Northern Lights

So the house is doing that “manifestation” thing again. It’s a silent one as lights in the basement, hallway and the master bedroom are seemingly turning themselves on.

Oh, sure. It could be forgetfulness. Rob and I are getting on in our forties and Dee is a kid. You know how feeble brained 40 somethings are and kids just think electricity flows as freely as tap water.

But, over the last week, the basement stairs have lit up at least twice with the most memorable being when we arrived home from the city on Saturday evening. I’d had anatomy in a dicey area of the city, so Rob drove me in and picked me up. It was after dark when we got home and he noticed the light shining up from the downstairs as we walked in the front door.

“Did you forget to turn off the basement lights?” he asked Dee.

Her playroom is in an old bedroom space downstairs.

“No,” she replied.

“Well they are on,” he needlessly pointed out.

“Well I turned them off,” she said. “Remember, I checked.”

Cue the Twilight Zone music and then crank it to eleven because I’d discovered the lamp next to my side of the bed blazing the night before when there hadn’t been anyone upstairs at all since the afternoon, so there was no reason for a light to even have been used.

And in the middle of the night Saturday, Rob headed down to the bathroom where the hallway light was ablaze as though someone had anticipated his arrival.

“Maybe we should take Stephanie’s advice and ask what’s up?” he mused.

Frankly, I don’t want to know. The last bit of “activity” preceded the death of my late husband’s best friend’s eleven year old son. Whatever the spirits have to say, they can keep to themselves.

5 thoughts on “Northern Lights

  1. I would never visit a fortune teller. I think it’s it’s a bunch of hooey. But, also, what if it’s real!? Like you, I have no interest whatsoever in knowing what the future has in store for me. *Shudder*

  2. Oh Holy Moly! You have a house like that too!?!?! When I first bought this house, I noticed crosses painted on all the doors (and yes, I know this is a common practice in Catholic and other religions) but it still freaked me out…. alot has happened in this house and without listing everything, we are pretty convinced it’s child’s spirit here…

    My hubby John would NEVER believe me either… not until he heard some things and has seen some things… he’s a believer now! Reason #564 that we want to move… all though if we do have spirits here, I do believe thay are harmless…

    And yeah…. I prefer the long quiet spells too, ours semm to come in bursts here as well 🙂

    1. That’s a thought. It’s not a sinister thing, aside from the fact that it never fails to jump start the spidey senses a bit. More of a “hi” and a reminder that perhaps in our zeal to renovate we are changing things a bit too much.

      There have been times when, I think, they are letting us know that all is well on the other side – in that they are pleased with our efforts here – or that they are getting ready for new arrivals (which is unsettling, but death is normal, ya know?).

      I prefer the long quiet spells when I sense nothing and they appear to be occupied with tasks elsewhere. That totally works for me.

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