While I have several friends who have agreed lend me their stories for this blog, I am going to start out with that of someone who reached out to me online to share their story. I always appreciate hearing stories from outside of my little circle of life! Today I will be telling about Kelly’s experiences in her new home, which she moved into last October. Since the move in, she and her son have experienced feeling a presence in the house (something I can definitely relate to). She reports having felt something touch her back in her basement, which she had had blessed with sage last November. While that had worked for a while, the feelings have been coming back recently. One story that really gave me chills was one night while watching television, words appeared across the screen that were related to the T.V, but lacked meaning or sense. She had considered the possibility that someone could have been messing with her through their cell phone, but it seems unlikely (and I agree) that someones idea of a good prank would be writing nonsensical messages across the screen. This happened not once, but twice in one night then never happened again. Kelly’s also mentioned seeing shadows consistently in her home, and she is not alone, as her son has seen them as well, even at the same time as her. This also happens often at her computer if shes starts to doze off, she says, seeing a shadow out of the corner of her eye every time. The last thing Kelly shared with me has less to do with the house, but I still think is fascinating. Over the last year, she has been seeing dimes everywhere. At least once a day, and as many as three times a day, dimes seem to appear on the ground constantly for her, and what’s really interesting is that she’s not alone. Her friend, without prior knowledge of Kelly’s dimes, mentioned the same thing happening to her as well.  This reminds me of a phenomenon I see in my own life all the time, where if I meet a person from a different state, suddenly everything revolves around that state! For instance, my current boyfriend moved here from North Dakota after being there for about a year. Since we’ve started dating, I feel like every product I buy, book I read, or person I meet comes from North Dakota. It’s very strange! I like the story about the dimes because it goes to show that if you observe the world the right way, it can show you things other people may have missed. Kelly’s friend theorizes that it’s an attempt from someone in the afterlife to communicate with them.What I personally think is important with any sort of unusual phenomenon is how you interpret it. I believe that what your gut feeling is, generally turns out to be the right answer. For example, there could be several reasons a person could be experiencing something, such as noticing the name of a state everywhere or seeing dimes all over the place. But how a person interprets that is what makes a difference. What would have given Kelly’s friend the idea of the dimes being a method of communication? It seems abstract, but from my view, if that’s the message she got from the dimes, then it’s probably what it means. Life has an interesting way of turning strange coincidences and intuitions into something significant if you pay enough attention. 

Thank you Kelly for sharing your experiences with me!