The Blinking Light

Peta was amazed to receive a message from her late aunt

Peta Jones, 41, Wallsend, NSW

Sipping a cup of tea in my lounge room one night, I saw the street lamp outside flickering. At first I thought nothing of it. But as I continued to watch, I realised this wasn’t just any random blinking. It was Morse code. The flicker was slow and deliberate, like someone was intentionally sending it. Hands shaking, I hastily jotted down the dots and dashes. The message was simple but chilling – I’m still here. My heart pounded. Surely it couldn’t be a coincidence – it had be Aunt Margaret. She’d passed away from cancer a few months earlier, aged 62. My aunt had learned Morse code in the Girl Guides and passed on the basics to me. She’d been a pillar of strength in our family, the one who…

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