07/26/2024
We have had a interesting few weeks so I wanted to share. 2 weeks ago today Steven & I were getting ready to leave town for the weekend to celebrate our 22 anniversary & attend his family reunion in south Florida. I left the shop a little earlier than usual to go home & get everything packed up. I have gotten into a really good habit of saying bye when I leave but that day I was stressing everything I had to do to get ready before we could leave & rushed out. After I while Steven left & on his way home our shop camara started sending motion alerts, this never happens & the shop was empty so I thought at first the camara was shorting out. I kept checking it every time it went off but nobody was there. At some point I jumped on live view & was just watching when I heard a voice from inside the shop. I forgot something up there anyway that I needed for the trip so I ran back up there, got what I needed real quick, made sure to acknowledge them while I was there & went home. The alerts stopped going off after they got their acknowledgement & that was that until the following Friday. Again I left the shop early, rushed out, forget to say bye & after Steven left the motion alerts started going off again. This time it was even more alerts then the week before. I had about 20 alerts in a 30 minute period. So I messaged a friend of mine & we decided to met up there. This is were it got interesting, if you've ever been in our shop in summer, you know it's hot in there. Like my poor delivery guy was sweating bullets in there today. So this particular evening my friend & I walk in & it felt a good 10-15⁰ cooler than normal. She actually asked if we had got a new ac. We both we're covered in chills, hair on our arms sticking up & you could just feel the energy in there. It felt like we walked in a room full of people, there was no mistaking we were not alone. It was really cool, we stayed for a few minutes, gave them their acknowledgement and talked about how incredible it was & left. Again, that was that, the alerts stopped going off after we left. Fast forward to yesterday.. several times yesterday I saw someone, couldn't tell you who or what I saw because it would happen in a blink but I'm positive there was somebody there. At the end of the day a man came in right before I closed. As I was ringing him up, out of nowhere he says "They call you The Madam". I could tell it struck him as odd to hear himself say it as it did for me to hear him say it. Then he said they should call you madam something or other other, i forget exactly what he said & replied with I'm good with just The Madam. We laughed about it as he was walking out the door. I don't think that man had any clue about this page or that I've wanted to turn the upstairs in a 1920s parlor & call it The Madams place so lord only knows what made that pop in his head and him say that. Maybe he's sensitive to spirits & doesn't even realize but I feel like he picked up something that made him say that. I don't think he realized he was saying that until he heard himself say it. I don't even know where I got the idea to call myself that when I started planning the parlor in head. Steven said I can't use that name but because it sounds like I'm running a w***e house but I like it. I'm the Madam of the building, the shop owners wife 🧡 and instigator of keeping our spirit friends amused with us. If anyone is claiming this craziness as their bliss it's me, the Madam of it all. As I closed up & left, I again forgot to say goodbye. Guess I was deep in my own thoughts but I saw a friend of mine sitting outside the shop & as I headed to my car I told him I wouldn't be surprised if that camara started setting of alerts again after I left. After several strange things happening yesterday, I just had that feeling. Sure enough, I didn't even make it down to the dollar store when I got the first alert. I got ahold of my friend to met me back up there, not because I'm scared. It's the complete opposite, it's so cool, I really love it & get excited & it's fun to share the moment with her. She loves it as much as I do and it's nice to have have someone else there so I know there's no way I'm imagining anything. Having her there gives me confirmation. I had to wait outside for her to get there & the whole time the motion alerts are going off. Once we both got inside it's the same atmosphere we experienced last week. The temperature is much cooler than it was 20 minutes earlier when I closed the shop, we've got the chill bumbs & hair standing up on our arms. Both super excited and again very aware we're not alone. This time I said something like I wish we could get a clear sign that someone is here and maybe a minute later the color drains from her face, she got the most shocked look & reached up to feel the back of head. When we watched the camara later it was so funny because I'm literally screeching in the most excited voice "Did someone touch you, were you just touch" sure enough after I said I wish we could get a clear sign that someone was there, someone reached out and played with her hair. After the shock wore off she was smiling so big. We left a few minutes later & that motion alert never went off again after we closed the door behind us. I have ran this by my main paranormal team that I consult with & a second team lead that I talk with sometimes & both have basically told me that I can't put much faith in the motion alerts, any random thing could cause them to malfunction or pick up movement that's not paranormal. While I do understand & agree with that, I'm positive that's not what's happening here. My phone blows up with alerts all day long when I'm in the shop & I've often had to explain to customers what they keep hearing. We know & have confirmed we have what is called intelligent spirits. I think they have heard me explain the motion alerts enough times they have learned to use it when they want attention. Maybe someone in there has gotten so used to me saying goodbye that they expect it & this is their way of letting me know they notice when I forget. The fact that the alerts stop after I come back & my friends hair was played with tells me something is definitely going on. The key to being a good paranormal investor is to believe but to also have the sense to be a voice of reason & always try to find a logical explanation first so I'm really blessed to have people with experience in this to help me keep grounded & remind me that I can't just automatically credit spirits when something odd happens, I need it to happen multiple times or have a sting of occurrences that correlate together to confirm it's actually something like this pattern that led up to my friend being touched. When you keep grounded & then have something like a touch confirm it all, it's truly amazing.