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    The Family Link
    The Family Link
    The Family Link
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    The Family Link

    By Laura Roberts

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    The women of four generations have undoubtedly connected the link between reality and the spiritual realm. My mother's side has a gift unlike any other. The women of this family feel, hear, sense, see and speak to the unknown. In this short novel I explore the paranormal experiences and psychic phenomenon that have been haunting generations of women in my family, including myself. Starting with a superstitious Irish woman down to family secrets, unexplained happenings and prophetic dreams, The Family Link walks the reader through chilling recollections of my family's connection to the other side.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLaura Roberts
    Release dateMay 7, 2012
    The Family Link
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    Laura Roberts

    Laura Roberts can leg-press an average-sized sumo wrestler, has nearly been drowned off the coast of Hawaii, and tells lies for a living. She is the founding editor of Black Heart Magazine, the San Diego Chapter Leader for the Nonfiction Authors Association, and publishes whatever strikes her fancy at Buttontapper Press. She currently lives in an Apocalypse-proof bunker in sunny SoCal with her artist husband and their literary kitties, and can be found on Twitter @originaloflaura. Blurring the lines between fact and fiction, Laura has penned the alphabetical travel guides Montreal from A to Z and San Diego from A to Z, offbeat writing guides A Cheater’s Guide to NaNoWriMo and Confessions of a 3-Day Novelist, and the satirical adventure tale, Ninjas of the 512. She is also the editor of the collection Haiku for Lovers, and the forthcoming anthology Everything I Need to Know About Love I Learned from Pop Songs (February 2016).

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      The Family Link - Laura Roberts

      Introduction

      The world is full of skeptics, non-believers and those who won't admit to having experienced unexplained phenomena. We have heard it said, there is an explanation for everything. Yes, this is true but that explanation is not always a scientific one. I come from a family split down the middle by these beliefs. My father believes that there are no unexplained happenings, everything has a scientific cause while my mother and her side of the family are strong believers in paranormal and psychic phenomena. Most times, we begin as non-believers and faithfully venture into the mystery after a first or second unexplained experience. Not all of these are like the movies, and not all are horrifying events. The experiences that the women of my family have had range from messages from loved ones, prophetic dreams, and the desired help from a child.

      As far back as my grandmother Marian can remember, my great-great grandmother from Youghal Co. Cork, Ireland was one of the most superstitious women. Mary Galvin was a woman of many Irish beliefs about after-life, the dead, and bad omens. She told stories of the towers that were built in the inner walls of the towns to keep out the dead and watch over the townspeople. She gave birth to Mary Bridgid Fuller who, my grandmother claims, never spoke of any unexplained experiences or dreams but was like her mother in her superstitious beliefs. My grandmother, born Marian Fuller, was the first in this line to have experienced and shared her stories. Her 8 children, her children's children, and their children are adventuring through a world of psychic and paranormal phenomena to this day.

      Paranormal Experiences and Phenomena

      Many may ask, what is a paranormal experience? What classifies such experience as paranormal? A paranormal experience for a person usually resides within the small definition of a happening or experience that is outside the realm of normal experiences or scientific explanation(Freedictionary.com). The belief in the paranormal and the afterlife did not begin as a new fad within the last few decades. In fact, the beliefs of souls and spirits date back to the ancient Egyptians who entombed their dead and preformed intricate burial customs to ensure an afterlife for their lost loved ones. They viewed mummification as an initiation into the mysterious afterlife. In modern day culture and religion, many believe in the spirit and soul of the body, and the separation of those after death. Is this

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