My husband and I had been married for a while and had been
trying desperately to have a baby. We had tried and tried,
but, it was miscarriage after miscarriage. After trying for
almost four years, we were ready to give up. However, soon
after, our frustration was met with great joy because I
found that I was pregnant again and the doctor said that
this time, it should be successful. My husband and I were
of course very excited about the news and made all the baby
plans and shopping we needed.
My husband was a business man and had to leave on
business trips frequently for three or four days at a
time. When I was about four months along, he left to go on
a business trip and I was at the house alone. I get into
bed as usual and fall asleep. For no apparent reason, I
wake up in the middle of the night(around 2am) and I'm
sleeping on my side, and, I get that feeling like somebody
is watching me, I turn to look and at the end of the bed, a
man is standing at the foot of my bed looking right at me.
I panic, hide my head under the covers and scream. I look
up soon after to see if the man is still there. He is
nowhere to be found at all.
Nothing happened after that and my husband comes back
from his trip. I didn't say anything to him because I
wasn't even sure of myself yet and what I saw. I just
tried to let it go and move on with life. Well, sure
enough, my husband goes on another business trip the next
month and I'm terrified that history is going to repeat
itself for me. He goes and I still say nothing to him
about it, hoping inside that it doesn't happen again. Sure
enough, it happened again and I am found awakened in the
middle of the night by a man standing at the end of my bed
looking at me, but, always leaves the minute he sees that
he is frightening me.
Still not saying anything to my husband, I seek
religious guidance and go to talk with my local bishop
about what was happening to see if he could give me any
advice. He told me he had a good feeling inside about the
situation and that the spirit was not there to hurt me or
scare me. Then what he said next shocked me! He said "if
you see this man again, introduce yourself and offer him
your hand, by this, you will know his intentions". I
thought is sounded crazy, but, I trusted what he said and
committed myself to doing it if it ever happened again.
About two months later, my husband leaves on another
business trip and I'm alone in the house agian (by this
time, almost 7 months pregnant). I go to sleep and wake up
in the middle of the night agian. I slowly look over my
shoulder to see if the man was there. He was and of course
I naturally became terrified, but, I didn't scream or hide
my head under the covers and I immediately recalled what my
bishop said and what I committed myself to do, so, I took a
deep breath, sat up in the bed, put my hand out and (at
first) with eyes shut, in a completely terrified voice,
told him my name and said, "I don't know who you are, but,
please offer me your hand so that I may know your
intentions".The man then said (in a very calming and comforting
voice) "I cannot offer you my hand, for I have not yet
received a mortal body. I am your unborn son. I came here
to tell you that the boy you carry in you right now will
not live long past child birth and I just wanted to thank
you for giving me the opportunity to recieve a mortal
body". His voice was very calming and comforting and gave
me a sense of peace with the whole situation.
I had the baby two months later and it passed away
three weeks after child birth. Though it was hard, that
experience made it easier for me to understand and feel
some comfort during that time. I will always be grateful
for having the chance to have met my unborn son.
My name is Casey Parrish and I'm not the woman portrayed in
this story. It was told to me by this same bishop who
worked with the woman in this story who have given me
permission to present it on this web site. I portrayed the
story from her point of view to make it more enjoyable to
read and not so wordy.
Hope you enjoyed.
True story!!!
Contact me here: hatorihanzo23@hotmail.com
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