A few years ago this story was told to my brother by a
good
friend of his, Bob. I have no reason to not believe that it
is true.
When Bob was a little boy of 3 his mother died, leaving Bob
and his year-old brother Bill with their father. Their
father was a good man, but he could not handle the pain of
losing his wife well. He put away all reminders of his lost
wife except one picture of her which sat on the mantle. He
never spoke to his sons about their mother.
Soon after Bill went to kindergarten his teacher met his
father at the grocery store. Trying to be delicate about
the subject, this being the early 60's and love affairs
weren't talked about, the teacher said that she understood
that the family had a lady staying with them. Bill's father
was taken aback, as there was no woman staying with them,
and he wasn't the type of man who would start the type of
relationship. Rather than becoming upset he asked where she
had heard this? Bill had told her that there he had been
upset about going to school and woke up scared, but that
the lady had come and held him in her lap, and rocked him
to sleep singing a lullaby. Bill's dad said that Bill must
have dreamed it.
When he went home he asked Bill about the
lady. Bill explained that when he was upset the lady would
come and hold him, tell him that she loved him, and would
rock him to sleep. When asked who the lady was Billy
pointed out the picture of his mother, and said, "That
lady." Although this would seem to be the longing of a
motherless boy, future events proved the lady did come to
visit.
When Bob was divorcing his first wife he brought his
children to stay with him at his father's house. During
this time the children seemed to become a little more
secure about the happenings in their family. Eventually his
daughter, the oldest child, told him that everything would
be all right because the lady said so. Again a lady was
coming to the children at night when they were frightened,
talking to them about their fears, and rocking them to
sleep. He showed the picture of his mother to the children,
and they said that this was the lady.
The final visit to date was when a lady Bill knew was
trying to leave an abusive relationship, and needed a place
to stay. Bill let them stay at the family house, as it
wasn't being used at the time. Bill's friend told him that
she was frightened because the children had told her that
there was a woman coming into the house and talking to them
at night and rocking them to sleep. Bill brought his photo
album over from his home [important as there were no photos
of him mom in the old house any more], and showed the
children. As they flipped through the album they found the
recognized the picture of his mother as the lady who came
to them.
Bob and Bill had never told anyone about these visits as
they didn't think anyone would believe them. They were sure
that their mother hadn't wanted to leave them alone so
young, and had stayed with them to guide them through
troubled times.
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