I strongly believe in spirits. This story is almost to personal to share, but I will.

When I was 19 and pregnant with Jaden, I was really scared. Jaden was unplanned. My father had died when I was one year old. It never really bothered me that I didn't have him until I became pregnant.

I went the first two trimesters feeling so alone. I can't go into detail because like I said it is very personal, but I felt horrible.

Well, one night, I was big and pregnant and terrified. I cried myself to sleep. I felt so alone.

I woke up in the middle of the night because I felt like someone was staring at me. I swear to this day, I was awake, not dreaming...

I opened my eyes...and there, in the best way I can explain it, was my father, in a blue light. I suppose you couldn't really make it out to be him, but I just knew it was. He was crouched at the foot of my bed with his elbows on his knees. I sat up and said "Dad?!" He didn't say a word, he just peacefully smiled at me and slowly but surely faded away. From that day on, I knew that even though my dad wasn't there in person, he was there in spirit. I wasn't alone.