A Haunted Mother

~*A Haunted Mother*~

*More Experiences From Rachel Livingston's Mother*

(Above: Holly Federle - Photo Taken and Edited By: Rachel Aleta Livingston)

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 ~FATHER? IS THAT YOU?~ 

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I have had several experiences with hauntings.......one of which was my Father. 

 My Father left when I was 4 years old...he was not a nice person at that time, and treated my Mother horribly, which is why they parted.  I can still vividly remember him and taking him to the bus stop. Which was the last time I saw him in my childhood. 

I didn't understand it at the time of course, but I heard nothing from him, until my younger brother, as an adult, went in search of him and found him in California. We went to see him, prompting shortly a brief visit from him when I was 29 and my daughter was 1. As can be expected, I had very ambivalent feelings about him.
He only stayed a few days and went back to California. Soon after that he passed away from cancer. At the time of the visit, I didn't even know he was sick. 

 Shortly after he passed I started to have odd experiences that really scared me. I would suddenly awaken thinking my daughter was standing by my bed, only to see nothing. 
 I was always feeling that I was being watched. 
 Our cat at the time would do strange things like walk back and forth on the top of the recliner meowing at the ceiling. I always had the feeling that he was hanging around. 

When we moved to another house, I was lying down just to rest (I had mono at the time) but was not in anyway asleep.

 Suddenly, I felt and SAW the end of the bed and cover indent as if someone was sitting at the end of the bed.
 In this house, I kept smelling what smelled like decaying flesh. At first I thought if it was a mouse or something, that had died in the wall. The thing was, I was the only one who could smell it. These experiences seemed to happen more in my bedroom at the time, so I never slept in that bed again.....

 I started sleeping on the couch, and did so the rest of the time we were in that house.

 I always felt I was being watched, and felt a presence...it didn't feel good either....

 I was scared. My daughter was young at the time but was also having odd experiences. 

Then when we moved again...I got the guts to confront whatever it was that kept following me around. 

I told whatever it was, my father or not, but I told it to move on and go to the light and to the other side..

 I used Holy Water, cleansed my home with sage, and prayed for whatever it was and asked for God's protection. 
I never had any other odd experiences like that after that time. 

My home finally felt like home.

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*ANOTHER  HAUNTING EXPERIENCE*

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Another haunting experience I had was when I was married.
 We lived in a house that I really liked, but learned to live with something, that basically was unique to that house.
Our bedroom was always cold...summer, winter...it didn't matter. We couldn't regulate the temperature in that room.
 I always felt like there was something with us, but it didn't feel threatening. I think it was just a home bound ghost. 

If friends came over and stayed late, they were always greeted with loud banging noises coming from the basement. Many were frightened, but we just explained, that it was just something that happened every night.

  We often heard footsteps...things would turn up missing, only to find them in odd places.

 Once I had my sewing machine hooked up, and stepped away to talk to my husband at that time.  Suddenly, the sewing machine began sewing all by itself.

 We just looked at each other and shrugged it off, as one more odd thing that happened in that house. 

Every time, we tried to go somewhere, the basement would back up with sewage water...every time.

 Like it didn't want us to leave.

Light bulbs would burst, for no apparent reason,
especially when I passed them, sending glass flying everywhere.

 We learned to live with whatever was in the house, and when we moved, the experiences stopped, which is why I think it was only a home bound spirit.

I have lived my life experiencing odd occurrences, and because of my upbringing with a family that had many paranormal experiences...nothing surprises me. I know there are things out there beyond what we can see/hear with our 5 senses.   

 Something IS out there...
believe it or not. 

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 Submitted By: Holly Federle 

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 A note for Holly from Rachel Livingston: 

 I just wanted to say: 
Thank you Mom for sharing many of your experiences on my blog. I enjoy hearing them every time you tell me about them and I know my readers enjoy reading them as well. I'm glad you decided to share them with us. I love you Mom, feel free to keep sharing with us. 

(Above: Holly Federle and Rachel Livingston)

A Mother's Crossing

~My Mother's Crossing~

(Above: Aleta Tannlund and Holly Federle and Rachel Livingston)

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My Mother had been battling kidney cancer for some time, and was in the hospital after surgery.  

I stayed by her side until she passed, holding her hand and talking to her.

  Towards the end she was in a coma, (She had a cardiac arrest and they had brought her back, but she was in a coma, and hadn't opened her eyes for at least 24 hours).  

Making the decision to pull the plug didn't come easy. I however, looked at her and could tell that breathing machines or not, she wasn't going to long  for this world.  The Doctors gave her no hope for a meaningful recovery after everything that was going on with her. 

 However she was my best friend, and saying good bye was incredibly hard. Plus she had wanted everything done so she could stay in this world. 

 I remember talking to her telling her it was OK to let go, that we would be alright, and I would look after my family, my daughter, my Aunt and my brothers etc.  

She continued to linger....I really didn't know why, and the nurse suggested that I tell her that I would be OK as well.  It wasn't until I did this that I believe she could let go. Even though she lasted sometime after the life sustaining drugs and the mechanical breathing tube were stopped... She wasn't able to respond to either me or the nurse being in the room.  

Suddenly, she opened her eyes really big and was so obviously starring at something in the room and to the right.... neither us us could see. 

 It brought up goose bumps. The hair on the back of my neck stood up.

 The nurse commented on it as well.  Within a moment she was gone. I don't know how many of you have actually been with a person who has passed at the moment of death but it was such an honor to be with her at this time.

  As a nurse, I've been privileged enough to be present in both births and deaths, and I can tell you there is something almost magical about both. 

 It was obvious when she finally did pass, that the spirit had passed, and it was only a shell of who she was, that had stayed behind.

I had a dream shortly thereafter that my Uncle Bill, who had passed before my Mom had been there  beckoning my mother, and had been there to escort my Mom to the other side.  The dream gave me a little peace for some reason.

I continue to dream about her frequently, and I truly believe I will see her again someday...I know she is with me.  My daughter (this Website owner) was incredibly close to her as well...and has had many dreams about her as well.  

  I know that many psychics believe that when you dream of a person who have passed on, that this is a form of communication with the departed, and I really do believe this.

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Submitted By: Holly Federle

DEATH AND BIRTH: MY MOM'S EXPERIENCE

~*~RACHEL LIVINGSTON'S MOTHER~*~

~*~HOLLY FEDERLE'S EXPERIENCE~*~

(Above: Holly Federle and Rachel Livingston - Photo Edited By: Rachel Aleta Livingston)

~*~ THIS IS HOLLY'S AMAZING, EXPERIENCE WITH DEATH AND BIRTH~*~

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 This story is very well known to you, Rachel Livingston, as we have talked about it many times.

You and I had a very difficult birth.You were in distress, and I was losing blood, and near death. 

 By the time you were born, the cord was around your neck, and you weren't breathing.
  I saw you being whisked over to the incubator, and watched as they resuscitated  you.  

I saw the Dr working on me..

It was all very clear in my mind except for the fact that when I told your Father about it, he said it was impossible that I could have seen any of it as my
eyes were rolled back in my head and near death.
I started to think about the whole experience because I knew I had seen it so clearly,

and I suddenly realized that I was seeing it from the ceiling over my body, and I could actually see everything that was going on in the room to the minute detail.......even my own body laying on the table. 

I guess that's what you would call an out of body experience.  

In my  51 years of life, I have had many paranormal experiences, and as my daughter has said we come from a long line of mediums on my mother's side.  

I've lived in a haunted house.......

I was haunted by my deceased Father for a long time, and have had many unusual experiences.

 My daughter, the author of this website is quite psychic as well. 
 I consider it an honor and a gift.  

I have found recently my half sisters on my fathers side, with whom I had never met, AND they are all into the paranormal...mediums clairvoyants  and such...How Strange is That?  I definitely believe that it runs in families and how could we miss! 

 I have many more stories to share. and will along the way.....but for now, well, let's leave it at that.

(Above: Holly Federle - Photo Taken and Edited By: Rachel Aleta Livingston)

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Submitted By: Holly Federle