A sphere of Influence

My sister says that my father's spirit regularly does things to let her know he is there. He turns on the TV, changes the channels, and even starts the washing machine. My sister Sue apparently also experienced a sink suddenly coming on.
I have seen peripheral things, but nothing directly.
The night before my Dad died, I saw the angel in the room. It appeared to my right and when I turned to see who had entered, it was gone. It was pretty startling. My Dad died the next day.
So I often wonder why my TV has not acted weird or why my washing machine doesn't come on by itself.
I think maybe he shoved me off my motorcycle in 2010. I have no real proof, but I feel like he did.
So why nothing else at my house???
Perhaps it is because I am anti bully and I see a ghost in my house as a kind of bully.
If a ghost were manipulating things in my house, I would go ballistic.
I hate bullies. And ghosts are bullies to me. Even in dreams, if I see a ghost, I immediately attack it, punch it, destroy it, bite it.
I fucking hate anything messing with me.
And so I think I extend a sphere, a bubble of sorts, and within this sphere, not a fucking thing is allowed to enter on that side of existence, not even my father.
Perhaps this is why I have never seen or experienced anything at MY HOUSE.
I planted my flag here, and I'll be god damned if I let a frigging otherworldly whateverethefuck mess with me or my home. Fuck that noise.
So maybe my Dad would like to come and say hi, but he isn't allowed in. I don't care how powerful he was. I'm alive, which makes me more powerful on this side.
Besides, he named me Michael, and this name brings with it a job or sorts. I am like the archangel who kicked the evil demons out of heaven.
So I fight evil when confronted by it. I do not seek it, but I will not abide it.
So I guess I will sacrifice a sign from my Dad.
I will have to wait to see him on the other side. . .

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