Several years ago, my daughter, Sarah, and her two-year old son, Ian, were staying with us for part of the summer. And when Sarah is home, the activity in our house increases. I think it’s because we have a little one in the house again and the “Grandma ghost” is trying to watch over him. …
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Kids Say the Darndest Things….
My dad was a Marine, so when I was young, we would move quite a bit. I was actually born in Hawaii, lived there a whole six months, and then we moved to Beaufort, South Carolina. I don’t remember the house we lived in, I was about three when we moved to Chicago. But my…
Holiday Surprise
As my children have gotten older, one of the new traditions we have during the holidays is the drive out to Idaho to take them back to college. Since we have family in Idaho and Utah, we take this opportunity to meet with them and catch up. We have been lucky enough, in the last…
My House is Haunted
I asked my good friend Ophelia Julien to share one of her own ghost stories for Freaky Friday. Enjoy! He began dating her during fall term of their Freshman year in college. Neither he nor she was looking for a serious or exclusive relationship at the time, so they were content with the occasional date….
Stairwalker
After a program at the local library I was giving on ghost stories, a family of four approached me. They had sat quietly in the back of the room for the entire program and hadn’t offered to share anything, so I thought they were just there to listen. I found out I was wrong. “I…
Hum
The young, college-aged man had come home for the week-end. He had enjoyed several days of visiting with both family and friends, although his last visit with friends had ended up much longer and later than he had planned. Which was why he was struggling out of bed well past his usual time. He made…
The Toy Room
The young mother put the toys back on the shelf in her two-year-old son’s playroom. The final toy to be put on the shelf was his favorite, a see and say interactive toy. Her son loved pulling down on the yellow lever and listening to the voice tell him the name of the animal and…