Are You There?

From:  ()
Story type: Angel
Location: my old house
Source: Form Submission

i was around 11 years old, and i'm 15 now, but even though some people lose memory of their childhoods, i still remember the day i met "her". By saying "her", i am reffering to the ghost i met at my 69 year old house. i have asthma, so one night, i was lying in bed, reading, when i suddenly had an asthma attack. i was scared to death. i reached for my inhaler, but then remembered i had left it in my sister's room, which was downstairs. i panicked, thinking, "i'm gonna die. god, please don't let me die." i suddenly felt a drop in the temperature, which was odd becauase it was june. i then heard a small child's voice saying, "don't worry, i'm here. i'll help you." i looked around wildly, frightened, when i saw my inhaler on my pillow. i grabbed it, and moments after taking the medication, i was fine. i felt a small, cold hand stroke my cheek and heard her say, "are you there?" i don't know why she said this. i fell asleep crying. i thought the voice had sounded familiar. i think it was my cousin, who died in a car accident at the age of 8, last year. to this day, i visit her grave once every week. she saved my life, and i owe it to my little Rachel.
submitted on: november 21, 2006.