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was in a trance. She did not see me. When she stepped into her stone, there was a bright light and she was just…gone.” I felt tears prick my eyes, hot and fierce. I gave into it for a moment and let them well up and roll down my cheeks. Silently, I said goodbye to my friend.
    The woman watched my quietly with a somewhat tender expression on her face. “You loved my girl. I can tell.” I dried my eyes and did my best to smile. I had to remember that this was a happy thing. We were never meant to linger here indefinitely. We were meant to go on. And Leotie had probably found her baby brother, whom she had missed so much.
    “I’ve watched them all pass,” the woman said quietly, “one by one, they came here and went on. If only my son would come, then I could go too and we could all be together again.” Impulsively I reached out and grabbed her hand, giving it a squeeze. “He’s already gone on. Leotie told me. She looked for him for years but he isn’t here.”
    The woman didn’t seem to have heard me. She was just staring at where my hand held hers. The confusion and amazement in her face reminded me that she didn’t know me well enough to know that this was one of my personal gifts. “I’ve always been able to make spirits solid, at least for me. I can touch them and when I do they become solid enough for even the non-gifted to see something. I didn’t mean to startle you.”
    She nodded slowly, seeming to take in what I was saying. “I just have not been touched in so long. I had almost forgotten the sensation. Did you say that Atohi has already gone on?” I released her hand and smiled at her. “Yes.” I might have said more but didn’t have time to. Her whole face was suffused with purest joy. She reached forward and threw her arms around my shoulders. She gave me a desperately tight squeeze and whispered, “Thank you.” A moment later, she was gone. There was a flash of bright light near the grave stones and I was once again alone in the forest.
    The normal forest noises were starting to return now, and I smiled to myself briefly. My friend had gone on, but now she had her whole family with her. I just knew she was happy. I laid the daffodils on the ground at her grave and then whirled around, making my skirt flare around me, and threw my arms up over my head. And as I did, I realized that I wasn’t really alone.
    The path to Leotie’s former home and resting spot had taken me back out to where I could see the train tracks through the branches and leaves of the trees. There, by the tracks, stood the lady I had watched since I was a child. She was standing perfectly still, just watching me but when she saw that I had noticed her, she motioned for me to come up to where she stood. I hesitated for a moment. I had always been in awe of this tall, slender, beautiful woman.
    I started towards her slowly, realizing that my fingers were cold and tingling and my heart was pounding. I began to wonder why I was so nervous. It took me almost the full walk over to where she stood before I realized what the problem was. This was a crush, probably my first crush. That was why I had never mustered up the nerve to speak to her when I spoke so casually with other spirits. And with that thought I straightened my shoulders and took the last few steps to face my fear.
    The sunlight spilling over the tracks was so bright after the cool dimness of the woods that for a moment it dazzled my eyes. When they adjusted, I got my first close up look at the mysterious lady I’d spent most of my childhood watching covertly. She was beautiful from afar and up close she was breath-taking.
    Her hair was the color of polished mahogany and her eyes were the grey of storm clouds right before rain. She was taller than me by a few inches putting her at around 5’6. She smiled at me in greeting and I was struck by the thought that she had the most beautiful mouth and smile I had ever seen. Her lips were a deep rose pink and curved in