This story dates back to the summer of 1994 or 1995 when I was around 10 or 11 years of age. I lived in Modesto, California with my mom and stepdad. I was the baby of the family and my brother and sisters were older and on their own.

My home life was full of screaming, fighting, and violence (domestic abuse). My home life was less than pleasant.

Anyway, one summer afternoon I was outside playing with some friends and I decided to go inside to cool off and watch some TV because it was very hot outside.

I lay down on my bed upstairs and began watching TV. The bedroom window was to the back of me and I was facing the TV to the opposite side.

I was watching TV when all of a sudden something made me look up to the right corner of my wall. As I did, I saw a large, beautiful white dove somehow melt through the wall and straight through to the left side of the wall. As it flew across the room, the wings flapped but never made a sound.

The whole time, my eyes never left the dove and everything just went silent. Whatever it was had my full attention and it was amazing. It was a moment in my life that I will never forget, and I still remember it like yesterday, even though I am in my late twenties now.

I truly believe it was the spirit of god telling me that he was there and that everything would be okay. Like I said, my home life was bad, so I feel it was a sign of hope for me to know He will always be there for me, even in the bad times. And I will forever remember that moment.

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