i believe

i have believed for as long as i can remember. however, one story in particular sort of cemented it for me...

when i was in college i lived in a rented house with my room mate and her 3-year old daughter. strange things happened in the house all the time and we just kept tacking it up something or other. when we moved, she and her daughter went back to her mothers house. a few years later she met a man and they were getting ready to move in with him. Her daughter, who was now only 6, said to her "Are we moving because the man is in this house too mom?" When pressed to explain, she described a man in a long black jacket and black hat that hung down over his eyes that lived in the ceiling of her closet. She said he used to float over to her bed to talk to her. And, she said he spoke to her like this (pointed to her forehead) not like this (pointed to her mouth).

Now i know some kids have pretty active imaginations but she was THREE when this happened...a LOT of detail for a 3-year old i would say.

Another factor - the cat we had while we lived there went snakey. We had to have him put down. They say that animals can sense things we can not...

it was more than enough for me...and as i said, i was a believer anyways