The Manwitch

Aunt

I'm aware of one other family member who is most certainly a witch, but more than likely has never thought of herself as so. That would be my Aunt. She is the youngest of my father's four sisters, and only fifteen years older than myself.

We've been very close my whole life, more so than I am with my parents. It's sort of an open secret that she just “knows things”, much in the same sense that I do. She typically knows who's calling without having to look, and on several occasions that I've been taken to a hospital in an ambulance, she's known almost immediately.

She knew, from two states away, when my grandfather died. She knew when one of her older sisters died. She claims to have had contact with both of them at their funerals, and that grampa still visits her from time to time.

She also has some superstitions regarding omens, luck, and personal energy.

The Aunt and I have never had an open discussion about any of this, although when we spoke on the phone recently, I mentioned in passing that a particular song was following me around, and then we spent fifteen minutes or so sorting out what the universe was trying to tell me. We didn't come to any solid conclusion, though. This discussion feels a bit like an open door. Like, perhaps I should start hitting her with more witchy randomness, and just see where the conversation goes.

I would be very interested to learn if she too gets visited by Sara.

I don't know of anyone else in my family that may or may not be a witch. Of course, my grandmother's generation, and anyone further back, certainly would not have made it common knowledge if they were.

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-Tom Blueleaf