Today’s cartoon makes light of a very poignant event, seeing my first apparition.
Back in the 90’s, I wrapped up a hockey chat show on AOL around 9pm. I headed out to the kitchen for a gratuitous glass of water. As I finished up, I gazed over my dining table and saw the apparition of my brother-in-law. His arms were crossed at his waist and he was looking pensively at me.
It wasn’t a hazy mist, nor was is truly physical. I haven’t found a great way to explain it other than it seemed to be an energetic impression of him. I wouldn’t be surprised to discover I had only seen it with my “third eye” – though it was a real visual impression.
For lack of any better idea, I just smiled at him and did a little salute. I wheeled around an toodled off to bed quickly, dove into the covers and put the pillow over my head. “What had I just seen?” He wasn’t dead as far as I knew at the time. He’d been sick and we didn’t expect him to survive. But, you never expect a 33-year-old to cross over.
The next morning, I got a call at work from my husband. My brother-in-law had passed around 9pm, when I saw him.
Told ya it was poignant. I will write up a full account of it for the ghost stories section of this site.
Tj
