** So no one jumps to conclusions …This is just a write** Let not my heart Hear you leave Go silently as I sleep So that when I awake It will be as if You were never here Let not my eyes Shed tears for a love That is no longer mine Turn away Do [...]

I raise mine eyes To the heavens above And pray to my Lord Bind my mind As not to think evil Bind my tongue as not to speak foul Bind my hands From all things they Should not lay upon Bind my heart From ill feelings Toward my fellow man Bind my feet not To [...]

I will walk silently away Not forever but for a while To give you room to think things over And give you time to calm yourself I do not like to fight you know this So before words of hurt break through I will take my leave from here Let me pack my bags and [...]

Deafening quiet Broken only by a lone car Passing by In the early morning hours Soon the sun will break Over the horizon And greet the earth The birds will welcome the sun with song As the sun greets the world In this new day with golden rays of light Another day To be thankful [...]

Oh sleepless night How cruel you are Taking away rest from This weary soul Have you no shame at all Knowing if the sun catches me I shall be awake for a long time to come My mind says it is past bedtime While my body keeps right on going All cleaning items put back [...]

THE SHADOW PEOPLE OF ROSE MANSION SEGMENT 14 Stefan makes his way through the crowd of people to where Haley is standing wondering what was so important yet secretive that she motioned for him instead of going to where he stood and speaking. ” What is it my love?” He ask her on approach. ” [...]

HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS LIST AS OFFERED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER FEEL FREE TO COPY Water – at least 1 gallon daily per person for 3 to 7 days Food – at least enough for 3 to 7 days — non-perishable packaged or canned food / juices — foods for infants or the elderly — snack [...]

Segment 13 The shadow People Of Rose Mansion Everyone stood quietly watching as the men from the funeral home carried the casket out to the hearst that was parked in front of the door awaiting Mrs. Cornelius. Stefan stated to the funeral director, “The Dunbar’s and and Mr. Hinkley are to ride in the family [...]

segment 12 Haley woke to sun streaming in the windows and alone. Stefan would be downstairs drinking coffee and reading the paper at this hour of the morning as he did every other day. He was a stickler at checking their stocks every morning first thing. It seemed so surreal that they would be burying [...]

SEGMENT 11 – THE SHADOW PEOPLE OF ROSE MANSION©2007-2011 Jean Smith Stefan led Haley to the den as people began to arrive in droves for the wake. Sitting in their assigned places hand in hand as friends and acquaintances of Mrs. Cornelius  were promptly directed to the den where she lay in wake. Each hugging [...]

SEGMENT 10- THE SHADOW PEOPLE OF ROSE MANSION ©2007-2011 Jean Smith After Stefan and the doctor left the room Haley was drawn to her grandmother’s closet. She had already picked out her clothing for the wake but for some unexplained reason she felt  she had to look in the closet. She had been in her [...]

Segment 9 John decided he’d leave as soon as he warmed up a bit…swearing there was no way he could have just slipped into the pond but Haley had never left the bench and it was too far away for her to have reached him. He kissed his Mom on the cheek and told her [...]

SEGMENT 8 Haley laid awake a while after Stefan had fallen asleep in deep thought of her grandmother’s wake the next evening. It would be the last time she would see her in this life, in the flesh and that flesh would be cold and hard unlike the grandmother she knew and had always cherished. [...]

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SEGMENT 7 ©2007-2011Jean Smith Stefan stood staring at the image on the monitor. “Sir, are you there?” asked the voice on the phone. “Yes, I am here.” he answered turning away from the monitor. “I want the best , top of the line wheel chair delivered to Rose Mansion within the hour. I also want [...]

THE SHADOW PEOPLE OF ROSE MANSION- SEGMENT 6 © JEAN SMITH “Stefan, when you said that Grandmother must have really wanted us to live here and raise our children here were you just commenting or considering the idea?” Haley asked and added, oh, I loved the roses around the tub and the one on the [...]

SEGMENT 5 © JEAN SMITH Haley sat at the desk for a few minutes until the perfume scent had faded, then she closed the desk drawer and went upstairs where she knew Stefan would have a nice hot bath waiting for her. When Haley reached the top of the stairs she began smelling the faint [...]

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I APPRECIATE ALL COMMENTS  THANK YOU FOR READING SEGMENT 4 THE SHADOW PEOPLE OF ROSE MANSION ©2007-2011 Jean Smith Stefan and Sam stood outside in the forum sipping their coffee and talking giving Haley time to retrieve the documents from the desk. As Haley read the letter. She felt as if her grandmother was there [...]

…… Segment 3- © JEAN SMITH Haley was excited about her hat box discoveries even though she had an eerie feeling she was not alone and had not been since she entered into her grandmother’s room. She was about to open another one when the doorbell chimed, startling her. She walked to the intercom pushing [...]