A celebrity ghost tale
The good thing about being stuck at home with a cold for two days last week was that I could catch up on some TV viewing. One DVD that had been gathering dust in the living room contained a couple of old episodes of Celebrity Ghost Stories, which airs on Bio. This was surprisingly good! Low on the cheese factor, compelling, moving and appropriately creepy.
One of the stories resonated with the theme of my next book. Keshia Knight-Pulliam (who got her start in acting playing the little girl in The Cosby Show) told of a visitation she received when she was struggling in a dysfunctional relationship. To recap, briefly, Pulliam, stressed and increasingly fearful of her partner, on three occasions saw a bizarre sight: a dense, contained “cloud” of fog, or mist, floating inside the home she was sharing with her then-boyfriend. The first time she spotted it, it was floating before her eyes in the bathroom; the second time, it was inside her walk-in wardrobe, and the third, it was floating above her bed. Though afraid of what she’d seen, Pulliam also had the feeling the fog represented someone from her family and that it meant her no harm.
Things came to a head one day when the couple were arguing, and Pulliam heard a woman’s voice tell her loudly and firmly to get out. Peace and strength flooded through her. Minutes later, she heard the same motherly female voice tell her that everything would be okay. She packed her bags and left. Shortly afterwards, she learned, for the first time, that her great-grandmother had been in an abusive relationship with her husband, who’d eventually shot her dead.
To Pulliam, it was evident that the love of her relative had reached down through time to pull her out of a souring relationship. And for this she was immensely grateful.
Love, as the biblical quote asserts, “is strong as death.” Do you agree? Researching my previous books, I met many amazing people whose lives have changed for the better following an encounter with the spirit of a late loved one. I’m working on unearthing some more stories like this for my next book. Please get in touch if you’d like to share your experience.
On another note, today is National Bookshops Day, so head to your local bookseller to show your support! Fortunately, it’s great reading weather in wintery Sydney today, perfect, in fact, for a spooky tale or two … fireside position preferable. Enjoy.
