An Angel for Grandpa
May 2, 2019 November 11, 2021 / Paul Keene	/ Leave a comment
The Golden Age of Hollywood Lives
Fun loving bachelor, Auggie Mondo, steps back from the easel to view his street scene painting and bumps into out-going Paris tourist, Nona. The well-known plein air artist catches Nona in his arms before she falls to the ground. Love at first sight strikes. The two marry and return to the Beverly Hills Mondo estate.
Nona is overtaken with happiness when she announces her pregnancy to Auggie. Nona's joy is dampened by Auggie's reactions.
Tragedy strikes.
An unknown visitor rings at the Mondo front gate demanding to see her grandpa. Through tears, suspense, and struggles the Mondo inhabitants and spirits face, a story of love unfolds.
How can a father push his son away? What makes a daughter fear a mother who is dead? Can a child sent across the country to a private school at the age of nine forgive his father?
Housekeeper Juanita Lorenzo goes from rags to riches, but a bleak childhood ignites fears of life and love throwing her in a triangle of damaged hearts: housekeeper, father, and son.
While a friend, mother, and wife from the other side works to reunite her husband and son, Juanita discovers that she must mend her own heart before she can find love, joy, and happiness.
Spiritual beings having a human experience
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience ~ Pierre Teilhard De Chardin
I developed an interest in the paranormal during my college years. Being open to it could've increased the awareness of my own experiences. After a divorce, I moved into an old house across from the school where I worked. The first week I was awakened with a slap on my behind at three AM each morning. Then came the footsteps up the basement stairs stopping at the door. Needless to say, my life was turned upside down. Not as severe as Garth Andrews's life, but enough to plant a story in my head.
The first three books I wrote were a coming of age series that explored a music-talented protagonist's obsessive-compulsive behaviors that led to addictions. A ghost that came with a pawn shop guitar was a strong supporting character, but the supernatural runs the show in Human Experience.
The novel has a colorful cast that includes a variety of spirits:
The notice of divorce not only takes protagonist Garth Andrews by surprise but drives him into a deep depression that clouds the hold unseen inhabitants of the house have on him. He is torn between protecting his children and fulfilling a selfish lust.
The novel, Human Experience, endorses Pierre Teilhard De Chardin's belief that we are here to learn from our experiences.
Hope, Humor, and the Supernatural
Paul Keene writes literary fiction from his Idaho home near the Swan Falls bird refuge. He enjoys exploring the outdoors, working in the herb garden, and drinking bold coffee while reading on the back deck. The author loves life and enjoys friends, family, and dogs. Humor and gratitude lighten his heart.
Spirits, Angels, Ghosts, and sounds in the night
Shadows come and go. You turn to look at whoever is staring at you. No one is there. You smell a scent of perfume, tobacco, or food that stirs a memory as it fills the room.
The veil is getting thinner, and thinner.
Some think it becomes thinner at Halloween. Others say it has become thinner over the past decade. Then there are those who push spirits aside. "When you take your last breath that's it–you're gone, no heaven, no hell," they say.
Others Say
"Someone sits at the foot of the bed. It's my husband–I smell the Old Spice cologne and love that he watches over me."
How do we know?
It's great that we do our own thinking and have our own beliefs. That's the way it should be. I confess that I believe in spirits. I'm not ashamed to admit that I've not only felt them, but I've also seen a couple. Good thing I wasn't living in the 1690s.
Seriously, even though we have our own take on the Other Side, Life after Death, or whether or not it exists–how do we know for sure? We can listen to others, attend church, accept what others say, and draw our own conclusions, but how do we know if we're right?
We won't until it happens.
If we go to heaven, we'll undoubtedly love it
If hell is as bad as it's described we'll probably hate it
If there is no afterlife, we won't know and it won't matter
What do you think? Your opinions are appreciated and are of value.