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Hi All......I was reading Bet's blog regarding her uncle and his spooky experience when walking home one evening and it brought to mind a story my family told me about my mother.  Explaining the title of this blog as you know all countries have their religious affinities and such.....so here goes.

One chilly fall evening, as a young girl, my mother made the decision to visit one of her friends.  She was born in the 30's and she lived in the countryside instead of a town, walking was the most common mode of transportation.  Many lived along the railroad tracks as did my grandparents, at that time, so she walked a long way down the tracks to reach her friends house.

The early evening passed and it had gotten dark and my mother was still not home.  My grandmother was becoming anxious and decided to follow and see if she was okay.  Granny and my mother's older sister Virginia (Jenny for short) dawned coats, gloves and headscarves which they wound around their heads and pulled up on their faces(a cold wind was blowing) then headed down the railroad tracks to find my mom.  

My mother loved to sing so my grandmother and aunt heard her way before they saw her coming up the tracks toward them, for she was singing at the top of her lungs.  So they kept moving forward to intercept her.  Unfortunately, once they became visible to my mother, it scared her and she crossed from one set of tracks to the other and began to walk a little faster, so as she flew passed her mom and sister paying them no attention, they fell in behind her and began walking faster as well......my mother never stopped singing.....but she sped up even more and walked off and left the two women behind her.  She reached home, and as she came through the door of the house, her other sister Ruth asked her......"Did you see mommy and Jenny?". By this time Ruth could see my mother looked pale and was out of breath as she said......"NOOOOOO, but I did see two old women from Jerusalem!!!!".  LOL  I guess my mother's imagination had run away with her because it was dark and she was frightened, but she was also aware that she had broken the rules by staying out so late.  I have to believe she never considered anyone would come looking for her.  So in her terrified state, along with her guilty conscience she thought surely God had sent two old women from Jerusalem after her......LOL  I don't remember if any punishment was given to her for breaking the rules but I am thinking the scare was punishment enough to stop her from doing it again.....LOL  

We all had a good laugh in the later years upon hearing this story.  Anyone who knew her would never have dreamed of such a thing.  It was very much out of character for the woman we knew as my mother!!!

Thank you Bet for jogging my memory of this event.  Have a great day everyone!!!