My Grandma

I was standing in my sister’s kitchen and washing the dishes when Grandma showed up.

She didn’t let me know she was coming. There was no warning or appointment.

I just looked up and there she was. She’d passed away more than a decade earlier but she still looked exactly as I remembered.

Grandma smiled and said, ‘Tell her she’s doing a good job.’

I’m almost ashamed to admit that my response was, ‘Really? Does this really need to happen right now?’

After all, I’d never had a spirit show up in front of me with a message for someone else. It felt awkward and definitely not part of an average day.

‘Yes,’ Grandma said.

‘Tell her she’s doing a good job.’

She smiled again.

‘Okay,’ I thought. ‘Here goes.’

I turned towards my sister who was seated in the lounge room behind me. She was taking care of her little baby girl who was just a few weeks old.

Nae knew I was psychic but I’d never delivered news like this before.

‘Um, Nae,’ I said.

‘This has never happened before but I just need to let you know that Grandma is here and she’s smiling and she wants me to tell you that you’re doing a good job.’

Nae looked up.

‘Do you mean Mum’s Mum?’ she asked.

‘Yes.’

‘Cool,’ she said.

And that was that.

When I turned back to the kitchen sink, Grandma had gone.

It was only later I realised there had been other spirits standing behind her.