When I was 12 years old, I was in the realm of half sleep as I refer to it, the point where you know you are falling asleep but you are still cognitive of the real world around you. I was laying on the couch in our living room falling asleep if you will. I felt a strange sensation run over my body but I had little to no control over my body as if I were paralyzed. In moments, I felt myself lifting off the couch as a whole, there was no sensation of weight nor was there any sensation of movement, it was more of an inner knowing that I was over the couch I was falling asleep on. Gradually my form began to rotate so that my facing was directed downward. To my amazement I was looking down upon myself in slumber. I hovered there above myself for a long time but I am unable to say for exactly how long. Then suddenly there was a flash of light in my peripheral vision coming from down the hallway that ran the course of my home. I would say the hallway was roughly 50 feet long and connected directly into our kitchen.
As I looked down the hallway a form seemed to materialize out of the light. It was a woman, with blond hair, blue eyes, a very slight build. I didn't recognize her but I felt a sense of safety and well being as I looked at her. She smiled and then it all ended nearly as suddenly as it began.
The next morning I immediately went to my mother and told her of my experience during the night. Without saying a world she went off to grab a photo album from my grandmother's home which was next door to ours. She returned in a few minutes and sat down beside me with a smile on her face. She started to leaf through the album slowly glancing at the pages when suddenly she flipped the page and my heart skipped a beat. In the lower left hand corner of the right page was a very old and yellowing picture in black and white of the woman I had seen. In the same exact dress. I pointed at the woman and told my mom that I had no doubts that it was that woman....who is she I asked. My mom said that she is her namesake, sister to her grandmother, my great grandmother's sister. She explained to me that she has been a protector to our family since she was a child and that she should not be feared. My memories fail me here in part because I don't recall everything my mother explained to me. I know she told me that the fact that I was seeing her, meant that I needed to be careful in my choices and in my actions that she was looking after me and that I should know that she is around.
To this day that was the one and only time I had an experience of that nature, my other experiences have been of a spiritual nature and those will be discussed later. I ask each and everyone of you to share your first touch with what society would label paranormal even though it is the norm for about 90% of the population to believe in something. Thanks for taking the time to read this :)
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