How long has this been happening? How many others before me have witnessed the shifting shadows, have been able to summon lights in the night sky at their will? How many other souls have felt the immense pressure of their constant monitoring?

Even as I type this, the things I want to share seem too bizarre to be believed. Yet somewhere in the deepest part of me, I know there must be others who will believe, who do believe, because they have experienced the unimaginable, too. Maybe if I share, someone out there will feel a little less alone in their journey.

As you read through my journal entries ahead, I hope that you will simultaneously keep an open mind while holding room for skepticism. I cannot claim to have all of the answers while I am still searching for them myself. All I can share are the things that I witness and the way they make me feel, as well as the memories that come to the surface that help cement the possibility that they have been trying to make themselves known to me for a long, long time — for most of my life.

While I do not know who or what they are, I simply know that they are.