When I was a child having psychic ability was much like sexual or spousal abuse, you learned to live with it and keep your mouth shut. Of course, that is not appropriate today. And being the strong woman I am now, I was then and am now very proud of my friends from the other side even if some of them were initially strangers. I continued to talk with them as a child and still do so today. Even though at the time I didn’t tell others often, now I tell anyone who will listen. Just because I sometimes make others uncomfortable by telling them what visiting ghosts say is no reason for me to give up such good psychic helpers.  More than hearing is really involved with the ghosts who visit me. My five senses work very well when they are around and they hit me on an emotional level too. As a child, I ran an emotional gauntlet because I could feel every emotion they were feeling. At that time, I had to learn to categorize those feelings. So, I would put emotional feelings and voice to each person in their own category. Though I would feel and hear each, some moved to the foreground and got special attention. Others seemed to be miles away. They looked like kids at school who knew the answers to the teacher’s question. Metaphorically, they all had their hands up, waving in the air, to get my attention. The difference is that they didn’t mind waiting at the back of the line because they knew that one day I would focus on them. After all they did have eternity. So what was a little waiting for me? And thankfully, they still wait for me to communicate with them.

Another thing I have learned and continue to see in my ghostly companions is that they are willing and eager to help anyone still alive. Normally, they will drop everything just to spend a little time with people who need help. And that is whether those people can see the ghostly helpers or not. Most ghosts are wonderful people. But there are a few, like some people on earth, with whom I prefer not to associate. Because I am unlike them, I am no fun for them. They don’t care about hanging around me. That makes us both happy. Most of the ghosts I have met and I have met plenty over the years are polite, caring and comforting individuals. They feel a need to assist people, both living and dead. These ghosts have helped me make major and minor decisions in my life when I listen. Oh, and did I tell you that sometimes I don’t listen. As a human, one of my special traits is that sometimes I can be stubborn. So, I don’t always take their advice. To my dismay at those times, I have learned that their advice generally turns out to be right. Fortunately, they are patient people with lots of forgiveness for me.