktales/Myths/Australian_Aboriginal/

-- In our area of B.C., there were many Indians, and totem poles,
http://users.imag.net/~sry.jkramer/nativetotems/default.html
- this site has lots of totem pole info, plus a book for sale -
I list the page here for the info - I have not seen the book...

When I was 17, a girl I had just met predicted that I would have 2 sons, but by two
different fathers. At the time, I was a newlywed, and I thought she'd just smoked too much
dope [this was in the late 60's].
By the time I was 23, her prediction had come true!

Another time, I went to look at a basement apartment that was for rent. The lady who lived upstairs looked at me for a moment, after I had introduced myself, and she said, "You will get what you want". Then she carried on with normal conversation. Well, there were some personal changes going on in my life, and sure enough, everything turned out the way I hoped.

Over the past 10 years, I have had several dreams in which an estranged friend's son -
who died from an inoperable brain tumor* at the age of 12 - would be there, involved in everyday activities with his family. Well, a few months ago, I had a dream in which this boy again appeared, but he was smiling. Just a few weeks later, I heard from this estranged friend, and we have had nice visits since then, everything patched up between us. I have not dreamed of my friend's son since.
*my first husband also died of a brain tumor

Once when my mother was ill, she saw an angel, standing beside her bed.

When she was a child, around 1920, the whole family went to a lonely area, where there was a deserted house, to harvest grain. They stayed overnight in the house. During the night, there was the sound of horse's harness, jingling, coming down the lane that lead to the house. Well, my grandfather got up, wondering who would arrive so late, but there was no one there. This happened several times through the night. The next morning, my grandfather packed up, and they all went home.

Parapsychology link
http://www.mdani.demon.co.uk/para/parapsy.htm

About me part two,