I write ghost stories.

My paranormal experiences began at age ten. I love answering the question what do you do for a living? Five years ago, when I began my author journey I answered it quite differently. I'd say things like, “I write content,” or “I write online books.” I never got to specific about what I was writing or the fact that I've written a Bestselling series on Amazon. (Seven Sisters)
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I think the reason for my elusiveness was that I was afraid. I was afraid of what people would think to hear that I was a paranormalist.
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Especially the people that knew me personally. People that love me. But there just isn’t hiding the truth. My truth. In 2020 I've decided to speak my truth and not hide any longer in the shadows. I refuse to be that person.  So go ahead. Ask me again.

“What do you do for a living?”

I write ghost stories.

Ah, that felt good. Good to get it off my chest at last.

People usually fall into two camps when they hear my confession. The first group of folks are the paranormal enthusiasts like me. They can range from lightly interested to deeply invested. It's always interesting to speak to people that like the same things that I do. But to say that everyone believes the same thing I do would be rather presumptuous of me. But I'll talk more about that in another blog post.

The second group of people are usually pretty put out. Some because they know I am a follower of Jesus yet I also believe in ghosts. Why that’s a problem for folks, I couldn’t say except their religious leaders have told them that everything that you can’t see is demonic. (Just as a side note: I am into relationship, not religion.)

To the folks that say the Invisible World is the world of demons I say, “Hogwash!” But I know that for most religious folks, it’s a done deal. I won’t change their minds and they won’t change mind.

But you’ve come too late to tell me that I’m wrong. I've had too many encounters and done too much research (80 books) to have such a closed mind. To those people I would say to them read Matthew 10, true disciples of Jesus were given the power over unclean (dead human and demonic) spirits.

If you do the word study using the appropriate reference books like a Strong’s Concordance you'll understand that Jesus was telling the disciples that through his name they had authority over unclean human and demonic spirits. A dead person--one that's not at rest but wandering around looking to get into mischief is an unclean spirit. Some just need help.

I don't know why the church is so against the paranormal when the book that they proclaim to withhold uphold as God's word is full of paranormal activity.

To my mind, the God that saves you through the blood of his own Son is definitely a God who observes the paranormal.

I know I sound all rant-y today but I just wanted to talk about my truth.

For many of you, it will be hard to reconcile the two but to me it's not hard at all. I'm totally comfortable with the journey that I'm on and feel as if it's one lead by God. If you read any of my books you know I don't get preachy or even religious. I write about paranormal investigations and supernatural subjects because they interest me. I'm not afraid because I'm protected.

I write ghost stories not because I'm obsessed with death but because I appreciate life. And I appreciate the lives that have gone before me.

How dare we not remember the dead?

Should we summon them up from there a restful repose? Of course not. No. I don’t summon anyone.

Should we capture them or harm them or disturb them in any sort of way? Absolutely not.
But I don't agree with ignoring or pretending that all of these experiences that people of been having over the decades and centuries are completely fictitious. So why not talk about them? Why not write about them?

I write ghost stories.

That's my truth and I hope you're okay with that. But even if you're not, no hard feelings. But here's my truth—I believe in ghosts and I'm no longer going to hide it.

All my best,
Monica Leigh
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What about you? Do you believe in ghosts? Tell me about it in the comments below. (No arguments, please.)