There are two things you need to know about me.
I’ve always been aware, ever since I was very young, that I have certain… powers. Some would call it my “gift”. Others might call it magic, or witchcraft, though I find such terms to be crude. It definitely runs in the women in my family. I knew my mother had something similar, and although she never talked about it explicitly, she always encouraged me to explore my abilities.
I can’t fly, or turn people to toads, or anything like that. I like to think of it more as a special relationship I have been granted with the whirlwind of invisible forces that shape our reality. Sometimes, in the right circumstances, they will grant me a peek behind the curtain. For example, in the middle of a conversation I might suddenly be able to read the other person’s thoughts for a brief flash. Sometimes I have visions of things that will happen, or that are happening far away.