< Back Luke's Story Luke shares a story about his uncle Peter who is a Carthuegen Monk in Slovenia. He talks about his personal relationship with Peter and how Peter inspires him in his own life. Scroll to listen 00:00 / 04:43 I’m discussing my uncle Peter who is a Carthuegen Monk in Slovenia, which is a very small country just on the northern tip of Italy, and he’s been there for probably about 30 years and he will be almost 70 now he's in his mid to late 60s. To give a little background I guess on the setting it’s a very beautiful place Slovenia and especially where he is. One of my uncles once said that Slovenia is Europe’s best kept secret. It’s got rolling hills, and lots of vineyards. It’s a very picturesque place. Speaking on my personal relationship with him, I’ve met him three times, but the last two are pretty impactful on me I would say. He’s a very interesting character and someone I do think I admire a great deal. I met him when I was 10. I went with my father and I don’t remember a lot from that trip because that was 12 years ago at this point, but I do know that after that trip took place we started writing to each other, and we kept a correspondence consistently for the last 12 years. Peter’s a really great guy, a very joyful guy. I think it’s interesting because his characteristics or his personality goes against what a lot of people would consider a Monk to have. He’s very energetic. He’s very joyful. He’s talkative. Perhaps some of that has to do with the fact that he seeing family and he doesn’t get a chance to do that very often, but it did surprise me meeting him last year, because there is so much energy and passion and just brightness about him that I wouldn’t necessarily had pictured a monk having. Most of the time we stayed in the guest house, and just shared meals together and shared stories, but we did on one day go out. We left the monastery, and we, went into one of the popular towns, sat by a river, which it seemed almost like a beach club. There were restaurants and canoes you could rent and things like that. So we did that, we had a great time, and then went and got food at McDonalds. He was really happy I think to get a taste of America in a long time. There are stories, he’s told us stories about being rebellious even as a monk and what he’s, I guess expected to do. You are not supposed to leave the monastery. They have a weekly walk that they take together, but beyond that, they are only supposed to leave to go to doctor’s appointments to dentist appointments or something that’s really mandatory that they have to leave the cloister for. But, he tends to break away a little more if he can. I don’t think what he does I could do. It’s a very specific vocation and it's a vocation that requires a lot of dedication. His entire being is in it. And he’s on another continent from the rest of his family and he’s been there for decades. And when my grandparents, both of his parents passed away he wasn’t able to come to their funerals. And when he passes away he will be buried in an unmarked grave within the monastery. So his belief and how strong his belief is, and what he gets from God is something that I’ve never seen from anyone else. But I can tell that it gives him a lot of strength, and I can tell that he is really called to do it. I guess you know there is a relation in this story, quite clearly to God and you know, what role that plays in everyone’s lives that's met him and what role that plays in his life. And I don’t know, it's interesting because I am 22 at this point, I haven’t necessarily found my way or found an answer in my own mind as to whether I believe in a higher being and what that might be, what religion might be “right”, and all of these different answers. But his devotion is very inspirational to me, and I find I pull a lot from it. I don’t know how to encapsulate my relationship with him and what he means, but I will say that I love him and I find him inspirational in a lot of senses. I’m excited to see him again at some point, hopefully in the near future. I’d like to go alone maybe the next time, I think that would be interesting and beneficial Previous Next

< Back Wayne's Story Wayne reflects on his 50‑year friendship with Jim Wilcox, a mentor and dear friend whose discipline, love of learning, and interest in play deeply impacted his life. 00:00 / 04:21 Wayne: Today, I'd like to talk about a dear friend of mine and a person who has been important in my life and I've been lucky to know him for over 50 years. So his name is James Wilcox. Jim Wilcox, I know him as Jim. He was a professor of the humanities at Boston University for over 40 years. And I got to know him when I was 17 years old, playing tennis. We became good friends during that time, talking about tennis and how to get better and started drilling. But also we started talking about books and films and things we liked. We played more and more, like every summer I was off, of course, and then he was off from his job as professor. So we get together many days during the week and exercise the whole morning, getting in shape and talking about things, talking about ideas. But then, I was applying to grad school to get into a teaching program. He became sort of my informal mentor all through graduate school and then all through my teaching career. And we continue to play tennis all those years. So Jim just was an inspiration, for many reasons. So I admire his discipline in learning and, and getting to understand ideas. So he taught at the college of General Studies at BU and that's designed for kids who kind of struggle academically, which he did. And even in college, he was not a good student, he said. But then he went into the military, came out of the military, went back to school and became a really disciplined and good student. I admire his drive to keep learning, always learning, always trying to improve himself and learn new things, see more connections. And I just, I admire him so much for being fascinated by ideas, fascinated by the arts. But I also really am inspired by his interest in play, play as a way to learn. In fact, I have this memoir when he was given like four months to live. He dedicated a lie to all his friends at the beginning. And he says, Wayne, Nietzsche taught us that in every man, there's a boy who wants to go out and play. I think we did a good job of letting the boy get his playtime. All those great games we played over the years and all those great conversations about ideas, could it have been any better? I don't think so. Jim. He retired from teaching at BU at 79 years old, got surgery on his neck, and that went bad. He couldn't basically take in food through his esophagus, and he almost died. But I saw him in his rehab. He was not in his room at all. He spent his time in the common room. He'll take weights and lift weights, so he's exercising even then. And so he came back from that, and actually, we’d play tennis together. And we played together for a few more years. And then he was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and he was given four months to live. So that's when he rushed out his memoir and that's when he went on a clinical study. And so he got all his affairs in order. But then, the clinical study was successful. Eight years later, he's still alive. He's 91 years old. So he wrote this memoir for his friends and family, then he wrote a memoir for his students. And to this day, he continues to write a letter. So every week I get a letter concerning what he's reading about, what he's thinking about or what he's watching for movies, but it's a little lecture basically. So he's still teaching. And, you know, it's interesting, it’s 21 years between us. Some people say, well, how can you be friends with someone that much older than you? But the distance and age didn't matter. We just talked about things that were of common interest. So I think he has a great way of connecting with lots of different people. Interviewer: If Jim was to remember you in one specific way, how would you want Jim to remember you? Wayne: There was one book he gave me, he wrote, you know, to me, to Wayne, who lives among people rather than between them. That idea, really the way he lived his life and worked with people and talk with people, enjoy people, I think I was trying to emulate that too. Because I, you know, I admire his resilience and his dedication to learning and drive to play and enjoy things, but also the drive to to be better at what he's doing. So he's been such an influence on my life all these years, I'm so lucky to have had him. And I just wanted to talk about him, to pay tribute to him and to give thanks to him. Previous Next

< Back Juli's Story Juli speaks with Jacqueline about her time at summer camp as a kid. At this camp, Juli met someone who didn’t fit in. But Juli learned how a little kindness could go a long way. Scroll to listen 00:00 / 02:06 Yeah I think I dont know how old I was maybe 10 years old and it was ya know mostly I went to summer camp ya know girl scout camps but it was a camp at the end of camp um they always had this big camp fire at the end of the week at camp and everyone would come and they gave an award it was like a good citizen award to the person who best exemplified the values of ya know camping and girl scouting and I got the award It shocked me cause I didnt feel like I distinguished myself in anyway at that point i didnt really excel as a student when was young it wasnt until i got older but um and I relaized and I had to think about it for a few minutes why did they give me this and i think it was because there was a girl who was assigned to my tent that year and I always went by myself I didnt know other campers and it wa a tent with 4 cots one of th egirsl was um she was clearly from a poor family probably there on a grant and um she was very awkward very awkward physically and socially and ya know just had a hard time fitting in ya know and that was clear to me and the other 2 girls in our tent wanted absolutely nothing to do with her and so I always made sure ya know when we go out for walks in the woods wed have to have a buddy and i would ask her to be my buddy and I made sure she wasnt sitting alone um at meal times um ya know I just tried to be kind with her even though i didnt really connect with her cause she wasn't easy to engage with but I just tried to be kind and I think thats why I got the award and it was an important lesson to me ya know the value of kindness Previous Next

< Back Luke's Story Luke shares a story about his uncle Peter who is a Carthuegen Monk in Slovenia. He talks about his personal relationship with Peter and how Peter inspires him in his own life. 00:00 / 04:43 I’m discussing my uncle Peter who is a Carthuegen Monk in Slovenia, which is a very small country just on the northern tip of Italy, and he’s been there for probably about 30 years and he will be almost 70 now he's in his mid to late 60s. To give a little background I guess on the setting it’s a very beautiful place Slovenia and especially where he is. One of my uncles once said that Slovenia is Europe’s best kept secret. It’s got rolling hills, and lots of vineyards. It’s a very picturesque place. Speaking on my personal relationship with him, I’ve met him three times, but the last two are pretty impactful on me I would say. He’s a very interesting character and someone I do think I admire a great deal. I met him when I was 10. I went with my father and I don’t remember a lot from that trip because that was 12 years ago at this point, but I do know that after that trip took place we started writing to each other, and we kept a correspondence consistently for the last 12 years. Peter’s a really great guy, a very joyful guy. I think it’s interesting because his characteristics or his personality goes against what a lot of people would consider a Monk to have. He’s very energetic. He’s very joyful. He’s talkative. Perhaps some of that has to do with the fact that he seeing family and he doesn’t get a chance to do that very often, but it did surprise me meeting him last year, because there is so much energy and passion and just brightness about him that I wouldn’t necessarily had pictured a monk having. Most of the time we stayed in the guest house, and just shared meals together and shared stories, but we did on one day go out. We left the monastery, and we, went into one of the popular towns, sat by a river, which it seemed almost like a beach club. There were restaurants and canoes you could rent and things like that. So we did that, we had a great time, and then went and got food at McDonalds. He was really happy I think to get a taste of America in a long time. There are stories, he’s told us stories about being rebellious even as a monk and what he’s, I guess expected to do. You are not supposed to leave the monastery. They have a weekly walk that they take together, but beyond that, they are only supposed to leave to go to doctor’s appointments to dentist appointments or something that’s really mandatory that they have to leave the cloister for. But, he tends to break away a little more if he can. I don’t think what he does I could do. It’s a very specific vocation and it's a vocation that requires a lot of dedication. His entire being is in it. And he’s on another continent from the rest of his family and he’s been there for decades. And when my grandparents, both of his parents passed away he wasn’t able to come to their funerals. And when he passes away he will be buried in an unmarked grave within the monastery. So his belief and how strong his belief is, and what he gets from God is something that I’ve never seen from anyone else. But I can tell that it gives him a lot of strength, and I can tell that he is really called to do it. I guess you know there is a relation in this story, quite clearly to God and you know, what role that plays in everyone’s lives that's met him and what role that plays in his life. And I don’t know, it's interesting because I am 22 at this point, I haven’t necessarily found my way or found an answer in my own mind as to whether I believe in a higher being and what that might be, what religion might be “right”, and all of these different answers. But his devotion is very inspirational to me, and I find I pull a lot from it. I don’t know how to encapsulate my relationship with him and what he means, but I will say that I love him and I find him inspirational in a lot of senses. I’m excited to see him again at some point, hopefully in the near future. I’d like to go alone maybe the next time, I think that would be interesting and beneficial. Previous Next

< Back Josh's Story Josh shares his dedication and identity to football at college and wanting to succeed in his athletic career, only to realize that it was taking him away from his academics. When Covid hit, which was brought with a year spent at home, he decided to change his focus from football towards his studies on Public Health. Leaving your past self may be hard, but it’s the sacrifice to limitless possibilities. 00:00 / 03:20 So at 18 I think, not that my head was in the wrong place but, now looking back I was definitely a little bit naive, I think. I was really obviously into football. I'd like that's where I kind of put all my time and energy. I was fortunate enough where I won a state championship with my team in my senior year so that kind of boosted not my ego but my like attention towards football and wanting to keep on having success in the sport. So I obviously ended up going to Springfield College right after graduation to go play football at the college you know after being there for a couple of months and just kind of interacting with the people there. I just kind of realized that like I wasn't really getting as much out of it then that I thought I was going to and I was like you know what I'd rather just commit the time that I was spending playing football just to focus purely on my academics at that point. So I decided that I was going to quit football which was kind of a big part of my identity at the time. I kind of had to learn how to you know take that part of myself and kind of let it be in the past. I would say fortunately but unfortunately enough by the time I realize that I was done playing football Covid became a thing and that was during the Spring of my freshman year so we all got sent home and that was kind of like the you know the nail in the coffin for my decision if there's any time to you know hang up the cleats now. I lived at home for about like a year and then at that time I transferred to you Umass. As my studies kind of kept on getting more in depth, I started to figure out that I really liked them my new major public health I you know I started to meet some new people and most of them were from you know the friends that I had for my hometown and I met their friends that they met up here. I would say that when it comes to you know now being 22 and graduating in a month I would say like the biggest difference from like now to when I was 18 in high school and like you know kind of just bullying and obsessed with football is that I kind of realized that education is definitely you know the ultimate way forward because you know I was just so into Sport and then I realized that we're all just lifelong learners and why limit myself and put time into you know a sport just entertain myself when I could go out and like learn something. My dad was my football coach in high school so he obviously kind of wanted me to keep on playing but he obviously had no like there's no pressure that came with like he wasn't going to force me to keep on playing. He would have liked it if I did but, he was totally supportive that I decided I wasn't going to play anymore. Previous Next

< Back Betsy's Story Betsy talks with Brenda about a spontaneous trip that changed her life. She talks about her wonderful experiences and a noteworthy figure that she meets on this trip. Returning from her trip, she decides to pull inspiration from her time away when opening a small store in Northampton. Scroll to listen 00:00 / 04:58 Previous Next

< Back Norma's Story Norma talks about how she found herself in the later stages of life identifying with something new- being an athlete. She talks about the skills she has acquired through this sport apply on the water and in her personal life as well. Listen to Norma’s journey to discovering one of her new passions of whitewater kayaking. 00:00 / 03:39 Interviewer: Norma, I was wondering if you could tell me a little bit of how you first got interested in the sport of whitewater kayak. Norma: Well, I loved water since I was a little kid, I was the one that was not afraid to just jump right in there, but um, I grew up with EDD so my parents were not real happy about letting me go near water. So it may have been making up for lost time but I actually started canoe camping with some friends after my divorce, and that was wonderful. But then, one of those friends and we decided to take on a whitewater workshop just let us to be able to let us tackle a few more rivers that had some little rapids on them, and I just got hooked on that. So I took some lessons, started going out with Appalachian Mountain clubs and other groups like that. I do that all spring, summer and fall pretty much. I feel like I have not come as far as I might have because I just don’t get out enough. But it’s really about practice and not being scared, not giving up, you know there is a lot of discouragement, but you got to push through that. Sometimes you just feel like ‘I’ll never get through this’ but gradually, you do, getting a feel of balancing in the little boat and maneuvering what sometimes are quite subtle shifts of your weight and leans, it was not an automatic process getting used to that but I finally have it, more or less. So that’s, you know, every little step is empowering, it’s really special because when I was a child I was not athletic at all, I was more like the kid that got picked last for the volleyball team, or got sent out into the out field, so I never identified as an athlete at all. But now I have discovered what that feels like, to be active, and enjoy it and think about skills, and pick up skills. It's a whole different outlook. It’s a rapid on a particular river that they say its a mile of continuous rapids and of course when I first ran into it, I was just like “Let’s just get through this” boom, right along, and then people said, try some turns, try to stop and rest and look at what is ahead of you, and see what’s coming, and I mean, that kind of applied to anything in life, you know. If you stop, and rest, and get calm, and look outward a bit, then you’re going to do better. And it’s like a puzzle, you know, you’re working your muscles but you’re also thinking of it like an obstacle course, like, how am I going to get through this rapid? Or what do I need to avoid, where do I need to be? And then execute that. I think that’s good for the brain, I hope it will help me as I get older, and I hope I can keep at it as I get older. That is a worry but, I really hope so. Previous Next

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< Back Kathleen Bowen's Story Kathleen talks about changes and how her perspective of age and learning has changed over time through her own experience with getting older. 00:00 / 02:55 Interviewer: Your whole thing about, every like seven years there something that happens. Like how you presented it, was so like natural. Like you don’t have to worry about all these changes. Like they just, they are gonna happen. I just wanna know like a little bit of how you think like how they played a role in your life. Kathleen: The one that really stands out to me was the first time I learned about this. I was forty nine and I decided to go back to school and learn, learn kind of the way my children learn cause they sent them to Waldorf school. And there was a three year program that included painting and [inaudible] and oh just all the arts, and I thought, “I think I’ll take that, experience learning how my children learned.” Many many years ago, and when I did that one of things that I came to understand was that at age 49, 49 to 56, that’s the time of now looking out into the world to see what’s your life been about. So it’s like you are sitting on top of the mountain and just reviewing your life. And I thought, oh my gosh, that is exactly what I did. And just looking back and seeing the development, the human development that happens there and recognizing that this is the time when you interact with who you become in the first 21 years, now you’ve got your body and then now you are looking to how you interact with the world. Now how do you step in to the world, you learn through conflict and you learn through bumps and falling down. And gosh, I just remember like when I was, when I was in that age bracket I used to have older people around me and think, “they could solve my problem in a second if they just gave me like a brand new car or money, or you know the right advice” and they didn’t. And thinking, wow, I just, you know, I wanted, and now that I am you know, I’m 67 now, now that I look back and see, gosh that’s, it’s not our job as elders to make it right. It’s our job to walk beside and give hope, but we can’t fix all the problems. Yeah. And my dad was a great picture. A great example of that. Cause he learned, up until. I mean my mom had dementia, and my dad he was always learning. What is the newest thing. How can I help her. He was always engaged in learning. Learning learning. So, yeah no I am not done, I am still curious about everything. Previous Next

< Back Stephanie's Story In this story, Stephanie discusses one of her professors. Even if they didn’t always see eye-to-eye, Stephanie greatly valued their presence in her life, as well as their advice. Their mentorship will stay with her throughout her life. 00:00 / 02:28 Annabel: Well, is there one person in your life - maybe a professor at your school, or a relative back in Ghana, or a neighbor - is there anybody that you have looked up to that has had an enormous influence on you and choices you’ve made? Or career goals? Stephanie: Yeah, there is one person. I mean, to be honest, it was - like - she did pass away. She was a professor at UMass. She was a bio professor. I mean, she didn’t teach because she hated teaching. She was more focused on lab work, though, that was what she did. And she researched cancer and viruses, she was a virology professor, basically. Annabel: Oh, wow. Stephanie: Yeah, and - at the beginning, I didn’t like her. Cause, we just didn’t match. At the beginning I didn’t like her. And then, she kept forcing me to meet her, so then, I met her, and, yeah, we just started talking. I’m like, “Oh, okay! That’s an interesting perspective! Let me try this and see whether it works. And then, yeah, I just kept coming to her, and then we built that bond, of talking, and figuring out what I’m going to do in the future. And, yeah. But she basically was trying to force me to go to grad school. Annabel: Wow! Stephanie: Yeah, and be a scientist! And I’m like, “No! I don’t want to be a scientist!” But, let me see how this goes. I’m going to try your method and see whether it works - if it doesn’t we can think about something else. But yeah, I liked that about - every time I’d go to her, she’d give me the options. Like, you can do this, you can do this, you can do this. These are the steps you can do, these are the steps, dadadadada. This is what I did, and this is what you can do. But yeah, um, she unfortunately passed away. So I felt like it was kind of unfinished. Like, yeah, I feel like we didn’t finish talking about what we were supposed to talk about. Annabel: I assume that it has impacted your career goals. Stephanie: Yeah, definitely. I mean - I still don’t want to be a scientist. If she was here, she’d be like “ahahaha! Let’s see what happens in the future.” I still don’t want to be a scientist, but I am interested in viruses and virology, so we’ll see how it goes. Annabel: Wow. Previous Next

< Back Taylor's Story Taylor talks about transitioning into UMass as a transfer student and finding her passion for Public Health. She found that public health captures all the things she loves including caring for others. 00:00 / 02:43 < Back Taylor's Story Taylor talks about transitioning into UMass as a transfer student and finding her passion for Public Health. She found that public health captures all the things she loves including caring for others. Scroll to listen 00:00 / 02:43 I first intended to go into nursing, so when I was in highschool I was applying to colleges and I only was applying for nursing. So I got into Quinnipiac University for nursing and that’s where I went my freshman year. I wanted to do that because I wanted to do something taking care of people, that was really important to me and I grew up with three younger siblings, I always liked caring for others, especially children. So, I thought that nursing aligned with my beliefs and what I wanted to do. And then I went to nursing school and I didnt love it. So, I just kind of relieved that yes it's helping people but I would rather be on the administrative end and also I didn't love the school that I was going to, I didn’t feel a sense of community. I was trying to find a different school to go to, and my best friend went to school at UMass so I would come and visit her and I ended up liking the school a lot better. So I transferred here but I couldn’t transfer for nursing, and I was still interested in nursing at the time, but I wasn’t completely sold on it yet. So, I transferred and I was like I just want to do something in health care, I don’t really care what it is, So I just kind of picked public health and was like we’ll figure this out and if I need to change programs I will later. And so, I went into public health, my first class was my public health 200 class with Gloria, the professor of this class also, and it was basically an intro to public health and I immediately was like, yep this is what I want to do, this is helping people and doing something in health care, but it’s not nursing and I know that’s not what I want to do. This is exactly what I want. And then, I took a community health development class and I knew that that would be much more of the direction that I would like to go in than nursing. Going into college, or at least me graduating highschool, I had the expectation that I would know what I wanted to do and that I would stick to it and that nothing was gonna change about it, and that I was gonna be a nurse, and you know, graduate and be a nurse. So the fact that didn’t work out, part of me was a little disappointed because I was like, oh I thought this was what I wanted to do, but I think that was part of me figuring out what I wanted to do and who I am. And learning to trust the process, I think was a big thing. And trust yourself! Yeah, definitely. Previous Next

< Back Sophy's Story, Fall 2025 Sophy recalls a dramatic encounter with a ghost in her Brooklyn apartment that left a lasting impact on her life. 00:00 / 04:38 Interviewer: I wanted to ask you about a story that you have that's affected you in some way. Sophy: And I've come up with one that happened to me when I was 28, and I had just moved to Brooklyn Heights, New York, with my husband and two little children. And that I say, little children, I mean, they were really little. Sarah was maybe two, and Molly was just a baby. And so, I'm a young mother not knowing what I'm doing, taking care of two babies. And we have this beautiful apartment in Brooklyn looking out over the Statue of Liberty. It has a walnut paneled bedroom, a little dressing room for me, huge bedroom for the two girls. And it's just gorgeous. We had hardly moved to this apartment from Washington when David, my husband, who is working for the New York Times, and he sent out on some assignment someplace, leaving me the second day that we're there to make my own way. One night, it's about 10 o'clock at night and I was sitting in the little dressing room making a dress for my little girl, Sarah. So I'm working on the sewing machine, making this little bitty dress, and all of a sudden I had this sense that there's someone, have you had that? Where you feel that there's someone in the room, and you look up and there isn't anyone at all. I looked up, and there was a man standing in the doorway. Only I could see through him. There were three things that I knew about him: that he was good, that he was troubled, and that he was not going to hurt me, exactly. But he's not supposed to be there. He's a ghost. And I turned my back, and I thought, okay, I've been alone too long. I'm going bananas. So I'm sitting there like this, with my head in my hands. And he walked up behind me. I couldn't see him, but I knew that he was walking up behind me. And he put his hand on my shoulder like this, and his hand was cold as dry ice. I burst out and sweat. I knew that his hand on my shoulder intended to comfort me. And then he went away, and suddenly thought he's gone to see the children in their room. And I shot out into the little hallway before you get to the children's room. And then I stopped. I could not go in the children's room. It was as if there was a hand at my chest. And then I walked into my bedroom, and he appears on the window seat looking at me. I decided I had to take command of this situation. And I said to him, “I don't know who you are, but you are welcome to stay in this house with us. But I want you to know that I love this apartment, and you are not to do any harm to it whatsoever. If I find that you have hurt this apartment, I will exorcise you immediately. If you're going to stay, your job will be to take care of my children and make sure that nothing happens to them. If you agree to these terms, you can stay, and if you can't, then you have to go away.” He listened to me very gravely. And then he got up, and he walked past me and down the stairs into the kitchen and out the back kitchen door. But he was showing me, I think, that he wasn't going to stay. And the minute that he was gone, I felt totally myself again. I thought, now that was really queer. I checked the children, and they're fine. And I went back into my, back to the sewing machine. And just then the telephone rings. It was my landlady, Mrs. Glass. And she said, I just can't stop thinking about you in that apartment and about my husband and how much he loved that apartment. He was a gynecologist, and his offices were in the basement of the Brownstone. We had the two floors, and they rented the two floors above that. And his special little room was the drawing room, the little dressing room on the other side. And I didn't tell her that I had just seen him. I've thought about it a lot. He's not the only ghost I've seen. I've seen many, many, many ghosts, but that was the first one that I saw, and the most dramatic for me, who didn't know what I believed about God or life after death or any of it. But I, it's always been on my heart that I didn't tell her that I'd seen him. If I had to do it over again, I would have. But that moment with that ghost did change my life. Previous Next