{"id":6176,"date":"2025-02-26T23:09:10","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T23:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/Local Reads\/?p=6176"},"modified":"2025-02-26T23:09:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T23:09:10","slug":"a-stranger-helped-me-once-then-he-started-appearing-everywhere-i-went","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/Local Reads\/a-stranger-helped-me-once-then-he-started-appearing-everywhere-i-went\/","title":{"rendered":"A Stranger Helped Me Once, Then He Started Appearing Everywhere I Went"},"content":{"rendered":"
It started with a simple act of kindness\u2014a man helped me load groceries into my car. But then, I began seeing him everywhere: outside my caf\u00e9, gym, and even across the street, watching me. At first, I thought it was just coincidence, but the sightings grew more unsettling.\n
Desperate, I turned to my best friend Elaine. She checked security footage and found no trace of the man I\u2019d seen, confirming my fear: he wasn\u2019t real. I sought help from a doctor, who explained that I was experiencing\u00a0prolonged grief, with my mind creating a comforting presence of my late husband, Michael.\n With time and support, the figure disappeared, and I learned to embrace my grief, finding healing through the process.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It started with a simple act of kindness\u2014a man helped me load groceries into my car. But then, I began seeing him everywhere: outside my caf\u00e9, gym,… \n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n