It was a warm, breezy afternoon. The kind that makes you believe, just for a second, that things are calm and normal again. She was outside, in her chair, tapping at her favorite toy with that same gentle rhythm she always had.
We didn’t expect anything new.
She doesn’t speak. Not with words, anyway. But she’s always been expressive—her hands, her eyes, her silence. And I’ve gotten good at reading her. Or so I thought.
I was folding towels by the back door when I noticed it.
She wasn’t tapping aimlessly.
She was typing.
Not just random hits, either—deliberate presses on the little alphabet buttons, over and over, like she knew exactly what she wanted to say.
I walked over slowly, trying not to make a sound. My heart was suddenly pounding in my chest. I had seen her play with her toy countless times before, but never like this. It was a tablet, a learning tool we’d gotten for her birthday, designed to help her practice letters and numbers. She’d always loved pressing the buttons and watching them light up, but today was different.
Her fingers were moving with purpose, her gaze fixed on the screen. She wasn’t just playing anymore; she was typing a message. A message that, in a matter of seconds, made my stomach drop.
“HELP ME, MOM.”
The words appeared on the screen in a shaky, uneven font, just barely legible. I stood frozen, my heart racing. She couldn’t speak, but she had somehow typed this, with no assistance from me or anyone else. My mind was swirling—how did she know how to do this? Who was she talking to? Why was she asking for help?
“HELP ME, MOM.”
I gently took the tablet from her hands, my fingers trembling. She looked up at me, her eyes wide, not with fear, but with something else. There was a certain urgency in her gaze, as if she were trying to convey something deeper than what the words said. She was silent as always, but her eyes spoke volumes. She needed me to understand.
I immediately checked her hands, her face, trying to make sure everything was okay. No sign of injury. No sign of danger. I could hear my breath coming in shallow gasps as I processed what was happening.
I sat next to her on the grass, my mind racing. This was a moment I had never expected to face. My daughter had always been a quiet, introspective child. She didn’t speak, didn’t vocalize her needs the way other children did. But her silence never seemed to hold any particular weight—it was just part of who she was. And now, it seemed her silence had shifted.
I opened the tablet again, searching for any kind of history, any trace of a message that might explain what had just happened. There was nothing. It was as if the words had come from nowhere. But they couldn’t have. Someone or something had taught her to do this.
The next few days were a blur. I couldn’t stop thinking about what she had typed. “Help me, Mom.” But how? How could I help her if I didn’t even know what she needed? I was lost.
I took her to the doctor, just to make sure there were no physical issues I might have missed. But the check-up was normal. She was healthy. Fine. “Maybe she’s just developing new skills,” the pediatrician suggested, though her words didn’t soothe me in the slightest.
That night, I sat down with my husband, David. I needed answers. Needed to know if he had seen anything unusual. He hadn’t. We both agreed to keep it to ourselves for now—after all, our daughter had never really shown any signs of being unwell, and this was just one strange thing. Maybe she was playing with the toy differently. But then came the second message.
The next afternoon, I was in the kitchen when I heard the faint sound of tapping again. My heart clenched, and before I could stop myself, I rushed outside. There she was again, typing on the tablet.
“HELP ME, MOM.”
I didn’t even blink. This time, I rushed over, clutching the tablet in my hands. It was happening again. The words appeared on the screen, the same shaky handwriting, but this time with an added sense of urgency. I wasn’t imagining this. Something was happening, and it wasn’t just in my head.
I sat down with her, holding her tiny hands in mine, my mind racing.
“What is it, sweetie? What’s happening?” I whispered, my voice barely above a breath.
Her gaze met mine, and I saw something new in her eyes. A flicker of something deep and knowing, as though she were trying to tell me something I couldn’t quite grasp. She wasn’t speaking, but her silence was more powerful than ever. She needed me to figure this out.
That night, I decided to dig deeper. I went back to the tablet, looking at the settings, the history, trying to understand how this was happening. What I found made my blood run cold.
There was a hidden app on the tablet. It wasn’t one I had ever downloaded, nor one I’d seen before. It had no icon, no visible signs that it was running. And when I opened it, I found a message log. It was from someone named “E.” And the messages… the messages were chilling.
“Help me, please,” one of the messages read. “She’s the one who can help us.”
Another one, “She’ll find out soon. It’s time.”
I felt the hair on the back of my neck stand up. I stared at the screen, trying to process what I was seeing. This wasn’t just a random app, or some malfunction with the tablet. Someone, or something, had been communicating through it. And it had been communicating through my daughter.
I couldn’t understand it. But I had to find out more.
The next few days were a whirlwind of questions, research, and feelings of being utterly lost. I turned the house upside down, looking for any clues—anything that could explain this strange series of events. I couldn’t shake the feeling that someone was watching us, that something was pulling the strings.
And then came the twist.
I decided to visit my mother. I had to. There had to be some sort of answer, some piece of information she could provide. She listened quietly, just as she always did, as I explained everything.
“I’m sorry, honey,” she said gently, her voice breaking as she looked at me. “I didn’t want you to know. I didn’t want anyone to know…”
“Know what, Mom?” I asked, my voice barely above a whisper.
“I… I had to let go of something. A long time ago, before you were born. Your grandmother had a secret. It was a gift. A curse, really. She had a way of reaching beyond this world, communicating with things unseen. And she passed it down to me.”
I felt a chill run through me as I listened.
“Your daughter,” my mother continued, “she’s the next in line. She’s the one who can hear them. Help them.”
My mind was reeling. “What are you saying, Mom? Who is she talking to?”
“Your grandmother’s… old friends,” she said softly. “The ones who are lost, the ones who need help. It’s time for her to step into that role, just like I did when I was her age. She’s been chosen.”
I sat there, stunned into silence. What was happening to my little girl? What was this strange gift, this curse, that had been passed down through generations?
It took me a while to process everything, but slowly, I began to accept it. My daughter wasn’t just playing with her toy. She was part of something bigger than I could have imagined.
I didn’t know where this path would lead, but I knew I had to be there for her. I had to help her understand her gift, her calling. We would face it together, as a family.
And so, I started to embrace what I couldn’t change. I didn’t have all the answers, but one thing was clear: this was her journey. And my role, as her mother, was to help guide her through it.
Sometimes, the strangest things come to us in the most unexpected ways. Life has a funny way of showing us what we’re truly capable of, even if it scares us. And as I sat there with my daughter, holding her hand, I realized that maybe we weren’t just here to survive—we were here to make a difference.
So, if you’re going through something that feels impossible to understand, just remember: Sometimes the greatest gifts are the ones that come with the most questions. But if you’re willing to trust the process, you just might discover strengths you never knew you had.
If this story resonates with you, share it with someone who might need a reminder that even the most unusual challenges can lead us to something beautiful.
