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| As I laid in bed dozing in and out of deep slumber, I heard the bustle of my 'three' little boys (two sons & a hubby) playing with Santa's gifts... not yet wanting to rise out of bed, I dozed back off. While I was enjoying my blissful sleep, I heard my hubby ask my seven-year old to go wake Mommy. I dozed again and awakened to hearing my son telling my hubby that a black, shadowy person was standing next to Mommy and then when he saw it, it ran into the bedroom closet. Upon arising ~ yes I got up rather quickly, never met a better alarm clock ~ I proceeded to ask my son about the figure. He said it was just like the one he had seen months ago (January, 2001 ~ I have it documented) but that this one was bigger.... he suggested it was a 'mom'?!?! Hmmm, guess I had a Christmas well-wisher in the room with me! Now, a story about my closet........... I have had a leaking hot water heater problem the past few months. Last year we had a new unit installed and then about 60-days ago we realized we had a leak in our bedroom closet ~ which butts up against the bathroom wall that lies behind the hot water tank. We called the hot water tank people (warrantied) and they revisited our home to reinstall a new unit. When the installer was here he replaced the heater and then determined that the leak was inside the wall and that it was exactly where their installed-copper pipes connected to our pre-existing pipes (places a question of fault, but anyway...). Still that drippy leak continued soaking our closet carpet which by now we pulled up and had just laying on bedroom floor as well being faced with this huge dilemma of having to rip drywall out of our bathroom and pay for some expensive plumber to do the work. For the past six-months or so my three-year old has kept telling us about his Grandpa and that Grandpa said this, or Grandpa is buying him this, or Grandpa is taking him here or there.... you get the gist. I decided to sit down with him and explain to him that his Grandpa died a long time ago and that he lives in Heaven with Jesus and once you go to live with Jesus, you don't come back. He arguably stated that even though Grandpa went to Heaven, he had come back. Hoping to get a clue to provide myself with some sensible explanation to all this, I asked him some questions. What color hair does he have? ~ 'brown' (Doh!). Ok, what does his clothes look like? ~ 'he wears a white shirt (a white-shirted man has been seen around my family for many, MANY years even by my skeptic mother dating back to the mid-70's)'. How old is he? ~ '50'! That was the clincher... my Dad passed two-months shy of his 50th birthday. Ok, still not letting on that Mommy is starting to FLIP OUT... I asked yet another question.... When was the last time you saw him? 'He fixed the leak in the bathroom wall!!' WHAT? Low & behold we go to check and our leak is fixed!! What a Merry Christmas! :-) Indianapolis, Name withheld by request
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