Great Grandma
"At this point in time I am 14 years old. When I was a
little girl I used to be scared of the dark. Every
night, when I was really scared, I used to see a
vision of an old lady in a rocking chair with a book
on her lap, and she used to read to me, although I
could never hear what she was saying. She made me feel
safe.
A year ago, I told my Mum about this, she cried and
told me that when she was young and scared at night,
the same thing happened to her. My mother told me that
one night when she was very upset that the lady got
out of her chair and tucked the blankets in around her
neck, kissed her goodnight and told her that
everything would be fine.
My mother told me that she
thought it had been her mother who had done this and
asked her in the morning if she had tucked her in.
She said no, she had not been in my mother's bedroom.
My mother said that a few months later, her mother
showed her pictures of my mother's grandmother (who
had died many years before my mother was born). My
mother said it was the lady she saw at night. And when
I described the lady I saw, my mother said it was the
same woman who had looked after her too.
I have never seen the lady since I was little, but I
still feel that she keeps me safe and that she watches
over me. My mother feels the same."
-Michelle
