From Sugar: My mother was murdered by my stepfather when I was fifteen years old. Shortly after her death and his subsequent suicide I went to live with my aunt. Many times in the middle of the night I would be awakened by the feeling that someone was in my bedroom. However the feeling was not a pleasant one, it was as though the person who was in the room were angry at me for some reason. I assume that was the presence of my stepfather because on the night he killed my mother I got into an argument with him shortly after he exposed his gun. One night in particular though I guess he was very angry with me and I was awakened by my bed shaking. Afraid, I tried to ignore the shaking, but the more I lay there in fear the harder the bed shook, and the stronger the angry presence felt. Then, all of a sudden, a very calm feeling came over the entire room and my bed stopped shaking. I believe my mother's spirit had entered the room. Her love for me was stronger than his anger and was able to overwhelm his angry spirit. I immediately fell asleep. After that night, I was never again awakened by an angry presence. I've only ever told three people about this occurrence, but because they had never had an experience of their own they were not very convinced. However after reading what happened to the people on this website I was inspired to post this story. I know that someone out there will read this and say, "Hey, something like that happened to me". And even if you do not believe in ghosts per se, believe that the spirits of loved ones are always there to guide you and protect you from harm.