1 00:00:00,880 --> 00:00:02,960 Speaker 1: You're listening to the I Heart Radio and Coast to 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:05,880 Speaker 1: Coast a and Paranormal podcast network, where we offer you 3 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:10,000 Speaker 1: podcasts of the supernatural and the unexplained. Getting ready now 4 00:00:10,039 --> 00:00:21,400 Speaker 1: for Shades of the Afterlife with Sandra Champlain. Welcome to 5 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:24,880 Speaker 1: our podcast. Please be aware of the thoughts and opinions 6 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:28,560 Speaker 1: expressed by the host are their thoughts and opinions only 7 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:31,880 Speaker 1: and do not reflect those of I Heart Media, I 8 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:36,559 Speaker 1: Heart Radio, Coast to Coast AM, employees of Premier Networks, 9 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:40,440 Speaker 1: or their sponsors and associates. We would like to encourage 10 00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:43,599 Speaker 1: you to do your own research and discover the subject 11 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:56,080 Speaker 1: matter for yourself. Hi. I'm Sandra Champlain. For over twenty 12 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:59,240 Speaker 1: five years, I've been on a journey to prove the 13 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:03,760 Speaker 1: existence life after death. On each episode, we'll discuss the 14 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:07,520 Speaker 1: reasons we now know that our loved ones have survived 15 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:12,480 Speaker 1: physical depth, and so will we. Welcome to Shades of 16 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:15,639 Speaker 1: the Afterlife. I hope you're enjoying your day today, whatever 17 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:18,920 Speaker 1: it is you're doing and wherever you are. I want 18 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 1: to do a few things on our time together today. 19 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:25,400 Speaker 1: I'll start off with some news, followed by a couple 20 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:29,480 Speaker 1: of stories sent in by listeners. I want this to 21 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:34,960 Speaker 1: be a heartwarming episode. I'm recording this going into our 22 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:38,360 Speaker 1: holiday time, which, as you know, when you have a 23 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:41,560 Speaker 1: loved one who has passed, can be a very difficult time. 24 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 1: In fact, any birthday, any anniversary, Christmas, etcetera. When we 25 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 1: don't have them physically with us, it is almost automatic 26 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 1: that grief reignites. There are some very kind people in 27 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:03,040 Speaker 1: our Facebook group that have posted things that they do 28 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:08,800 Speaker 1: to remember and celebrate holidays with their loved one, even 29 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:12,359 Speaker 1: though that they have passed. If you're not yet part 30 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:16,360 Speaker 1: of our Facebook group, please come join us. There's almost 31 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 1: seven thousand people that speak this same language, interested in 32 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:25,799 Speaker 1: evidence of the afterlife, looking for comfort through grief and then, 33 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 1: of course, once we realize who we really are, souls 34 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:34,919 Speaker 1: having a human experience, help and empowerment to make each 35 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:38,959 Speaker 1: day special, each day count and live a great life. 36 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:42,120 Speaker 1: You can find our Facebook group simply go to We 37 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:44,640 Speaker 1: Don't Die dot com, click on the top of the 38 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:48,080 Speaker 1: page and there is Facebook group. I am open for 39 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:52,240 Speaker 1: feedback and suggestions. One thing I want to keep in 40 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:55,920 Speaker 1: mind for all is what's in my heart and why 41 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:58,840 Speaker 1: I do this is because I know each and every 42 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:01,639 Speaker 1: one of us exp variants as grief. You may be 43 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:04,919 Speaker 1: going through it right now. I want to make sure 44 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 1: not only to give good evidence of the afterlife, but 45 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 1: anything that we can do to help make your day 46 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 1: a little brighter. So I love hearing your stories, and 47 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:18,600 Speaker 1: you don't need to be an author of a book 48 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 1: or some famous speaker. Each and every one of us 49 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:25,359 Speaker 1: may have some sort of sign or something that you've 50 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:28,120 Speaker 1: received from your loved one so that you know that 51 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 1: they are still around. At the end of this episode, 52 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 1: I want to include some of the bits of advice 53 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:40,120 Speaker 1: from fellow listeners about living life and celebrating without our 54 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 1: loved ones physically with us and also over the next 55 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 1: few weeks. Like I said, we are going into the 56 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 1: holiday period, so if I can give you a little 57 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 1: extra maybe a few extra goose bumps with some of 58 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 1: these stories, I want to do that. So first I 59 00:03:55,440 --> 00:04:00,360 Speaker 1: got an email from Navine who says, mye and I 60 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:03,640 Speaker 1: recently found your podcast and love it. Thank you for 61 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:06,520 Speaker 1: your time and efforts. He says, I want to share 62 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:09,920 Speaker 1: an experience I had with our eldest son when he 63 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 1: was about five years old now. He had a very 64 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:17,600 Speaker 1: difficult birth and needed a blood transfusion to survive. He 65 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 1: came out of all of this, but not without neurological 66 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:27,160 Speaker 1: issues and heavy a d D. Nevertheless, after finishing reading 67 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:29,960 Speaker 1: him one of his story books one evening, he looked 68 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 1: at me from his bed, stared at me, and asked, 69 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:39,280 Speaker 1: in a very inquisitive tone, Dad, what is God? Well, 70 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:43,599 Speaker 1: my jaw dropped open, and I had no idea where 71 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:46,839 Speaker 1: that question came from, because we had not discussed any 72 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:51,680 Speaker 1: religious or spiritual concepts with him, given his age and 73 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 1: that he barely started speaking when he was five years old. 74 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:59,919 Speaker 1: So I fumbled for an answer, saying things like God 75 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:03,359 Speaker 1: is in everything, and God is in the trees and 76 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:06,960 Speaker 1: flowers and so forth. Finally, I was about to tell 77 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:10,760 Speaker 1: him go ask your mother, when he interrupted my feeble 78 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 1: explanation and loudly getting my attention, saying daddy, and then 79 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:20,560 Speaker 1: looking straight into my eyes, he said, Daddy, God is 80 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:27,200 Speaker 1: he just is? After a few seconds of my stunned silence, 81 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:30,159 Speaker 1: he became relaxed and went back to asking me to 82 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:33,560 Speaker 1: read him another book. I relayed the incident to my 83 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:37,320 Speaker 1: wife immediately, and of course there were no explanations. I 84 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:41,279 Speaker 1: have never forgotten that moment. Our son is now thirty 85 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:46,360 Speaker 1: four years old and does not recall the event if 86 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:51,359 Speaker 1: you remember. Just two episodes ago, the theme was about 87 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:57,000 Speaker 1: children's pre birth memories. Gave a lot of people goose bumps. 88 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:00,839 Speaker 1: We go to an afterlife, but it only makes sense 89 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:06,080 Speaker 1: that there's a before life and kids. Young kids say 90 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:09,479 Speaker 1: the most incredible things to their parents, So check that 91 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:12,799 Speaker 1: out if you haven't already. There's also a gal named 92 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:16,919 Speaker 1: Karen who sent me a story. She says, I have 93 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:20,599 Speaker 1: two children who we adopted at birth, and I share 94 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:23,280 Speaker 1: that because I have always felt that they are meant 95 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:26,120 Speaker 1: to be here. We always felt that there was a 96 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:29,320 Speaker 1: greater power at work and placing each of them with us. 97 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:34,120 Speaker 1: Too many coincidences along our path to parenthood to ignore. 98 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:37,600 Speaker 1: I was rocking my son to sleep one night, he 99 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:40,440 Speaker 1: was just nine months old, and he was staring in 100 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:44,520 Speaker 1: my eyes. I whispered to him, Nicholas, I love you 101 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:48,120 Speaker 1: so much. I'm so grateful that you're my little boy. 102 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:50,800 Speaker 1: And then I said to him, do you know how 103 00:06:50,839 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 1: you got here? I was going to say it was 104 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:56,400 Speaker 1: through a lot of prayer, but before I could say that, 105 00:06:56,520 --> 00:06:59,680 Speaker 1: my baby put his whole left arm straight up in 106 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:04,760 Speaker 1: the air and pointed and blurted out gog. He wasn't 107 00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:09,680 Speaker 1: even talking besides Mama and dadda. He is now almost 108 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:13,320 Speaker 1: twenty four, but I have not forgotten that. And later on, 109 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:16,080 Speaker 1: when he was about three and a half, I was 110 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:19,520 Speaker 1: watching a show that reminded me of my dad, who 111 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:23,640 Speaker 1: passed away many years before my kids were born. I 112 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:26,840 Speaker 1: got a little emotional watching this show, and my son 113 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:29,120 Speaker 1: came up to me and took my hand and led 114 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:33,000 Speaker 1: me to his room. He said, lay down with me, mommy, 115 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:37,400 Speaker 1: so I did. He proceeded to tell me that my 116 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:42,760 Speaker 1: dad loved to golf, that he loved the Buffalo Bills 117 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:46,840 Speaker 1: football team, that he was funny, and he is at 118 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:52,800 Speaker 1: Grandma's right now. I hadn't ever told my son these things, 119 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 1: just because he was too young to discuss my dad with. 120 00:07:57,360 --> 00:08:00,720 Speaker 1: I told him that my daddy isn't here anymore, but 121 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:05,040 Speaker 1: he repeated, he is at grandma's. I said, what do 122 00:08:05,080 --> 00:08:08,520 Speaker 1: you mean? And he got off the bed and jumped 123 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:12,400 Speaker 1: into a squat position on the floor and patting the ground. 124 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:16,800 Speaker 1: He said, Grandpa comes down all the time and checks 125 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:22,679 Speaker 1: on Grandma. He is there now. I was absolutely dumbfounded 126 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:26,680 Speaker 1: and will never forget that. Sandra I know you have 127 00:08:26,760 --> 00:08:30,000 Speaker 1: heard so many stories like this, but when it happens 128 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:33,720 Speaker 1: to you, it is amazing and definitely gives me comfort 129 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:37,360 Speaker 1: that there is a life after this one. I will 130 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:40,800 Speaker 1: also add that at the time, my mom had been 131 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:45,440 Speaker 1: experiencing some strange goings on at her house that were 132 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:49,640 Speaker 1: impossible to explain. No doubt it was my dad there. 133 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:53,600 Speaker 1: Thanks for letting me ramble. Your podcast just brought back 134 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:58,600 Speaker 1: all these memories. Oh, thank you, Karen. Happy memories are 135 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:02,960 Speaker 1: so good. I was talking to a friend earlier today, 136 00:09:03,040 --> 00:09:08,480 Speaker 1: and it's interesting because our human minds have this way 137 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:13,800 Speaker 1: of taking very special things and turning them into no 138 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:18,040 Speaker 1: big deal. That's no big deal. I don't know about you, 139 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:23,640 Speaker 1: but have you witnessed just some beautiful things. Maybe it 140 00:09:23,840 --> 00:09:28,079 Speaker 1: was meeting your significant other, Maybe it was a wedding. 141 00:09:28,559 --> 00:09:31,920 Speaker 1: Maybe it was the birth of your child. Maybe it 142 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:36,440 Speaker 1: was graduating from college. Maybe it was a vacation and 143 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:39,480 Speaker 1: there you were with your beloved and saw a beautiful 144 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:46,480 Speaker 1: sunrise or sunset, or experience something wonderful. Our human minds 145 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:52,600 Speaker 1: are so busy looking forward in fear and what might 146 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:58,880 Speaker 1: be coming, than being present and also remembering the good 147 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:03,400 Speaker 1: that we've exped experienced. They also like to make us 148 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:08,640 Speaker 1: feel guilty and go over past behaviors and situations over 149 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:12,640 Speaker 1: and over and over. Welcome to being human. I say 150 00:10:12,679 --> 00:10:19,640 Speaker 1: this because I have witnessed miracles, miracles through communication from 151 00:10:19,679 --> 00:10:24,880 Speaker 1: people loved ones beyond the veil. I've sat in physical 152 00:10:25,320 --> 00:10:31,160 Speaker 1: medium circles where there's no explanation for things flying around 153 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:35,439 Speaker 1: the air and the sound of lots of children unwrapping 154 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:39,400 Speaker 1: Christmas presents and toys flying around the room when there's 155 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:44,800 Speaker 1: no children there. I've heard the most magical stories of 156 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:51,240 Speaker 1: near death experiences and received signs that there's no explanation to. 157 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:55,839 Speaker 1: I've even had my own miracles people I know having 158 00:10:56,040 --> 00:10:59,439 Speaker 1: miraculous healings. And I don't know if I ever told 159 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:03,240 Speaker 1: you this story, but when I learned of app ports, 160 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:07,000 Speaker 1: and that is things that can show up in your 161 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:12,400 Speaker 1: house that weren't there, and spirit friends bringing things in 162 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:16,000 Speaker 1: and you're thinking, how did this get here? There are 163 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:20,800 Speaker 1: things called app ports. I had lost one of my 164 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:26,640 Speaker 1: favorite earrings and I completely demolished my bedroom trying to 165 00:11:26,679 --> 00:11:29,640 Speaker 1: find it. Then I thought maybe it went down the 166 00:11:29,720 --> 00:11:33,960 Speaker 1: drain in the bathroom. I went totally berserk trying to 167 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:38,600 Speaker 1: find this gold earring. I was traveling and I took 168 00:11:38,760 --> 00:11:41,920 Speaker 1: the remaining earring and I put it in the little 169 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:46,160 Speaker 1: side pocket inside my suitcase. I had forgotten about it. 170 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:50,120 Speaker 1: The next day, I was thinking, oh, I don't have 171 00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:52,920 Speaker 1: a pair of earrings to wear, and my heart sank 172 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:58,839 Speaker 1: because I remembered my missing or my lost earring. So 173 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:03,880 Speaker 1: I decided to open my suitcase and take out the 174 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:08,760 Speaker 1: one remaining earring. And when I opened the suitcase and 175 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:14,120 Speaker 1: put my hand in to grab the one earring, both 176 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:19,160 Speaker 1: ear rings were there. That to me is a miracle, 177 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:23,560 Speaker 1: call it an apport. I spoke to my spirit friends 178 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:25,920 Speaker 1: and said, if there's any way you can work your magic, 179 00:12:26,760 --> 00:12:31,719 Speaker 1: and they did incredible. It is my firm belief that 180 00:12:31,760 --> 00:12:36,080 Speaker 1: we are divine souls having a human experience. We live 181 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:40,320 Speaker 1: within a mind that convinces us that things are no 182 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:46,320 Speaker 1: big deal, but miracles are possible in the afterlife. We 183 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:50,440 Speaker 1: communicate with our thoughts, we create with our thoughts. I 184 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:53,720 Speaker 1: think the same thing holds true here. If we only 185 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:56,760 Speaker 1: remember who we are, we're going to go into the 186 00:12:56,800 --> 00:12:59,280 Speaker 1: break and when we come back, we're gonna hear some 187 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:03,960 Speaker 1: heart arming stories. You're listening to shades of the afterlife 188 00:13:04,280 --> 00:13:07,280 Speaker 1: on the I Heart Radio and Coast to Coast AM 189 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:29,439 Speaker 1: Paranormal Podcast Network. Welcome back to Shades of the Afterlife. 190 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:34,199 Speaker 1: I'm Sandra Champlain, and I'd like to share some stories 191 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:38,560 Speaker 1: with you, heartwarming stories that just give you that feeling. 192 00:13:39,280 --> 00:13:42,480 Speaker 1: This one's from Janine. Maybe I was wrong for not 193 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:45,480 Speaker 1: going back this time, but my mother had been dying 194 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:49,280 Speaker 1: for nine years. When we first learned of her disease, 195 00:13:49,840 --> 00:13:53,600 Speaker 1: she had been given nine months to live. I lived 196 00:13:53,640 --> 00:13:57,800 Speaker 1: three thousand miles away and had a young family. How 197 00:13:57,840 --> 00:14:02,280 Speaker 1: many times over these not in years, had I received 198 00:14:02,320 --> 00:14:05,440 Speaker 1: the same phone call, your mother is in the hospital. 199 00:14:05,840 --> 00:14:08,120 Speaker 1: You need to come home immediately if you want to 200 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:11,560 Speaker 1: see her again. In the beginning, I'd fly back as 201 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:15,079 Speaker 1: often as I could. I'd stand at her bedside, crying 202 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:19,520 Speaker 1: and willing myself to let her go. Each time i'd leave, 203 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:23,160 Speaker 1: I was certain that this was our last goodbye. When 204 00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:25,640 Speaker 1: my mother moved in with my brother and his family, 205 00:14:26,120 --> 00:14:29,440 Speaker 1: I felt a huge relief. Now they'd take care of 206 00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:31,800 Speaker 1: her and I wouldn't have to go back. So often, 207 00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:37,240 Speaker 1: calloused as it may sound, I'd grown to dread those visits. 208 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:43,320 Speaker 1: The repeated goodbyes were tearing me apart. With my mother's 209 00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:46,840 Speaker 1: sixty six birthday coming up, I took a friend's advice 210 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:49,840 Speaker 1: to go see her. I decided my visit would be 211 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:54,200 Speaker 1: the perfect gift. She was frailer than I'd ever seen her, 212 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:58,400 Speaker 1: and during my visit, we rushed her to the emergency room, 213 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:03,040 Speaker 1: a too familiar ariants By now, she was worn out 214 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:06,480 Speaker 1: from the disease that had ravaged her body. She seemed 215 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:09,720 Speaker 1: ready to face deaf but was I willing to let 216 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:13,920 Speaker 1: her go? Inwardly, I sighed in relief when the doctor 217 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:17,920 Speaker 1: released her to return to the assisted living home. After 218 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:21,440 Speaker 1: a two week visit and one more goodbye, I returned 219 00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:25,920 Speaker 1: to my family in California. Six weeks later, my uncle called, 220 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:28,840 Speaker 1: your mom is back in the hospital. If you want 221 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:31,840 Speaker 1: to see her alive, you need to come right away. 222 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:35,040 Speaker 1: My brother was with her, and with my recent visit, 223 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:39,080 Speaker 1: I decided not to go. Besides, she had told me 224 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:41,920 Speaker 1: not to rush back. You need to take care of 225 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:45,440 Speaker 1: your own family and your health, she said, and I 226 00:15:45,520 --> 00:15:48,920 Speaker 1: knew she'd rebound like all the other times over the 227 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:52,800 Speaker 1: last nine years. I went about my normal routine, but 228 00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:56,280 Speaker 1: I was uneasy had I made the right decision. What 229 00:15:56,480 --> 00:16:00,720 Speaker 1: if she really was dying. I needed my mother's reassure Earns. 230 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:04,360 Speaker 1: One week after she'd been admitted to the hospital, I 231 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:07,760 Speaker 1: felt compelled to stop everything I was doing and pray 232 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:11,360 Speaker 1: for her. Not the prayers I've been praying over nine years, 233 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:16,360 Speaker 1: but a different kind of prayer. Something seemed to say, 234 00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:19,160 Speaker 1: you need to pray for your mother's transition from this 235 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:24,200 Speaker 1: life into eternity. It's time. Shutting the door to my bedroom, 236 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:28,000 Speaker 1: I fell to my knees. I saw myself standing next 237 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:32,320 Speaker 1: to her bed, holding her hand. Through my prayers, I 238 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:35,840 Speaker 1: was there with her. A presence filled my bedroom and 239 00:16:35,880 --> 00:16:39,960 Speaker 1: a warm sense of peace settled over me. Lord, I prayed. 240 00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:42,960 Speaker 1: I asked you to release my mother from her pain 241 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:46,800 Speaker 1: and her earthly body. Please fill that hospital room with 242 00:16:46,920 --> 00:16:51,000 Speaker 1: your ministering angels and allow her to feel your presence. 243 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:56,560 Speaker 1: When the prayers felt complete, I said, it's okay to go, Mom. 244 00:16:56,640 --> 00:16:59,840 Speaker 1: I love you so very much. For a brief moment, 245 00:16:59,880 --> 00:17:03,480 Speaker 1: I felt my mother's spirit with me, assuring me that 246 00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:07,960 Speaker 1: she loved me and understood. Then she was gone. I 247 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:11,359 Speaker 1: picked up the phone and called my mother's hospital room. 248 00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:14,320 Speaker 1: My brother answered, and the first thing he said was 249 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:20,480 Speaker 1: she's gone. When I asked, just minutes ago, he answered. 250 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:25,440 Speaker 1: I wanted to say I know, but I didn't. Tears 251 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:29,720 Speaker 1: started to flow. But I knew I'd be okay. I 252 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:33,520 Speaker 1: was allowed to be with my mother from a distance 253 00:17:34,119 --> 00:17:37,880 Speaker 1: and have this one final goodbye. I knew I wouldn't 254 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:41,320 Speaker 1: sink into a bottomless pit of despair as I had feared. 255 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:46,119 Speaker 1: I hoped she'd seen angels, heard celestial music, and died 256 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:49,680 Speaker 1: with a youthful glow on her face. Standing in my bedroom, 257 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:54,440 Speaker 1: I said, one last time, I love you, Mom, Goodbye. 258 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:58,359 Speaker 1: Have you heard of a shared death experience? An example 259 00:17:58,600 --> 00:18:01,000 Speaker 1: would be the story that I just read to you. 260 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:05,919 Speaker 1: Someone is somewhere else and knows when their loved one passes. 261 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:10,439 Speaker 1: There have also been times where people by the side 262 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:14,240 Speaker 1: of their loved one as their passing, their loved one 263 00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:18,960 Speaker 1: might see an angel or a loved one who has died. 264 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:23,960 Speaker 1: No one dies alone. Everyone has a greeter or more 265 00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:27,959 Speaker 1: that helps you cross the threshold well. In a shared 266 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:32,879 Speaker 1: death experience, someone sitting by the bedside can actually witness 267 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:37,439 Speaker 1: at the same time the things that the person dying 268 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:43,440 Speaker 1: is experiencing. William Peters wrote a book on shared crossings 269 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:48,520 Speaker 1: and also has the website Shared Crossing dot com. He's 270 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:51,800 Speaker 1: worked with Dr Raymond Moody, who coined the phrase near 271 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:56,800 Speaker 1: death experience, to really share what these shared crossings are, 272 00:18:57,440 --> 00:19:01,399 Speaker 1: and he trains people and trains therapists how to teach 273 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:06,400 Speaker 1: this so that we human beings. Whether it's for us 274 00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:10,320 Speaker 1: being prepared for when we take our last breath, or 275 00:19:10,359 --> 00:19:14,439 Speaker 1: if we are with someone who may have an outlook 276 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:18,920 Speaker 1: of being near death, we know how to be with them. 277 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:21,320 Speaker 1: Not one of us wants to think that we will 278 00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:24,640 Speaker 1: ever end, And the good news is we don't end. 279 00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:29,320 Speaker 1: Death is like buying a new car. At some point, 280 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:32,760 Speaker 1: the old car, which is our body, it gives out, 281 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:37,320 Speaker 1: but the driver, that's us, we remain and we just 282 00:19:37,359 --> 00:19:40,879 Speaker 1: step into our new heavenly body and we can pick 283 00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:45,800 Speaker 1: whatever age, whatever a health, maybe a new hairstyle that 284 00:19:45,920 --> 00:19:49,520 Speaker 1: we like. Okay, here's the next story. And this story 285 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:52,360 Speaker 1: is by Judy Anne. I'm not a person who puts 286 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:55,280 Speaker 1: too much faith in dreams. I always seem to find 287 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:59,800 Speaker 1: a logical explanation for them. However, something happened that made 288 00:19:59,840 --> 00:20:03,080 Speaker 1: me you realize the things that happened to us in 289 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:06,600 Speaker 1: our dreams could be from loved ones who have passed away. 290 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:09,720 Speaker 1: It happened when things were at an all time low 291 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:13,920 Speaker 1: for us. We had just become homeless months before, and 292 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:16,880 Speaker 1: we were finally able to save enough money to get 293 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:20,280 Speaker 1: back into a house. My husband had not found work 294 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:23,439 Speaker 1: and we had no money. Many times I went to 295 00:20:23,480 --> 00:20:26,600 Speaker 1: the dumpsters in the back of grocery stores to find 296 00:20:26,880 --> 00:20:30,159 Speaker 1: thrown away food for my family. It was really a 297 00:20:30,240 --> 00:20:33,400 Speaker 1: dark time. I wanted to give up and throw in 298 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:36,080 Speaker 1: the towel. It was really hard to see how things 299 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:40,040 Speaker 1: could improve when you're eating from garbage cans. It's hard 300 00:20:40,080 --> 00:20:43,000 Speaker 1: to stay positive. However, I do have a faith in 301 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:46,359 Speaker 1: God and remember the Bible telling me to stay strong 302 00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:50,560 Speaker 1: even in difficult times. We were living in Oregon in 303 00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:54,040 Speaker 1: a two bedroom house with six children and no utilities. 304 00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:57,239 Speaker 1: With no running water, I had to get water in 305 00:20:57,240 --> 00:21:00,879 Speaker 1: a bucket from a neighbor's house. I needed a hundred 306 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:04,080 Speaker 1: and fifty dollars as a deposit to turn on the 307 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:06,959 Speaker 1: water and lights, but I just could not come up 308 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:09,520 Speaker 1: with the money. I felt as if I was at 309 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:11,840 Speaker 1: the end of my ropes and I didn't know what 310 00:21:11,880 --> 00:21:15,440 Speaker 1: to do. That night, I had a very strange dream. 311 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:18,440 Speaker 1: In the distance, I saw a campfire with men sitting 312 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:21,720 Speaker 1: around it, and as I walked closer, I saw tents 313 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:25,520 Speaker 1: and horses as well. It looked like they were soldiers 314 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:29,119 Speaker 1: in the Civil War. All of the men wore uniforms 315 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:32,840 Speaker 1: that fit that time period. The men were looking down 316 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:35,800 Speaker 1: at the fire as I walked up to them. Then 317 00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:38,640 Speaker 1: one man looked up at me and smiled. He had 318 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:42,040 Speaker 1: a very big smile, and he acted as if he 319 00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:45,399 Speaker 1: knew me. I just stared at him. He had a 320 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:49,040 Speaker 1: pleasant face, but he looked tired. We looked at one 321 00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:52,720 Speaker 1: another for a moment or two before he spoke, take 322 00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:56,080 Speaker 1: a walk in the park, he said. His voice was strong. 323 00:21:56,880 --> 00:22:01,000 Speaker 1: What did you say, I asked. He repeated, take a 324 00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:06,399 Speaker 1: walk in the park. Who are you Parkhurst? He said, 325 00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:10,919 Speaker 1: I am called Parkhurst. It is a family name, and 326 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:15,000 Speaker 1: he laughed. I woke up and remembered every detail of 327 00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:17,920 Speaker 1: the dream. The next morning, I walked to the store 328 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:22,040 Speaker 1: to return some bottles for the deposit, and right next 329 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:24,719 Speaker 1: to the store was a little park off to the side. 330 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:29,439 Speaker 1: I froze as I stared at it and recalled my dream. 331 00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:33,640 Speaker 1: I walked away into the store. As I headed home, 332 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:38,440 Speaker 1: Parkhurst's words came to me. I turned around and went 333 00:22:38,520 --> 00:22:41,440 Speaker 1: back to the park. I did not see any one 334 00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:43,959 Speaker 1: in the park, so I started on the walking trail 335 00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:47,520 Speaker 1: around the corner. I saw a woman jogging toward me, 336 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:51,119 Speaker 1: so I moved over to pass for her. I kept 337 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:53,960 Speaker 1: walking and looking for some reason I was there, but 338 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:57,560 Speaker 1: found none. Then some one touched me on my back 339 00:22:57,640 --> 00:23:00,840 Speaker 1: and I turned to see the jogger. Hello, she said, 340 00:23:01,359 --> 00:23:04,400 Speaker 1: you must be the one I don't understand. I told 341 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:08,880 Speaker 1: her I dreamt last night that someone needed some money 342 00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:11,520 Speaker 1: and I handed it to them at a park. She said. 343 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:15,440 Speaker 1: My mouth fell open, but I did not say a word. 344 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:19,720 Speaker 1: She handed me an envelope and said, bless you, and 345 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:23,919 Speaker 1: off she went. I yelled, thank you. I opened the 346 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:30,320 Speaker 1: envelope and there was exactly fifty dollars. I then had 347 00:23:30,359 --> 00:23:33,639 Speaker 1: to sit down. I went over and over in my 348 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:38,040 Speaker 1: mind what had happened. Prayers definitely work, and I couldn't 349 00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:41,359 Speaker 1: believe it, for nothing like this had ever happened to me. 350 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:45,440 Speaker 1: Now listen to this. It was not until twenty years 351 00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:49,320 Speaker 1: later when I took up genealogy I had discovered a 352 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:52,920 Speaker 1: man named Parkhurst Sherlock who served in the Civil War. 353 00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:56,520 Speaker 1: He was a sergeant, and I could not believe what 354 00:23:56,560 --> 00:24:01,800 Speaker 1: I was reading he was my great great grandfather. As 355 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:06,320 Speaker 1: I did more research, I found a photo tin type 356 00:24:06,359 --> 00:24:10,840 Speaker 1: of Parkhurse Sherlock. It was, without a doubt the man 357 00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:14,560 Speaker 1: in my dream I had come face to face with 358 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:19,920 Speaker 1: my great grandfather. Dreams definitely have the power to transform. 359 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:23,399 Speaker 1: Here's a story from Louise. It had been several sad 360 00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:27,080 Speaker 1: and lonely months since my three month old son Travis 361 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:32,160 Speaker 1: had died from congenital heart disease. I was so angry. 362 00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:35,719 Speaker 1: There was just one problem. My four year old son Aaron, 363 00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:40,120 Speaker 1: missed his brother dearly and would ask me things like Mommy, 364 00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:42,800 Speaker 1: what's heaven like? And Mommy, can I go to heaven 365 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:47,000 Speaker 1: and see Travis. That night, when I slept, I heard 366 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:51,680 Speaker 1: a voice speak to me, Louise, Travis is with you. Then, 367 00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:54,520 Speaker 1: to my amazement, I felt the weight of my baby 368 00:24:54,600 --> 00:24:58,199 Speaker 1: son placed against my breast. It could almost feel his 369 00:24:58,320 --> 00:25:02,640 Speaker 1: soft baby hair brush against my cheek. I lay absolutely 370 00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:07,800 Speaker 1: still and heard the gentle whisper, Travis is okay. When 371 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:11,399 Speaker 1: I awoke the next morning, my bitterness and anger were gone. 372 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:14,720 Speaker 1: I still missed my son terribly, and I had no 373 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:18,560 Speaker 1: explanation as to why he was taken. I am convinced 374 00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:23,480 Speaker 1: that dream is real and that Travis lives on. We'll 375 00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:27,120 Speaker 1: be right back. You're listening to Shades of the Afterlife 376 00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:30,720 Speaker 1: on the I Heart Radio and Coast to Coast AM 377 00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:51,359 Speaker 1: Paranormal Podcast Network. Welcome back to Shades of the Afterlife. 378 00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:56,200 Speaker 1: I'm Sandra Champlain with some heartwarming stories for you. This 379 00:25:56,280 --> 00:26:00,959 Speaker 1: one is from Laura. After a short run outside, I 380 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:04,040 Speaker 1: started to give my dad a little report, as he 381 00:26:04,119 --> 00:26:07,399 Speaker 1: called it, on how things were going in my life. 382 00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:10,960 Speaker 1: I sat down on the only dry spot his headstone, 383 00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:14,360 Speaker 1: longing for this to be more than a one sided conversation. 384 00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:18,480 Speaker 1: It was exactly one year after Dad passed away. I 385 00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:22,360 Speaker 1: looked out over the clouded valley, recalling his two year 386 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:25,560 Speaker 1: battle with brain cancer. I hope I can come see 387 00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:28,640 Speaker 1: you after I passed on. Dad told me during one 388 00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:33,360 Speaker 1: of our last conversations before the tumor inhibited his speech entirely, 389 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:36,760 Speaker 1: I hope I can come see how you're doing and 390 00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:39,600 Speaker 1: give you a little report on what I'm doing. I 391 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:42,919 Speaker 1: desperately wanted that visit now, and I had the faith 392 00:26:43,119 --> 00:26:46,960 Speaker 1: that it was possible. Nineteen was too young to lose 393 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:51,520 Speaker 1: a father, and one year seemed so long. One year 394 00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:55,879 Speaker 1: without seeing my dad, one of my best friends. I 395 00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:58,960 Speaker 1: even said a little prayer and asked God to let 396 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:01,960 Speaker 1: me see him. I just wish you could come and 397 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:06,080 Speaker 1: see me again, Dad, I whispered. After my prayer. I sat, 398 00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:10,280 Speaker 1: and I sat, exercising all the faith I knew how. 399 00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:14,080 Speaker 1: I waited for what felt like forever, until I finally 400 00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:18,239 Speaker 1: accepted a hard, cold fact he wasn't coming yet. As 401 00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:21,080 Speaker 1: I stood to leave, I heard a man's voice. I 402 00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:23,960 Speaker 1: looked up to see someone walking through the empty cemetery 403 00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:28,080 Speaker 1: towards me, someone I had never seen before. This looks 404 00:27:28,119 --> 00:27:30,960 Speaker 1: like a special day for you, he said. We both 405 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:34,040 Speaker 1: looked down at the headstone, which stated that my dad's 406 00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:37,720 Speaker 1: date of death was exactly one year ago. Yes, it is, 407 00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:40,199 Speaker 1: I replied. I'm not sure what else to say to 408 00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:44,679 Speaker 1: the stranger who had so unexpectedly shown up. He stood 409 00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:49,000 Speaker 1: in silence for a moment before continuing. I was driving by, 410 00:27:49,119 --> 00:27:52,080 Speaker 1: and when I saw you here in the cemetery, something 411 00:27:52,119 --> 00:27:56,320 Speaker 1: touched my heart. You see, I've learned throughout my life 412 00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:59,679 Speaker 1: that when spirit tells you to stop, you don't just 413 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:03,160 Speaker 1: keep on driving. I hope I haven't intruded on any 414 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:06,600 Speaker 1: special moment for you. But spirit told me to stop 415 00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:10,560 Speaker 1: and tell you high from Dad. I assured him of 416 00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:14,320 Speaker 1: my appreciation before he got back into his car, and 417 00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:17,199 Speaker 1: as I jogged back home, I couldn't stop the tears 418 00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:21,480 Speaker 1: from falling. I hadn't seen my dad, but someone had 419 00:28:21,520 --> 00:28:24,280 Speaker 1: heard my prayer and he loved me enough to send 420 00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:28,840 Speaker 1: this timely message of comfort from Dad. This story reminds 421 00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:32,320 Speaker 1: me of a man that I know named Ben, who 422 00:28:32,359 --> 00:28:35,520 Speaker 1: didn't believe in the afterlife, and after his father died, 423 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:38,960 Speaker 1: a complete stranger came up to him and said, I 424 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:42,160 Speaker 1: have a message from your father. He hid the gold 425 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:46,800 Speaker 1: in the fireplace behind one of the bricks, and sure enough, 426 00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:51,000 Speaker 1: Ben went home and there was a bunch of gold 427 00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:54,760 Speaker 1: behind a brick in the fireplace. These people are what 428 00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:58,680 Speaker 1: I call Earth angels. And here's a story from Linda. 429 00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:02,000 Speaker 1: It had been three years since the loss of my husband. 430 00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:05,080 Speaker 1: To him, it was cancer. To me, it was a 431 00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:08,600 Speaker 1: heart ectomy. I thought I was getting on with my life. 432 00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:11,880 Speaker 1: I had tried dating. I had met new friends who 433 00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:15,960 Speaker 1: were older and single like me. I joined Toastmasters. In fact, 434 00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:19,800 Speaker 1: I even won an award for being the most inspirational speaker. 435 00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:22,920 Speaker 1: But in truth I was a fraud. I knew I 436 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:24,840 Speaker 1: was a fraud when I went to hang up that 437 00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:28,280 Speaker 1: award on the wall in the hall. The hallway led 438 00:29:28,280 --> 00:29:31,600 Speaker 1: to the master bedroom, a bedroom I had not entered 439 00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:35,040 Speaker 1: for three years. How could I be an inspiration to 440 00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:38,040 Speaker 1: someone when I couldn't even sleep in my own bedroom. 441 00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:41,600 Speaker 1: After Verne passed, I moved into a smaller bedroom off 442 00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:45,360 Speaker 1: the kitchen. My life changed. I missed him just as 443 00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:48,520 Speaker 1: much every single day, but I was learning to live 444 00:29:48,560 --> 00:29:51,760 Speaker 1: with that loss, as one learns to live with the 445 00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:55,520 Speaker 1: amputation of a limb. The living part was getting easier, 446 00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:59,160 Speaker 1: the lost part was not. I cried so much that 447 00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:01,800 Speaker 1: I should not have been able to pee for a month. 448 00:30:02,240 --> 00:30:04,880 Speaker 1: But once the guest book closed and the people went home, 449 00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:09,760 Speaker 1: I knew it was time to restock my emotional self. However, 450 00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:12,800 Speaker 1: it took me three years, and I still didn't want 451 00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:15,640 Speaker 1: to use the master bedroom. All I did was looked 452 00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:19,680 Speaker 1: down that hall at that closed bedroom door. Eventually I 453 00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:22,640 Speaker 1: was determined to move back into the bedroom. I was 454 00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:25,520 Speaker 1: going to do it. I saw myself as a fraud, 455 00:30:25,760 --> 00:30:28,240 Speaker 1: and now I was determined to live up to being 456 00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:32,320 Speaker 1: inspirational and a demon like frenzy. I marched down the 457 00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:35,320 Speaker 1: hall and threw open the door and dusted the furniture. 458 00:30:36,080 --> 00:30:38,880 Speaker 1: I changed the sheets and began moving my clothes into 459 00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:43,280 Speaker 1: the closet. With each step I took, I asked for strength. 460 00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:46,120 Speaker 1: I asked for a sign so that I wouldn't know 461 00:30:46,160 --> 00:30:48,720 Speaker 1: I was moving in the right direction. I felt I 462 00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:52,280 Speaker 1: was gaining strength even with small steps. Then I realized 463 00:30:52,520 --> 00:30:55,600 Speaker 1: this was the growing through grief that I needed. But 464 00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:58,920 Speaker 1: I still wanted to sign. I remember the day my 465 00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:01,440 Speaker 1: garage door wouldn't open. I had to learn how to 466 00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:04,800 Speaker 1: open it manually. It was a nuisance that made me 467 00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:08,080 Speaker 1: late for an appointment. Within a few days, the electricity 468 00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:11,840 Speaker 1: went off. Guess what, I didn't panic. I already knew 469 00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:14,600 Speaker 1: how to get that door open. The day that happened, 470 00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:17,520 Speaker 1: I truly felt like I had arrived. I knew that 471 00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:20,560 Speaker 1: I was learning lesson after lesson each day of my life. 472 00:31:21,160 --> 00:31:23,680 Speaker 1: I only needed to be awake and alert enough to 473 00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:27,600 Speaker 1: learn them. Today I was opening myself up to another lesson. 474 00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:31,200 Speaker 1: I was cleaning the bathroom in my master bedroom when 475 00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:34,320 Speaker 1: it happened. I was throwing out all of the old 476 00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:37,960 Speaker 1: pills in the medicine cabinet. I opened a small container 477 00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:42,360 Speaker 1: that contained my allergy medication and saw my Mickey Moto 478 00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:47,440 Speaker 1: pearl ring. This ring had been missing since before my 479 00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:52,240 Speaker 1: husband had died. Verne made jewelry and he was a perfectionist. 480 00:31:52,920 --> 00:31:56,120 Speaker 1: Prior to his last stint in the hospital, I had 481 00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:58,800 Speaker 1: lost a pearl from that ring. He said it was 482 00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:01,600 Speaker 1: no problem. As known as he could, he would get 483 00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:04,920 Speaker 1: a matched pearl and set it for me. The problem 484 00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:07,600 Speaker 1: was is that he never made it out of the hospital. 485 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:10,680 Speaker 1: He never got to search for a pearl, and he 486 00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:13,440 Speaker 1: did not tell me where he had put the ring. 487 00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:17,000 Speaker 1: I had torn the house apart looking for it. My 488 00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:20,640 Speaker 1: sister Marilyn had helped me search. We had checked the 489 00:32:20,680 --> 00:32:24,520 Speaker 1: linings of the drapes, his jackets, everywhere we thought he 490 00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:27,240 Speaker 1: might have put it before going into the hospital the 491 00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:31,480 Speaker 1: last time we had finally given up. Finding the ring 492 00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:34,440 Speaker 1: was the sign. It was the sign that I was 493 00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:37,040 Speaker 1: doing the right thing. I was in tears when I 494 00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:40,360 Speaker 1: called my sister. I explained that I was moving back 495 00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:44,040 Speaker 1: into my bedroom. She heard my tears and immediately suggested 496 00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:48,240 Speaker 1: maybe this was too soon. No, Sis, it's not too soon. 497 00:32:48,760 --> 00:32:53,280 Speaker 1: You will never guess what I found. What the pearl ring. 498 00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:56,840 Speaker 1: No way we searched that room from top to bottom, 499 00:32:56,920 --> 00:33:01,520 Speaker 1: she replied, and you will never guess. Remember the pearl 500 00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:05,520 Speaker 1: was missing, the one I wanted Verne to match. Yes, 501 00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:10,840 Speaker 1: she said, well the ring is perfect. No pearls are missing. 502 00:33:11,640 --> 00:33:15,000 Speaker 1: They are all there. I can't even remember which one 503 00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:19,080 Speaker 1: was missing. The ring is perfect, just like new. My 504 00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:22,200 Speaker 1: grief was not eased at once by moving back into 505 00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:26,240 Speaker 1: the master bedroom, but I slept well that night, knowing 506 00:33:26,360 --> 00:33:29,720 Speaker 1: that loved ones are by our side, and all I 507 00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:33,600 Speaker 1: have to do is ask next. A lot of people 508 00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:36,320 Speaker 1: are looking for signs from their loved ones, and some 509 00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:42,120 Speaker 1: ask for change, pennies, dimes, nickels, quarters, et cetera. Could 510 00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:45,080 Speaker 1: they be messages from our loved one or just coincidences? 511 00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:50,000 Speaker 1: Listen to this from Shelley. It all began one Friday 512 00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:52,080 Speaker 1: when I was at lunch with one of my coworkers. 513 00:33:52,440 --> 00:33:54,560 Speaker 1: I had just sat down at the table when my 514 00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:58,120 Speaker 1: cell phone rang. It was my mom, David is dead. 515 00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:02,520 Speaker 1: What I said, David is dead? What happened? Mom didn't know, 516 00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:06,280 Speaker 1: but the coroner's office had just left the house. I 517 00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:09,640 Speaker 1: prayed to David to just send me a penny from 518 00:34:09,640 --> 00:34:12,680 Speaker 1: heaven to let me know that he was okay. My 519 00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:16,160 Speaker 1: husband drove me to my parents house. The pastor was 520 00:34:16,200 --> 00:34:19,680 Speaker 1: there comforting my parents. We still didn't know the actual 521 00:34:19,719 --> 00:34:23,400 Speaker 1: cause of death. Later that evening, my cousin had broken 522 00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:27,880 Speaker 1: the news that David had shot himself. Of course, everyone 523 00:34:27,920 --> 00:34:31,160 Speaker 1: started to blame themselves, but we knew that David was 524 00:34:31,200 --> 00:34:35,200 Speaker 1: depressed and all felt bad that we failed to help him. 525 00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:38,719 Speaker 1: On Saturday, I cleaned and vacuumed my parents van, just 526 00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:42,239 Speaker 1: to do something. My parents didn't drive a ride in 527 00:34:42,320 --> 00:34:47,360 Speaker 1: this vehicle. The entire weekend, I kept asking for a sign, 528 00:34:47,960 --> 00:34:51,080 Speaker 1: leave me a penny. A lot of friends and relatives 529 00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:55,319 Speaker 1: were at the service, and I have no idea why 530 00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:58,439 Speaker 1: we chose the pew that we did, But looking into 531 00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:01,160 Speaker 1: the corner of it, I saw a small prayer book 532 00:35:01,239 --> 00:35:04,279 Speaker 1: and picked it up. To my surprise, just beneath the 533 00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:08,239 Speaker 1: book there were two pennies. My sister Carrie called me 534 00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:11,800 Speaker 1: the next morning. You'll never believe what happened, she said. 535 00:35:12,880 --> 00:35:15,960 Speaker 1: Carrie told me she went home Monday night and asked 536 00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:18,640 Speaker 1: for a penny. She found a penny on the floor 537 00:35:18,719 --> 00:35:22,360 Speaker 1: of her second bathroom. My mother drove their van a 538 00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:26,200 Speaker 1: day or two after the funeral. Now, after I cleaned 539 00:35:26,480 --> 00:35:28,880 Speaker 1: the van, she called to tell me that there was 540 00:35:28,880 --> 00:35:32,640 Speaker 1: a penny stuck to the carpet in a wide open area. 541 00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:37,280 Speaker 1: After the funeral, I took six roses off the grave 542 00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:40,719 Speaker 1: site and brought them back to my mother. I grabbed 543 00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:43,440 Speaker 1: a vase from the mantle and took it to the 544 00:35:43,520 --> 00:35:46,799 Speaker 1: kitchen to fill it with water. When I returned the 545 00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:50,040 Speaker 1: vase back to the mantle, in the space where the 546 00:35:50,160 --> 00:35:54,520 Speaker 1: vase was was a penny. A few days after the funeral, 547 00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:56,960 Speaker 1: my husband called me at work and told me he 548 00:35:57,040 --> 00:35:59,960 Speaker 1: had a penny story. He was walking barefoot in the 549 00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:03,080 Speaker 1: kitchen and kept hearing cling gwing gwing on the bottom 550 00:36:03,080 --> 00:36:05,920 Speaker 1: of his foot. He said he couldn't feel anything, but 551 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:09,480 Speaker 1: rubbed the bottom of his foot and a penny dropped 552 00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:12,400 Speaker 1: to the floor. While I was on the phone with Ken, 553 00:36:12,480 --> 00:36:15,440 Speaker 1: I was looking at some change on the desk. I 554 00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:18,240 Speaker 1: was thinking to myself, then when I get off the phone, 555 00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:22,279 Speaker 1: I would see if one of those pennies said four, 556 00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:25,960 Speaker 1: the year David was born. The penny I picked up 557 00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:31,080 Speaker 1: first was dated nineteen seventy four. There is no doubt 558 00:36:31,120 --> 00:36:34,600 Speaker 1: in my mind that David is in heaven and sending 559 00:36:34,640 --> 00:36:39,520 Speaker 1: me pennies. That is a perfect example of asking for 560 00:36:39,600 --> 00:36:45,400 Speaker 1: something specific and then paying attention. Here in the United States, 561 00:36:45,520 --> 00:36:51,080 Speaker 1: since COVID hit, we have a national change emergency, so 562 00:36:51,160 --> 00:36:55,760 Speaker 1: there aren't too many penny dimes, nickels, and quarters floating around. 563 00:36:56,719 --> 00:37:01,160 Speaker 1: So if you pick change as a sign from your 564 00:37:01,239 --> 00:37:04,880 Speaker 1: loved one, really beyond the lookout, because there's not too 565 00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:09,560 Speaker 1: much change around. A lot of these stories deal with prayer, 566 00:37:10,239 --> 00:37:13,840 Speaker 1: and I don't think it matters what you believe in 567 00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:19,000 Speaker 1: as far as if there's a God, a divine power 568 00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:27,960 Speaker 1: nature the universe, simply talking with a sincere request to 569 00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:31,719 Speaker 1: those beyond the veil, even though you don't know how 570 00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:36,360 Speaker 1: any of it works. Have that sincere prayer in heart, 571 00:37:37,239 --> 00:37:40,520 Speaker 1: and you never know what's possible. So let's go to 572 00:37:40,560 --> 00:37:44,120 Speaker 1: the break. You're listening to Shades of the Afterlife on 573 00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:48,080 Speaker 1: the I Heart Radio and Coast to Coast AM Paranormal 574 00:37:48,239 --> 00:38:10,480 Speaker 1: Podcast Network. Welcome back to Shades of the Afterlife. I'm 575 00:38:10,520 --> 00:38:16,640 Speaker 1: Sandra Champlain. The holiday times, birthdays, anniversaries can be extremely 576 00:38:16,719 --> 00:38:21,160 Speaker 1: tough when those you love no longer walk by your side. 577 00:38:21,880 --> 00:38:25,080 Speaker 1: And yes, it's great to read books and hear stories, 578 00:38:25,719 --> 00:38:30,080 Speaker 1: listen to podcast episodes, go to a medium, Come to 579 00:38:30,120 --> 00:38:34,640 Speaker 1: our Sunday gathering and witness medium demonstrations. All of that 580 00:38:34,840 --> 00:38:40,280 Speaker 1: is good, but we still miss them. So I asked 581 00:38:40,520 --> 00:38:43,239 Speaker 1: people in our Facebook group, how do you deal with 582 00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:46,360 Speaker 1: the holidays? And I'd like to read to you some 583 00:38:46,560 --> 00:38:50,120 Speaker 1: of the things that they share Personally. I've heard it 584 00:38:50,239 --> 00:38:53,719 Speaker 1: mentioned a lot that people will set a place at 585 00:38:53,719 --> 00:38:58,000 Speaker 1: their dining room table for their loved one and include 586 00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:02,000 Speaker 1: them in conversation. Just picture them in the seat because 587 00:39:02,040 --> 00:39:05,520 Speaker 1: they are there. So this is from Clausina. On my 588 00:39:05,560 --> 00:39:09,879 Speaker 1: mom's birthday, I buy her her favorite flowers and talk 589 00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:12,879 Speaker 1: to her. When it's my dad's birthday, I often take 590 00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:16,600 Speaker 1: a walk in the forest, which was his favorite pastime, 591 00:39:17,160 --> 00:39:19,480 Speaker 1: and asked him to show me the birds he liked 592 00:39:19,680 --> 00:39:24,359 Speaker 1: so much, the blue jay. It's interesting because I've heard 593 00:39:24,360 --> 00:39:29,080 Speaker 1: it said before. If you purchase a gift, or think 594 00:39:29,120 --> 00:39:32,960 Speaker 1: of purchasing a gift and just spend a quiet moment 595 00:39:33,120 --> 00:39:35,640 Speaker 1: talking to your loved one saying this is for you, 596 00:39:36,239 --> 00:39:40,640 Speaker 1: they get a virtual copy of it. Clausina also mentioned 597 00:39:41,040 --> 00:39:44,479 Speaker 1: she says as she walks in the forest, she'll hear 598 00:39:44,680 --> 00:39:47,480 Speaker 1: her dad whispered the names of some of the birds 599 00:39:47,520 --> 00:39:52,240 Speaker 1: and plants in her head. Cecy says, my husband's birthday 600 00:39:52,280 --> 00:39:55,360 Speaker 1: is in November. I happen to have a birthday card 601 00:39:55,520 --> 00:39:58,359 Speaker 1: that I never gave to him, so for the month 602 00:39:58,440 --> 00:40:01,400 Speaker 1: leading up to his birthday, I displaying it next to 603 00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:06,120 Speaker 1: the picture I have of him on our dresser. Diana says, 604 00:40:06,560 --> 00:40:10,920 Speaker 1: I bake my husband Dan's yearly birthday pie for him, 605 00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:15,920 Speaker 1: which is strawberry rhubarb. As I read these, just imagine 606 00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:18,919 Speaker 1: doing some of these things, but that your loved one 607 00:40:19,080 --> 00:40:23,520 Speaker 1: is right there. You will not look stupid if you 608 00:40:23,600 --> 00:40:26,719 Speaker 1: sit with an empty cup across the table from you 609 00:40:27,120 --> 00:40:30,960 Speaker 1: and have a conversation with your loved one. It is normal. 610 00:40:31,120 --> 00:40:34,760 Speaker 1: It is natural, and so many people, when they quiet 611 00:40:34,840 --> 00:40:38,160 Speaker 1: their mind, they hear the response from their loved one, 612 00:40:38,560 --> 00:40:42,759 Speaker 1: trust that it is them. Moragg says this, I send 613 00:40:42,760 --> 00:40:46,239 Speaker 1: flowers to my mother by imagining the bouquet as if 614 00:40:46,440 --> 00:40:50,240 Speaker 1: ordering them from a florist. I know it arrives safely. 615 00:40:50,800 --> 00:40:53,120 Speaker 1: I have also written a letter to my late husband, 616 00:40:53,360 --> 00:40:56,000 Speaker 1: and then I set it on fire, releasing it to 617 00:40:56,080 --> 00:41:00,640 Speaker 1: the ether. Maggie celebrates with a glass of shamp Haine, 618 00:41:00,760 --> 00:41:04,520 Speaker 1: raising it to her loved one. Lisa says, it would 619 00:41:04,520 --> 00:41:07,920 Speaker 1: have been our dad's eightieth birthday, so we threw a 620 00:41:08,040 --> 00:41:12,560 Speaker 1: family zoom party with homemade party hats, cake and games. 621 00:41:13,600 --> 00:41:17,080 Speaker 1: Suzette says, I go to his grave and clean the 622 00:41:17,120 --> 00:41:20,719 Speaker 1: stone and decorate. I have a little talk and cry 623 00:41:20,760 --> 00:41:24,360 Speaker 1: a few tears. I drive the car we rode together 624 00:41:24,440 --> 00:41:27,319 Speaker 1: in and listen to the last c D he put 625 00:41:27,360 --> 00:41:31,440 Speaker 1: into my CD player. Cheryl says, we have a birthday 626 00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:37,160 Speaker 1: party for my boys, one in October and one in February. 627 00:41:37,560 --> 00:41:43,680 Speaker 1: Beautiful Jane shares, we have eaten shrimp on Grandma's birthday 628 00:41:43,760 --> 00:41:47,560 Speaker 1: for thirty years. Shrimp was her favorite food and she 629 00:41:47,680 --> 00:41:52,440 Speaker 1: passed away thirty years ago. Deagan said, you can do 630 00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:58,200 Speaker 1: anything you feel they would have loved to do. Great 631 00:41:58,200 --> 00:42:02,520 Speaker 1: advice you do, and imagine them being right by your side, 632 00:42:03,120 --> 00:42:07,440 Speaker 1: because they are. And this. Jane says, I find a charity, 633 00:42:07,520 --> 00:42:10,680 Speaker 1: but usually one pops up that catches my eye, and 634 00:42:10,760 --> 00:42:13,719 Speaker 1: I make a donation in my mom's name. Oh and 635 00:42:13,840 --> 00:42:18,360 Speaker 1: a Gin and tonic to wish her a happy heavenly birthday. 636 00:42:18,719 --> 00:42:23,280 Speaker 1: Kristen says, on Christmas Day, we light candles just before 637 00:42:23,360 --> 00:42:27,480 Speaker 1: we open presence. First year after Dad moved to the 638 00:42:27,520 --> 00:42:31,239 Speaker 1: Higher Plains, I purchased some of those ritual candles in 639 00:42:31,280 --> 00:42:35,120 Speaker 1: a bunch of colors. All the colors have meaning when 640 00:42:35,120 --> 00:42:37,520 Speaker 1: you burn them, and I had a list with me. 641 00:42:37,960 --> 00:42:41,000 Speaker 1: I told my kids, to her young adults and two teens, 642 00:42:41,440 --> 00:42:44,520 Speaker 1: to pick a candle that means something to you or 643 00:42:44,560 --> 00:42:47,880 Speaker 1: your relationship with Dad. I told them there's a meaning 644 00:42:47,920 --> 00:42:50,759 Speaker 1: to the colors if they want me to share, but 645 00:42:50,960 --> 00:42:54,400 Speaker 1: none of them did. We lit five colored candles and 646 00:42:54,480 --> 00:42:57,919 Speaker 1: I lit one for my late husband. They burned as 647 00:42:57,960 --> 00:43:02,279 Speaker 1: we open presence, and a longer. The one for Dad 648 00:43:02,280 --> 00:43:06,160 Speaker 1: burned the longest. I wasn't sure what the kids thought 649 00:43:06,160 --> 00:43:09,480 Speaker 1: of it, because they're not woo woo like me. I 650 00:43:09,520 --> 00:43:12,400 Speaker 1: liked it, though I forgot where I put the candles 651 00:43:12,800 --> 00:43:15,960 Speaker 1: and their little holders by the next year and asked 652 00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:18,400 Speaker 1: a couple of my kids should I do that again? 653 00:43:18,800 --> 00:43:22,560 Speaker 1: And they were like, yes, We've done this three years 654 00:43:22,560 --> 00:43:27,680 Speaker 1: in a row, and every time Dad's candle burns the slowest. 655 00:43:28,760 --> 00:43:34,480 Speaker 1: Adrian says, with my son Brett's favorites, favorite food, favorite people, 656 00:43:34,920 --> 00:43:38,600 Speaker 1: favorite alcohol, shots I don't usually drink, and then we 657 00:43:38,800 --> 00:43:41,120 Speaker 1: burn it down the way he would expect us to. 658 00:43:41,880 --> 00:43:45,120 Speaker 1: Sounds like a great party. Ann says, I set a 659 00:43:45,160 --> 00:43:48,040 Speaker 1: place for them at my dinner table, talk with them, 660 00:43:48,440 --> 00:43:53,640 Speaker 1: express my gratitude for them and sing Happy Birthday. Christine 661 00:43:53,680 --> 00:43:56,879 Speaker 1: says this year, for his birthday, I poured my dad 662 00:43:57,040 --> 00:44:02,040 Speaker 1: some Jamison's whiskey, gave him a chocolate Halloween cupcake, and 663 00:44:02,120 --> 00:44:05,759 Speaker 1: bought him a gift of emotion detector light that he 664 00:44:05,800 --> 00:44:08,440 Speaker 1: can play with when we move to our new house. 665 00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:13,080 Speaker 1: He loves turning lights on and off, and yeah, why not. 666 00:44:13,920 --> 00:44:15,759 Speaker 1: You know, if we ask a loved one for a 667 00:44:15,880 --> 00:44:19,120 Speaker 1: sign and they're not there immediately to do it, we 668 00:44:19,200 --> 00:44:22,919 Speaker 1: may forget, but give them a couple of weeks. Talk 669 00:44:23,040 --> 00:44:26,920 Speaker 1: to them. What's the experience for them? Let them know 670 00:44:26,960 --> 00:44:30,319 Speaker 1: what the experience is for you. I don't think we 671 00:44:30,360 --> 00:44:34,560 Speaker 1: get all the knowledge in the universe when we transition, 672 00:44:35,239 --> 00:44:38,160 Speaker 1: so be patient. Someone might not be able to turn 673 00:44:38,200 --> 00:44:41,239 Speaker 1: on the lights, but they may be able to do 674 00:44:41,320 --> 00:44:45,319 Speaker 1: something else. Erica says on Brandon's birthday, we go to 675 00:44:45,360 --> 00:44:50,000 Speaker 1: Taco Bell and drop two d and ten dollars. He 676 00:44:50,160 --> 00:44:53,520 Speaker 1: was twenty one. He used to always treat friends to 677 00:44:53,640 --> 00:44:57,600 Speaker 1: lunch there because it was what he could afford. Then 678 00:44:57,719 --> 00:45:01,279 Speaker 1: we get our own lunches and lunch Chester the dog. 679 00:45:01,960 --> 00:45:06,120 Speaker 1: We also wear mustaches because Brandon was very proud of 680 00:45:06,160 --> 00:45:10,359 Speaker 1: his mustache. And post pictures. Family and friends from all 681 00:45:10,360 --> 00:45:13,560 Speaker 1: over the world have tacos on Brandon Day and they 682 00:45:13,600 --> 00:45:17,320 Speaker 1: post about it. My sister does random acts of kindness 683 00:45:17,400 --> 00:45:21,080 Speaker 1: on this day as well. We also wear shirts from 684 00:45:21,120 --> 00:45:23,279 Speaker 1: the Out of the Darkness Walk we did a few 685 00:45:23,320 --> 00:45:27,279 Speaker 1: years ago from Brandon's racing team. He would want us 686 00:45:27,320 --> 00:45:30,880 Speaker 1: to celebrate his birthday in this way. No sadness, only 687 00:45:31,000 --> 00:45:34,320 Speaker 1: fun and if you can bring that fun to strangers, 688 00:45:34,360 --> 00:45:39,440 Speaker 1: even better. Margaret says, We eat their favorite meal and cake. 689 00:45:39,719 --> 00:45:43,640 Speaker 1: We talk about the favorite memories we had together. Donna 690 00:45:43,719 --> 00:45:48,200 Speaker 1: says every birthday I buy Renee fake flowers or Teddy Bears. 691 00:45:48,239 --> 00:45:53,200 Speaker 1: Every anniversary and birthday since two thousand and four. Every 692 00:45:53,280 --> 00:45:56,360 Speaker 1: year I light a candle and leave her a glass 693 00:45:56,400 --> 00:46:00,320 Speaker 1: of coke beside her photo. Renee was eleven years old. 694 00:46:00,920 --> 00:46:05,600 Speaker 1: Love you mummies girl. As more responses come in, I'll 695 00:46:05,600 --> 00:46:09,480 Speaker 1: be sure to share with you in the upcoming weeks. Now, 696 00:46:09,520 --> 00:46:12,320 Speaker 1: I want to read you a poem. This is called 697 00:46:12,360 --> 00:46:15,759 Speaker 1: a love letter from those who have passed on by 698 00:46:15,880 --> 00:46:20,040 Speaker 1: Talia Hunter. Take the love you have for me and 699 00:46:20,239 --> 00:46:24,280 Speaker 1: radiate it outwards, allowing it to touch and impact others. 700 00:46:25,239 --> 00:46:28,279 Speaker 1: Take the memory you have of me and use it 701 00:46:28,320 --> 00:46:33,680 Speaker 1: as a source of inspiration to live fully, meaningfully, and intentionally. 702 00:46:34,840 --> 00:46:37,080 Speaker 1: Take the image you have of me in your mind 703 00:46:37,640 --> 00:46:41,560 Speaker 1: and allow it to fuel you to take action. Seize 704 00:46:41,600 --> 00:46:45,000 Speaker 1: the day and be reminded of what is most important 705 00:46:45,000 --> 00:46:49,080 Speaker 1: in life. Take the care you have for me and 706 00:46:49,160 --> 00:46:52,680 Speaker 1: let it remind you to care for yourself fully and 707 00:46:52,840 --> 00:46:56,520 Speaker 1: shower yourself with your own love. And take the pain 708 00:46:56,640 --> 00:47:00,960 Speaker 1: and grief you feel following my loss and alchymize it 709 00:47:01,120 --> 00:47:05,799 Speaker 1: into love, compassion, and beauty. Build a castle from the 710 00:47:05,800 --> 00:47:09,399 Speaker 1: wreckage of my passing and allow it to unlock your 711 00:47:09,440 --> 00:47:13,839 Speaker 1: greatness and potential and empower you to become more than 712 00:47:13,880 --> 00:47:17,920 Speaker 1: you ever thought you were capable of being. And know 713 00:47:18,280 --> 00:47:21,480 Speaker 1: that I can never truly leave you, and will always 714 00:47:21,480 --> 00:47:25,799 Speaker 1: remain beside you, watching over you in spirit, And that 715 00:47:25,920 --> 00:47:28,920 Speaker 1: the love I have for you lives on through the 716 00:47:28,920 --> 00:47:33,840 Speaker 1: connections you form, the kindness and compassion you share, and 717 00:47:33,880 --> 00:47:38,719 Speaker 1: the future relationships and friendships you cultivate. And until we 718 00:47:38,800 --> 00:47:43,279 Speaker 1: are one day reunited, I will remain with you through 719 00:47:43,280 --> 00:47:48,359 Speaker 1: the storms and chaos of life and am always beside you, 720 00:47:49,239 --> 00:47:54,359 Speaker 1: walking with you, laughing with you, crying with you, and 721 00:47:54,480 --> 00:47:57,680 Speaker 1: smiling with you. And I am proud of you for 722 00:47:57,760 --> 00:48:01,240 Speaker 1: being strong, and I am out of you for being brave, 723 00:48:02,120 --> 00:48:08,040 Speaker 1: and I am proud of you for being you beautiful. Someday, 724 00:48:08,080 --> 00:48:11,960 Speaker 1: my friend, we will pass into that great unseen world, 725 00:48:12,719 --> 00:48:15,680 Speaker 1: and we will know the difficulties of turning off and 726 00:48:15,719 --> 00:48:18,839 Speaker 1: on the lights and leaving signs for our loved one. 727 00:48:19,800 --> 00:48:22,919 Speaker 1: We will be there, doing everything we can with our 728 00:48:23,040 --> 00:48:28,200 Speaker 1: thoughts to imprint images and messages into our loved one's minds. 729 00:48:29,200 --> 00:48:32,000 Speaker 1: But we know how hard it is to be human, 730 00:48:32,840 --> 00:48:37,200 Speaker 1: how hard it is to slow the mind down, how 731 00:48:37,280 --> 00:48:40,600 Speaker 1: easy it is to think things are just our imagination. 732 00:48:41,680 --> 00:48:44,240 Speaker 1: Our loved ones live in a place with no time 733 00:48:44,360 --> 00:48:48,120 Speaker 1: or space, so for us it may seem like thirty 734 00:48:48,200 --> 00:48:51,560 Speaker 1: years until we see them again. For them, it is 735 00:48:51,640 --> 00:48:55,239 Speaker 1: just the blink of an eye. You know how they say, 736 00:48:55,400 --> 00:48:58,480 Speaker 1: put a smile on your face and in thirty seconds 737 00:48:58,520 --> 00:49:03,279 Speaker 1: you'll be happy, or act as if you already have 738 00:49:03,520 --> 00:49:07,759 Speaker 1: that thing that you desire. My request is that you 739 00:49:07,840 --> 00:49:12,920 Speaker 1: act as if your loved one is with you. They are, 740 00:49:13,480 --> 00:49:17,399 Speaker 1: they love you, and you will see them again. With 741 00:49:17,560 --> 00:49:20,920 Speaker 1: that our home base as We Don't Die dot com. 742 00:49:21,160 --> 00:49:24,320 Speaker 1: Click on the tab on the top that says Facebook group. 743 00:49:24,520 --> 00:49:28,040 Speaker 1: Come join us. Let us know what you do to 744 00:49:28,200 --> 00:49:34,560 Speaker 1: celebrate your loved one, what signs you've received, and if 745 00:49:34,600 --> 00:49:38,000 Speaker 1: there's a topic you'd like me to cover on Shades 746 00:49:38,040 --> 00:49:42,000 Speaker 1: of the Afterlife. This is not my show, this is 747 00:49:42,280 --> 00:49:46,319 Speaker 1: our show, and of course you're always welcome to join 748 00:49:46,360 --> 00:49:52,600 Speaker 1: our free Sunday gathering and see mediumship in action. Maybe 749 00:49:52,600 --> 00:49:55,399 Speaker 1: your loved one will come through, but even if not, 750 00:49:56,040 --> 00:50:02,040 Speaker 1: you'll get inspiration beyond belief. With that, a long distance 751 00:50:02,120 --> 00:50:06,360 Speaker 1: hug and thank you for listening to Shades of the 752 00:50:06,400 --> 00:50:10,720 Speaker 1: Afterlife on the I Heart Radio and Coast Coast AM 753 00:50:10,719 --> 00:50:27,560 Speaker 1: Paranormal Podcast Network. 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