A feel-good ghost story :)

I THOUGHT THAT IT ALL ENDED WHEN SHE DIED. MOTHER'S FUNERAL WAS... HEARTBREAKING. AND IT WAS ALL MY FAULT. I BUGGED HER TO TAKE ME SKATING. I ASKED HER TO HURRY. AFTER THE FUNERAL I FELT LIKE I COULDN'T FACE ANYONE. SO I WENT TO MY ROOM AND JUST.... HID. I HID FOR WEEKS, NEVER COMING OUT. I CRIED MYSELF TO SLEEP SO MANY TIMES. ALWAYS REFUSING TO LET GO OF MY ICE SKATES. ONE NIGHT, I COULDN'T SLEEP. I SAT UP AND STARTED READING. AFTER I READ FOR AWHILE, I FELT A DEPRESSION IN MY BED. I LOOK AT IT AND THERE SHE WAS. MOTHER. MY BEAUTIFUL, STUNNING MOTHER GLOWING BRIGHT VERMILION. A FEELING OF NOT FEAR, BUT HAPPINESS WASHES OVER ME. SHE SHOOK HER HEAD AT ME AND I KNEW IT WASN'T MY FAULT SOMEBODY SMASHED INTO OUR CAR. RELIEF, CONTENT, I HAD IT ALL. SHE LOOKED AT THE BOOK AND I STARTED TO READ OUT LOUD. WE SAT TOGETHER AND READ UNTIL I FELL ASLEEP. THUS NEXT MORNING ALL I SLEPT WAS HER ROSE PERFUME. A CALM, LOVING VOICE SOFTLY SAID "I LOVE YOU, I MISS YOU, TAKE CARE OF YOUR FAFHER" TEARS BURN THE BACK OF MY EYES. "I WILL, MOTHER" I OPENED MY DOOR AND WALKED OUT INTO THE HALLWAY. I TOOK SLOW, DELIBERATE STEPS TO REACH THE KITCHEN. WHEN I DID, DAD HUGGED ME TIGHT. "IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT, LILLY" AND I TOLD HIM, SOFTLY, "SHE TOLD ME."; I THOUGHT SHE WAS GONE.