Lily’s Guide to Releasing Antique Spirits

BOOK 1

Lily’s Diary

 

Happy Sunday Readers!

~Grab a cup of coffee and a muffin. Get comfy for some good reading~

We enter into the Diary of Lily Shels, a 9th grader who, as we are about to find out, is struggling with many different challenges. One of the biggest is opening up to her best friend Doris about everything she is struggling with. Being vulnerable is harder than some of us let on.

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Doris hugged the diary, a few pesky tears landed on the page before she could stop them. “Finally something happy! Mina swooped in and saved the day.” Doris placed a pink sticky note on the page. “Next time I see Mina, I’m going to give her a huuuuuuge hug! She was there for Lily when I wish I could have been.”

The night was growing dark, fireflies twinkled across the front yard as Doris closed the diary and stared out of her bedroom window. She thought about the gratitude she was feeling right now. Recalling Lily’s comment a few weeks ago after she was forced to reveal the spirit problem she was having to Doris. Lily said, “If it weren’t for Mina, I don’t know what would have happened to me”.

Doris was realizing more and more, how crucial it was that Mina found out and did what she did, when she did it. “Ohh Mina, you are an amazing person. Yep, I’m officially adopting you as my older sister now.”

Doris scribbled on a sticky note “Hug and adopt Mina.

Hug and punch(shoulder) Lily for keeping secrets and suffering so long without me knowing!

Doris turned off her bedroom light, watching the fireflies for a while longer. Thank you God, for keeping Lily safe. And for my loving family, even my annoying brothers. She prayed admiring God’s fireflies lighting up the night sky.

 

 

Lily’s Diary

 

Dear Diary,

Let’s talk about your feelings:

I’m not sure how to put down in words the feeling I have right now. It’s completely throwing me for a loop. Even Isaac could feel it. I guess I’m feeling grateful and loved. And at the saeme…*same time feeling sad, but not for myself. I’m feeling sad for Isaac. What I felt and had today, I don’t think he ever had during his dark depression.

What happened today:

Today, Mina came home from school, basically dragged me out of my room and treated me to some wonderful food and company for the day.

It’s hard having a spirit’s thoughts in your head. Not just any spirit thoughts, but a depressed, lonely, lost spirit’s thoughts. (dang that’s really way too many “spirit’s thoughts’ there. Good thing no one’s going to read these diary’s.) Where was I???

The thoughts that keep you from enjoying life. Thoughts that fill up your time and keep you trapped in your head all day. It’s like a slow working poison. Once it enters the blood stream, it goes around killing off the good and replacing it with sickness, and potentially, death. Isaac has no control over the depression he’s captured by, but because he’s in my head all the time now, his depression is seeping into my life. And slowly, but surely taking over everything in me. Or so my sister Mina tells me.

Let’s see the day was a blur, a good blur of feelings, emotions and someone to talk to who made me feel heard.

Mina came home, I was in my room lying on the floor thinking about death, how Isaac may have died, hell, failing school, loosing friends and family, funerals, darkness…just about anything dark and sad. I think the floor was wet too from the tears. Anyway, Mina barged into my room, pulled me up and thru some clothes in my face.

She said “Aright, you have 5 minutes. Put the clothes on, and be ready to go otherwise I’m going to dress you myself like I used to when you were a baby.” Then she slammed the door shut after flicking on the lights.

It’s funny how even though I didn’t feel like it, the fear of my older sister changing me like a baby motivated me enough to change. Mina pushed me outside (the sunlight burned my eyeballs. I felt very vampire-ish at that moment) and into her car. 30 minutes later we were at the mall. We wakjed *walked around, she bought me Boba tea and a cinnamon  roll. She’s a funny sister sometimes. We usually don’t talk all that much, but ever since she found out about the spirits I’ve been dealing with, Mina’s made a visible effort to talk to me more. And it’s making me feel better, as well as open up to her too. I’m 100% sure that’s why she did this. To help me relax, open up and tell her what’s really been going on.

It took the entire 2 hours of walking around the mall before I finally felt the flood gates open. Thankfully we were already in the car so I could sob without feeling bad about making things awkward for other people.

Mina drove around for another 2 hours hearing me out, talking, and listening again. During the talking I could Isaac listening. I think he was curious what this feeling was all about, because something tells me, he may not have ever felt this genuine sibling love and care before. Which is a thought that I pray is not true, I can’t imagine living with people who have no genuine love for you.

Anywho, I’m tired, Mina forced to me to stay up with her and write down something in the diary tonight. She said “Gratitude is best way to start and end your day. It makes you aware of the other things and people in your life. Taking you out of yourself and back into the moving life around you.”

Then Mina hugged me, told me I owed her a “BEST SISTER EVER” trophy and finished with “Hey, seriously though, please talk to me more. This spirit sounds like he’s really getting to you and you need to rely on outside forces to help you through it. And that’s me right now. So I’m here for you Lily.” (don’t quote me on all this word for word, but it’s basically what she said.)

P.S Isaac, if you’re listening to my thoughts right now, just know, I’ve got you! We will work through this together and help you move on. I’m grateful for family and friends. What are you grateful for?

Night~

~Lily, happier than I’ve been in weeks. I love you Mina.

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Over the next few weeks Lily will share a few of her diary’s with us. Each Diary is a sneak peek into book 1 of Lily’s Guide to Releasing Antique Spirits. Little clues in each diary entry that will prepare you for the adventure that Lily will be going on.

My new book will be released hopefully as soon as August!!! How exciting is this? I hope you all enjoy reading all the sneak peeks that are coming out each Sunday for the next 3 months! Tell your friends, family members and most importantly any of your Catholic teen girls. My goal for this book is to share some fun, supernatural adventures from the perspective of a Catholic.

 

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Write on~

Cecilia