Late one evening, sometime around 1988, the house was quiet. My 8 and 10 year old daughters were fast asleep in their bedroom. My husband was gone, and I decided to read a bit before sliding down under the covers to sleep. I was into the book when something in my peripheral vision caught my attention, at about my right shoulder. I looked up and didn't see anything out of order. The flowered drape hung motionless over the window beside me.

I went back to my book and after finding my place, con...

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