1 00:00:05,320 --> 00:00:08,320 Speaker 1: Welcome to the iHeartRadio and Coast to Coast AM Paranormal 2 00:00:08,360 --> 00:00:11,480 Speaker 1: podcast network. This is the place to be if you're 3 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:15,440 Speaker 1: ready for the best podcasts of the paranormal, curious, and 4 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:16,799 Speaker 1: sometimes unexplained. 5 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:18,080 Speaker 2: Now listen to this. 6 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:24,680 Speaker 3: The thoughts and opinions expressed by the host are thoughts 7 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 3: and opinions only and do not necessarily reflect those of iHeartMedia, iHeartRadio, 8 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:33,800 Speaker 3: Coast to Coast AM, employees of Premiere Networks, or their 9 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:37,760 Speaker 3: sponsors and associates. You are encouraged to do the proper 10 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:41,159 Speaker 3: amount of research yourself, depending on the subject matter and 11 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:41,800 Speaker 3: your needs. 12 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:49,880 Speaker 4: Hi. 13 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 5: I'm Sandra Champlain. For over twenty five years, I've been 14 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:58,000 Speaker 5: on a journey to prove the existence of life after death. 15 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:02,680 Speaker 5: On each episode, discuss the reasons we now know that 16 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:08,080 Speaker 5: our loved ones have survived physical death and so will we. 17 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:12,120 Speaker 5: Welcome to Shades of the Afterlife. Today just happens to 18 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:17,479 Speaker 5: be a story time with Sandra Eya. Well, you guys 19 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:20,400 Speaker 5: and girls have been so thoughtful to share with me 20 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:23,760 Speaker 5: your stories, So if you want to, if you have 21 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 5: a good story of maybe a sign from your loved 22 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:30,840 Speaker 5: one or an experience you had, feel free to write 23 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:35,119 Speaker 5: me okay. I love to share them right Sandra Champlain 24 00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:40,759 Speaker 5: at gmail dot com. This first message is from Jamie 25 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 5: jesuys Hi, Sandra, Jamie here. I wanted to share this. 26 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:49,680 Speaker 5: I started training to volunteer with Hospice. There's a lot 27 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 5: of training videos, twelve hours worth, and they are fascinating. 28 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:58,600 Speaker 5: The first video talked about the history of hospice and 29 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:03,920 Speaker 5: the founder, Cindy. Not only was she amazing, but there's 30 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:10,760 Speaker 5: videos of her talking about how we don't die, along 31 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 5: with other doctors saying the same thing. They describe that 32 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:20,520 Speaker 5: being with patients, they all know that we don't die, 33 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 5: that our consciousness lives on and we really just transition 34 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:31,600 Speaker 5: to another plane. I just wanted to share that. Blessings, Jamie, Jamie, 35 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:34,680 Speaker 5: thanks for that. I tell you I've heard from so 36 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:40,040 Speaker 5: many hospice people and there's incredible stories of what they witness, 37 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 5: people reaching up and seeing their loved ones, and it 38 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:47,920 Speaker 5: only takes a few of those to realize people do 39 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 5: come for us when we pass and it is all real. 40 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 5: Here's another story, and this is from Tyler. Dear Sandra, 41 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:58,600 Speaker 5: I thought I would tell you a little about our 42 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:02,959 Speaker 5: family story and what occurred. I too lost my father 43 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:07,480 Speaker 5: two years ago to cancer, and one year later, almost 44 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:10,959 Speaker 5: to the day of my father's passing, my younger brother 45 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:14,840 Speaker 5: passed away at age forty seven. He too was a 46 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:20,640 Speaker 5: cancer survivor. Unfortunately it returned some thirty years later. The 47 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:24,000 Speaker 5: week prior to his passing, he was in bed. He 48 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:28,600 Speaker 5: had our whole family present and two close friends. His 49 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:32,959 Speaker 5: eyesight wasn't great. Toward the end, he started to point 50 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:37,080 Speaker 5: at everyone in the room, asking for confirmation as to 51 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:41,680 Speaker 5: who they were. Then he pointed to the corner and asked, 52 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 5: who is that. Of course, no one was there. He 53 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:49,480 Speaker 5: then began to outstretch his arms in a hugging position 54 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:56,040 Speaker 5: and said, Dad's here. We of course could not see Dad, however, 55 00:03:56,360 --> 00:04:01,120 Speaker 5: they embraced. When Mum asked him, where is Dad, he 56 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:05,640 Speaker 5: said he is everywhere. My friend in the room who 57 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 5: can see premonitions, stated that she saw my father too, 58 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 5: and he looked healthy and really well. Thanks Tyler, and 59 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:20,080 Speaker 5: here's Joyce's story. I made it through Thanksgiving. I was 60 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:23,400 Speaker 5: relieved it was over. It wasn't easy, but I was 61 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:26,440 Speaker 5: so busy with food preparation and getting the house ready. 62 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:31,480 Speaker 5: I had little time to lament Mom not being with us. 63 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:34,880 Speaker 5: Now I was going to have to face Christmas. It 64 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 5: was going to be harder than anything I have ever 65 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:42,720 Speaker 5: faced before. Mom had succumbed to colon cancer the previous January. 66 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 5: I had lived through the first Thanksgiving without her, and 67 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 5: now I faced the first Christmas. It was the first 68 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:54,279 Speaker 5: weekend of December. I tried to muster up the courage 69 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:58,000 Speaker 5: to visit Mom's grave to decorate. I visited her grave 70 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:02,359 Speaker 5: on her birthday, Easter, Mother's Day, Memorial Day during the 71 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:05,920 Speaker 5: summer and earlier in the fall. I had only missed 72 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:10,360 Speaker 5: two months all year. Somehow my heart wasn't in it. 73 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:10,679 Speaker 4: Now. 74 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:14,279 Speaker 5: I couldn't bear the thought of standing there mouthing the 75 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 5: words Merry Christmas, Mom to a gravestone. I began to 76 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:24,520 Speaker 5: cry every time I thought about it. I made excuses 77 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:31,480 Speaker 5: every weekend in December, and here the last weekend it snowed. 78 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:36,040 Speaker 5: The cemetery was over an hour away, and I just 79 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:40,240 Speaker 5: couldn't get there. I took Monday morning off of work. 80 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:45,120 Speaker 5: Too much work to do with Christmas cleaning, decorating, and 81 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:49,919 Speaker 5: baking cookies. Every day. I was tired. I felt more 82 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:54,520 Speaker 5: and more tired every day, both inside and out. I 83 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:57,880 Speaker 5: hadn't finished the laundry over the weekend, and I had 84 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:01,560 Speaker 5: one more load of clothes. My husband left for work 85 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 5: and I was alone. Gloom wrapped around me like a shroud. 86 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:09,760 Speaker 5: My eyes began to fill with tears. As I started 87 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:13,159 Speaker 5: to load the washer. I felt weak, but all at 88 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:16,719 Speaker 5: once my head began filling with words of a poem. 89 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:20,200 Speaker 5: I dropped the clothing that I had in my hands, 90 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:24,160 Speaker 5: and they fell to the floor. I frantically reached for 91 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:27,960 Speaker 5: the pencil and paper we kept by the telephone. I 92 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:31,239 Speaker 5: began to write the words down as fast as they came. 93 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:35,479 Speaker 5: It was like I was possessed. When I finished, I 94 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:39,520 Speaker 5: had filled two sheets of paper. The poem rhymed and 95 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:44,479 Speaker 5: flowed nicely, as if I had deliberately composed it. I 96 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:48,839 Speaker 5: hadn't I read what I had scribbled down. It was 97 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:51,280 Speaker 5: at that moment I was certain where the poem had 98 00:06:51,279 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 5: come from, Straight from heaven. I had no doubt that 99 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:59,320 Speaker 5: my mom was comforting me, as she had so many 100 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:02,520 Speaker 5: times since I was a child. Here are the words 101 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 5: that came out in that sudden rush. The somber figure 102 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:12,040 Speaker 5: stood before the marker of cold stone. She felt such pain, 103 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:17,080 Speaker 5: Her loved one lost she stood crying all alone. Then 104 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 5: a voice spoke softly to her, like the voice of 105 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:24,960 Speaker 5: an angel in prayer. Do not weep for me, not ever, 106 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:29,880 Speaker 5: my child. For you see, I'm not really there. My 107 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:34,320 Speaker 5: soul is at rest. Peace and joy are mind. So 108 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:38,360 Speaker 5: wipe those tears from your face. Go on with the 109 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 5: living who share your life. Take them and your loving embrace. 110 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:47,960 Speaker 5: I will never truly be lost to you because of 111 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:54,400 Speaker 5: the love we hold. Dear dear child, Love never ever dies. 112 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:59,040 Speaker 5: Is it love what has brought you here? The light 113 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:02,960 Speaker 5: of God's love of shines on us, and with him 114 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:07,720 Speaker 5: we're never alone. The voice was fading, just like it 115 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:13,360 Speaker 5: began to a low and whispering tone. The somber figure 116 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:17,720 Speaker 5: lifted her eyes. The sun had come out from above. 117 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:23,280 Speaker 5: Slowly she walked away from the grave, her heart filled 118 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:28,560 Speaker 5: with lasting love. I quickly finished the laundry and decided 119 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:32,760 Speaker 5: to make the journey. I felt renewed and eager to 120 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:36,520 Speaker 5: do what I had put off for so long. I 121 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:40,240 Speaker 5: had a beautiful bouquet of point settas edged in gold 122 00:08:40,760 --> 00:08:43,960 Speaker 5: with holly leaves and berries. I couldn't wait to place 123 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:47,680 Speaker 5: it in Mom's face. On the drive to the cemetery, 124 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:52,720 Speaker 5: a panorama of fifty wonderful years I had with Mom 125 00:08:52,880 --> 00:08:57,520 Speaker 5: flashed through my mind. I was no longer daunted by 126 00:08:57,640 --> 00:09:02,400 Speaker 5: prospects of another encounter with her grave. I felt gratitude 127 00:09:02,520 --> 00:09:06,320 Speaker 5: instead of sorrow, knowing my mother was still comforting me 128 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:10,760 Speaker 5: from beyond the grave. That Christmas was quite different for us, 129 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:15,600 Speaker 5: but a good Christmas overall. It wasn't sad or overshadowed 130 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:19,600 Speaker 5: by gloom and regret. Yes, we remembered Mom, only in 131 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:24,000 Speaker 5: a completely different way than I had anticipated. At dinner 132 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:27,600 Speaker 5: Christmas Eve, the family sat and recalled all the good 133 00:09:27,640 --> 00:09:31,240 Speaker 5: times we had shared with that wonderful lady who filled 134 00:09:31,320 --> 00:09:36,319 Speaker 5: our lives with love and all those happy memories. Thanks Mom, 135 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:39,720 Speaker 5: I know you've always been there for me, and you 136 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:42,760 Speaker 5: will continue to be. I'd like to share with you 137 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:47,320 Speaker 5: this letter I received from Petra. She says our daughter 138 00:09:47,559 --> 00:09:52,120 Speaker 5: transitioned in March twenty twenty three after a long and 139 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:55,439 Speaker 5: serious illness. I would like to share with you how 140 00:09:55,520 --> 00:09:59,640 Speaker 5: Laura sent us signs and is still sending them. Please 141 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:03,640 Speaker 5: feel for you to share these The first significant sign 142 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:07,720 Speaker 5: we had received just a couple hours after her passing. 143 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:11,760 Speaker 5: My husband, her boyfriend, and I were sitting at the 144 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:15,760 Speaker 5: dining table at the fifth floor in a block of units. 145 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:21,640 Speaker 5: Out of nowhere, we saw three balloons bundled together, two 146 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:26,559 Speaker 5: white and one red, passing by at the window and balcony. 147 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:31,280 Speaker 5: What are the chances to see this on the fifth 148 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:36,400 Speaker 5: floor on a Wednesday morning. The second sign happened a 149 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:39,640 Speaker 5: day later, when my husband opened a bottle of a 150 00:10:39,679 --> 00:10:44,479 Speaker 5: soft drink and saw that the expiration date is Laura's birthday. 151 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:50,400 Speaker 5: The third significant sign happened another day. Her boyfriend saw 152 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:54,720 Speaker 5: a car number plate with his birthday, day and month 153 00:10:55,400 --> 00:11:02,360 Speaker 5: and HDL, which stands for hub di liba I love 154 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:06,000 Speaker 5: you in German. Sorry about the pronunciation there, I know 155 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:10,840 Speaker 5: that's not right. When they texted each other, HDL was 156 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:15,640 Speaker 5: always this signature for both of them. My belief in 157 00:11:15,679 --> 00:11:20,480 Speaker 5: the afterlife helps me and my family to cope better 158 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:25,480 Speaker 5: with Laura's passing. Thank you, petro Kylie says. My aunt 159 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:29,720 Speaker 5: passed away from cancer. The family was gathered around her house. 160 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:32,880 Speaker 5: She had been in a coma for the last few days. 161 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:37,320 Speaker 5: She suddenly sat upright and was coherent and talking, but 162 00:11:37,520 --> 00:11:40,680 Speaker 5: talking to someone the rest of us couldn't see. She 163 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:43,880 Speaker 5: kept looking at the Christmas tree or should I say 164 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:48,040 Speaker 5: through the tree. Her face almost glowed as she was 165 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:52,000 Speaker 5: so happy and excited. As she carried on in her conversation, 166 00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:55,440 Speaker 5: she kept nodding and said that she was so glad 167 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:58,960 Speaker 5: to see him again. She was talking to her late husband, 168 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:03,600 Speaker 5: who had passed many years before. Then she gasped, and 169 00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:06,320 Speaker 5: she said that her mom and dad were there, and 170 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:10,200 Speaker 5: of course we were all crying. When she said Jesus 171 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:13,520 Speaker 5: is coming this way, it gave me the chills. But 172 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:17,280 Speaker 5: when she turned and looked straight at me, she said, MA, 173 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:20,760 Speaker 5: is so happy that you named your little girl after her. 174 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:25,240 Speaker 5: I had given birth a month before then and named 175 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:30,400 Speaker 5: my baby Sarah, same as my grandmother. It's time for 176 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:32,480 Speaker 5: us to go to the break. But please, if you 177 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:36,400 Speaker 5: have a story to share, even if you feel it's insignificant, 178 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:42,600 Speaker 5: send it my way. Okay, Sandra Champlaine at gmail dot com. 179 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:48,320 Speaker 5: You never know who listening can be really touched by 180 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:52,600 Speaker 5: your story and give them hope and faith that their 181 00:12:52,640 --> 00:12:57,080 Speaker 5: loved ones have gone on. All right, We'll be right back. 182 00:12:57,520 --> 00:13:01,280 Speaker 5: You're listening to Shades of the Afterlife on the iHeartRadio 183 00:13:01,559 --> 00:13:05,520 Speaker 5: and Coast to Coast am Paranormal podcast Network. 184 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:18,560 Speaker 1: Don't go Anywhere there's more Shades of the Afterlife coming 185 00:13:18,679 --> 00:13:26,840 Speaker 1: right up. I'm George Norie. Thank you for listening to 186 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:30,480 Speaker 1: the iHeartRadio and Coast to Coast AM Paranormal podcast Network. 187 00:13:34,679 --> 00:13:37,080 Speaker 6: Hey everyone, it's producer Tom of Coast to Coast AM 188 00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:38,920 Speaker 6: and more. Sandrass starts right now. 189 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:56,400 Speaker 5: Welcome back to Shades of the Afterlife. I'm Sandra Champlain. 190 00:13:57,000 --> 00:14:02,040 Speaker 5: Joyce's story of having that kind of downloaded into her 191 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:08,080 Speaker 5: mind made me think about automatic writing. Now. Often you'll 192 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:12,760 Speaker 5: hear people talking about automatic writing, as if they hear 193 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:15,920 Speaker 5: the words in their mind and they write them down 194 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:22,240 Speaker 5: to be real technical though, that is more inspired writing. 195 00:14:22,960 --> 00:14:25,920 Speaker 5: It could come from our loved ones, It could come 196 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:29,720 Speaker 5: from our soul, It could be a blend of us 197 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:36,360 Speaker 5: in them. True automatic writing is when we have no 198 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:41,520 Speaker 5: real idea that our hand is moving, our eyes are closed, 199 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:46,600 Speaker 5: and it seems as if our loved ones hold the 200 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:50,920 Speaker 5: pen or pencil to the paper and write. I often 201 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:55,080 Speaker 5: say automatic writing when I'm talking about inspired writing, because 202 00:14:55,240 --> 00:15:00,800 Speaker 5: very few people can go into that meditative state and 203 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:03,400 Speaker 5: have their hand on a piece of paper, only to 204 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:07,120 Speaker 5: open their eyes and have words written on it. This 205 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:13,720 Speaker 5: past week, I interviewed a man named David Gagin. If 206 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:17,640 Speaker 5: you want to hear the entire interview, you can. I 207 00:15:17,720 --> 00:15:22,400 Speaker 5: have it on my Sandra Champlain YouTube channel. But today 208 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:25,120 Speaker 5: I want you to hear what he said and his 209 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:30,680 Speaker 5: experience with automatic writing. His daughter actually did it after 210 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:35,160 Speaker 5: his wife, Judy passed, and I believe David. Let me 211 00:15:35,160 --> 00:15:37,440 Speaker 5: tell you a little bit about him. He was a 212 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:43,440 Speaker 5: very successful engineer before he retired. He designed aircraft for Boeing, 213 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:49,240 Speaker 5: directed US Army and NASA research operations, and founded the 214 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:55,840 Speaker 5: world's leading defense microwave subsystems company. He's the author of 215 00:15:56,200 --> 00:16:00,920 Speaker 5: two books. One is called The Endless Journey, A unique 216 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:07,000 Speaker 5: perspective on Mankind's origin, Purpose and ultimate destiny. And he 217 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:12,400 Speaker 5: just released his second book, which is called Our Eternal Existence, 218 00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:18,400 Speaker 5: A metaphysical Perspective of Reality. So let me play for 219 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:22,280 Speaker 5: you the clip when he talks about his wife's passing. 220 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:26,680 Speaker 4: My wife, it was extremely sudden. I was at the 221 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:30,160 Speaker 4: time retired. It's about six years ago, and I was 222 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:33,480 Speaker 4: doing a weekly radio show live at the time, a 223 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:36,840 Speaker 4: common Sense spirituality show, and so I would do that 224 00:16:36,880 --> 00:16:39,960 Speaker 4: Friday morning, and when she would help me a lot 225 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 4: in the various things that we did, and then all 226 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:47,480 Speaker 4: of a sudden. I heard a thump in the middle 227 00:16:47,520 --> 00:16:50,840 Speaker 4: of the night about one thirty and her heart just 228 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:54,760 Speaker 4: gave out, just flat out gave out. She was healthy 229 00:16:55,640 --> 00:16:59,360 Speaker 4: the evening before, the day before, it just stopped. So 230 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:03,600 Speaker 4: that was a jolt, and then we decided that we 231 00:17:03,760 --> 00:17:05,320 Speaker 4: tried to get in touch with it. And I tried 232 00:17:05,320 --> 00:17:09,199 Speaker 4: to get in touch Withather through Shepherdhood when and he 233 00:17:09,359 --> 00:17:11,399 Speaker 4: was able to do a little bit, but it was 234 00:17:11,440 --> 00:17:13,960 Speaker 4: a little early. And I find that you have to 235 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:18,960 Speaker 4: wait about four months after somebody dies because it's pretty 236 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:22,639 Speaker 4: busy when they transfer over and it's pretty hard to 237 00:17:22,640 --> 00:17:28,280 Speaker 4: get their attention and have them really adjust to the 238 00:17:28,440 --> 00:17:34,400 Speaker 4: astral plane. My daughter, just about four months after that, 239 00:17:34,840 --> 00:17:38,520 Speaker 4: got in touch with a medium and it was interesting. 240 00:17:38,560 --> 00:17:42,560 Speaker 4: The medium gave my two daughters a lot of information 241 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:44,960 Speaker 4: and they came back afterwards. I wasn't in it. I 242 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:47,919 Speaker 4: didn't go to the meetium until a week later. I 243 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:52,399 Speaker 4: wasn't available, but they said it's all about you, dad, 244 00:17:52,520 --> 00:17:56,480 Speaker 4: and I thought, oh, that's interesting. They started telling me 245 00:17:56,680 --> 00:17:59,800 Speaker 4: things that Judy had told them, my wife, Judy had 246 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:04,840 Speaker 4: told them, And if you have a close relationship with somebody, 247 00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:08,320 Speaker 4: especially Judy and I are together, fifty years. There are 248 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:12,240 Speaker 4: things that you two know together that are really nobody 249 00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:14,520 Speaker 4: else's business and no other people don't really care about 250 00:18:14,520 --> 00:18:18,840 Speaker 4: it anyway, but there are certain things. And Julie started 251 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:21,920 Speaker 4: to tell me about these things that she had said, 252 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:26,640 Speaker 4: and my daughter didn't have any clue what she was relaying, 253 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:30,720 Speaker 4: but I did, and it was clearly a message to me, 254 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:34,120 Speaker 4: and of course she had other messages for the kids too. 255 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:40,480 Speaker 4: What I found was that it's very easy. I believe 256 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:43,399 Speaker 4: this stuff anyway, but it's a lot of people don't 257 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:47,960 Speaker 4: appreciate how easy it is to contact people. 258 00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:48,720 Speaker 2: On the other side. 259 00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:54,760 Speaker 4: And the key is to make sure that you don't 260 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:59,040 Speaker 4: tell the medium anything special. What you need to do 261 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:03,239 Speaker 4: is you need to convince yourself who you are talking to. 262 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:06,800 Speaker 4: So you tell them your name, you tell them the 263 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:10,520 Speaker 4: name of the person that you're looking for, and they 264 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:13,480 Speaker 4: tell them the relationship. But that's about it. Don't go 265 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:17,320 Speaker 4: any further than that. The person will come. They want 266 00:19:17,359 --> 00:19:21,440 Speaker 4: to talk to us, especially if they recently have passed away. 267 00:19:21,920 --> 00:19:22,840 Speaker 2: They want to talk to us. 268 00:19:22,840 --> 00:19:24,400 Speaker 4: They want to tell us things, they want to tell 269 00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:27,159 Speaker 4: us how they are, and they want to convince us 270 00:19:27,560 --> 00:19:30,959 Speaker 4: that indeed it is them. So they will say things 271 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:34,080 Speaker 4: and tell you things that the medium could never know. 272 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:38,760 Speaker 4: And if that's the case, then you can convince yourself that, yeah, 273 00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:40,000 Speaker 4: this is what's going on. 274 00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:42,080 Speaker 2: They'll do most of the talking. 275 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:44,440 Speaker 4: They'll talk through the medium, and the medium, of course, 276 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:47,080 Speaker 4: we'll talk to you, but they'll answer questions too. If 277 00:19:47,119 --> 00:19:50,960 Speaker 4: you have questions, they'll answer those questions very specifically. But 278 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:56,520 Speaker 4: the real key is convincing yourself of who you're talking to. 279 00:19:57,800 --> 00:20:01,760 Speaker 4: This medium was very good. After I saw her, she 280 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:06,840 Speaker 4: offered an automatic writing course to teach people how to 281 00:20:06,840 --> 00:20:09,760 Speaker 4: do it. So both my daughters went to that course. 282 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:10,320 Speaker 2: I did not. 283 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:13,680 Speaker 4: It was a couple of months, i'd say, after we 284 00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:17,919 Speaker 4: had had our first discussion with Judy. There was I 285 00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:21,280 Speaker 4: think five women in the course, and only one was 286 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:24,040 Speaker 4: able to do automatic writing. That was my youngest daughter. 287 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:27,720 Speaker 4: My oldest couldn't, but my youngest could. It was interesting. 288 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:32,800 Speaker 4: Of course, this woman had known my wife, Judy because 289 00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:36,720 Speaker 4: of the previous sessions. And after the session was over, 290 00:20:37,359 --> 00:20:40,679 Speaker 4: she said, your mother was standing right between the two 291 00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:43,320 Speaker 4: ea the whole time, and. 292 00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:46,520 Speaker 2: I thought that was very interesting. And then she told 293 00:20:46,520 --> 00:20:47,200 Speaker 2: that to the kids. 294 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:48,720 Speaker 4: And then they went and they got in the car 295 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:52,199 Speaker 4: and they're driving home and the oldest one's driving and 296 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:54,560 Speaker 4: the youngest one says, Okay, I'm going to read what 297 00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:56,640 Speaker 4: I wrote. One of the things I wrote is I'm 298 00:20:56,680 --> 00:21:00,840 Speaker 4: standing right next to you. So it was amazing. And 299 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:04,240 Speaker 4: my daughter has been able to do automatic writing only 300 00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:06,879 Speaker 4: with her mother. What she would do is she gets 301 00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:09,600 Speaker 4: in her favorite chair and she relaxed, and she meditates, 302 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:16,040 Speaker 4: and she gets things around her that are Judy's things, 303 00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:21,760 Speaker 4: maybe an old blanket or something that would tie. 304 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:23,040 Speaker 2: Her to Judy. 305 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:26,639 Speaker 4: It's amazing what she's able to write. When I was 306 00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:30,080 Speaker 4: working on my house up in Massachusetts, I had to 307 00:21:30,119 --> 00:21:31,640 Speaker 4: had a leak in the roof and I couldn't find 308 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:35,040 Speaker 4: it to save my life. So I said, Chris, would 309 00:21:35,040 --> 00:21:37,960 Speaker 4: you please ask your mother where this leak is because. 310 00:21:37,720 --> 00:21:40,640 Speaker 2: I can't find it. So Chris goes, okay. 311 00:21:40,840 --> 00:21:43,439 Speaker 4: Now Chris had never been on my roof and she 312 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:47,240 Speaker 4: never would be. She comes back says, Dad, it's between 313 00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:50,240 Speaker 4: the fireplace and a wet bar, and it's right up 314 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:51,840 Speaker 4: right up on top there. 315 00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:53,120 Speaker 2: So I said, okay. 316 00:21:53,359 --> 00:21:55,640 Speaker 4: So I went back up on the roof and there 317 00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:59,639 Speaker 4: was this hairline crack that I'd never noticed before, and 318 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:00,640 Speaker 4: it's amazing. 319 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:02,960 Speaker 2: So they know a huge amount. 320 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:06,520 Speaker 4: They're very interested in talking to you, and they have 321 00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:09,480 Speaker 4: a lot to do. It's nice to know that they're 322 00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:13,200 Speaker 4: not gone. That's a big deal. It's a big deal. 323 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:18,800 Speaker 4: And my kids really really appreciated it and they go back. 324 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:23,639 Speaker 4: Or Chris in her automatic writing can do that as well. 325 00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:26,240 Speaker 5: We talk a little bit about the automatic writing, having 326 00:22:26,280 --> 00:22:28,320 Speaker 5: a journal out, like you said, bring in some of 327 00:22:28,359 --> 00:22:31,359 Speaker 5: her things and then just get into that meditative space 328 00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:34,160 Speaker 5: and have a conversation. Really, is that what she does. 329 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:36,800 Speaker 2: No, Actually, what she does. 330 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:40,399 Speaker 4: She can have a conversation, but what she'd do is 331 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:45,160 Speaker 4: she just turns over her hand in her arm with 332 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:48,320 Speaker 4: a pencil and a paper there, and she just starts 333 00:22:48,359 --> 00:22:51,760 Speaker 4: to write, and it comes right from Judy right into 334 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:56,080 Speaker 4: her hand, and Judy just takes over the writing and 335 00:22:56,119 --> 00:22:58,720 Speaker 4: she can ask her questions and she'll reply on the 336 00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:03,520 Speaker 4: writing of those things that you automatically. 337 00:23:04,160 --> 00:23:04,840 Speaker 2: Do. The writing. 338 00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:09,320 Speaker 4: You're not conscious of what you're writing. Afterwards, you go 339 00:23:09,359 --> 00:23:12,840 Speaker 4: read it, but you get an answer. I've never been 340 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:16,800 Speaker 4: with Chris when she's done this. She likes to do 341 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:22,600 Speaker 4: it when she's all alone and totally focused on Judy. 342 00:23:23,119 --> 00:23:27,320 Speaker 5: Once again, that was David Gagin. I took a course 343 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:31,480 Speaker 5: back in twenty sixteen because I just found the notes. Now, 344 00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:34,520 Speaker 5: this wasn't to connect to anybody in the afterlife, but 345 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:39,879 Speaker 5: it was to do inspired writing. We did try automatic writing, 346 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:43,560 Speaker 5: and my hand just stayed there with a pen in 347 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:48,080 Speaker 5: hand on a paper. Nothing happened. Our instructors said that 348 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:51,479 Speaker 5: it can be you, it can be them. It can 349 00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:55,199 Speaker 5: be ninety nine percent you one percent them. But in 350 00:23:55,359 --> 00:24:01,280 Speaker 5: time they get used to working with us. When I 351 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:05,920 Speaker 5: did automatic writing, I would just write down words as 352 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:08,639 Speaker 5: they came to my mind. I was clear I was 353 00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:13,200 Speaker 5: not inventing the words and creating a story. I want 354 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:16,359 Speaker 5: to read to you one thing that came out of 355 00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:21,680 Speaker 5: my fingertips. It's the truth of the rose. Deep within 356 00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:26,679 Speaker 5: the earth, once sprang a small bud. The sun warmed 357 00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:30,000 Speaker 5: the earth, and the bud grew towards the warmth of 358 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:34,040 Speaker 5: the sun. The rain and the soil nourished the young 359 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:37,680 Speaker 5: plant until the day it broke free through the ground. 360 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:41,600 Speaker 5: We do not know how it will appear, but know 361 00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:46,480 Speaker 5: that deep inside it's truth, it knows it is destined 362 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:52,040 Speaker 5: to be great and worldly. The day finally happens, its 363 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:56,199 Speaker 5: bud blossoms and spreads the wings of its petals, A 364 00:24:56,240 --> 00:25:00,359 Speaker 5: beautiful rose is born for all to enjoy. However, after 365 00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:03,919 Speaker 5: the sun sets the final time on the aging rose, 366 00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:08,720 Speaker 5: it droops and returns to the earth. The earthly senses 367 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:14,640 Speaker 5: can no longer detect its existence. However, to our sixth 368 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:19,400 Speaker 5: and heavenly sense, the truth is that a rose will 369 00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:24,240 Speaker 5: once again return for our joy, for our pleasure, because 370 00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:28,439 Speaker 5: the cycle never ends. Keep facing the warmth of the 371 00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:34,080 Speaker 5: sun and grow and trust you too, can never end. 372 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:38,639 Speaker 5: When I read this to my friend, he said that 373 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:42,359 Speaker 5: when his mom passed, he put a single rose in 374 00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:49,359 Speaker 5: her coffin and said almost the identical words, It's time 375 00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:52,240 Speaker 5: for the break and we'll get back to some stories 376 00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:56,639 Speaker 5: from listeners. 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Coast tocoastdam dot com is where you 387 00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:47,880 Speaker 6: want to be the best afterlife information you can get. 388 00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:52,320 Speaker 6: Well you're online. Shades of the Afterlife with Sander Champlain. 389 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:09,680 Speaker 5: Welcome back to Shades of the Afterlife. I'm Sandra Champlain. 390 00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:14,160 Speaker 5: I want to continue now with stories from listeners. This 391 00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:17,960 Speaker 5: one's from Alexandra. Hi, Sandra, thank you so much for 392 00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:21,479 Speaker 5: taking the time to reply to me. You're amazing what 393 00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:24,879 Speaker 5: you do, as well as caring for your mom. My 394 00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:28,040 Speaker 5: husband and I struggle to make it through every day. 395 00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:30,880 Speaker 5: It is so hard when our world is torn apart. 396 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:34,359 Speaker 5: We still have our son here, but not having our 397 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:38,840 Speaker 5: daughter here physically just doesn't feel right. I've been reading 398 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:42,000 Speaker 5: chapter ten of your book We Don't Die, and I 399 00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:45,040 Speaker 5: plan to go back to the beginning as well. Thank 400 00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:47,359 Speaker 5: you for everything you do. You give a lot of 401 00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:50,320 Speaker 5: people hope. This is kind of random, but I wanted 402 00:27:50,359 --> 00:27:53,040 Speaker 5: to share it with you. I bought some of these 403 00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:57,520 Speaker 5: battery powered candles with a remote, and they're in my 404 00:27:57,680 --> 00:28:02,000 Speaker 5: daughter's cabinet that has her and all of her things 405 00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:06,679 Speaker 5: we have displayed for her. Well, we've been noticing that 406 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:11,960 Speaker 5: around the same time every night, they come on by themselves. 407 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:15,679 Speaker 5: These candles only have a couple of settings like on 408 00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:19,480 Speaker 5: and off and a timer for two hours, four hours, 409 00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:22,800 Speaker 5: six hours, but there's no setting to have them come 410 00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:26,600 Speaker 5: on at a certain time. You manually have to turn 411 00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:29,919 Speaker 5: them on, and we do one at a time, and 412 00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:33,320 Speaker 5: I believe there's about nine of them altogether. Well, last 413 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:36,879 Speaker 5: night my husband sat his phone up to try to 414 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:41,640 Speaker 5: catch the candles coming on. He even left the remote 415 00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:45,160 Speaker 5: in front of his phone to show he didn't have 416 00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:48,760 Speaker 5: it anywhere near the cabinet. You can hear him come 417 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:51,840 Speaker 5: out of the bathroom and I can see in the 418 00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:54,920 Speaker 5: glass of the cabinet where he comes back into the 419 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:57,960 Speaker 5: room to see if the candles are on. And what 420 00:28:58,120 --> 00:29:00,520 Speaker 5: gets me, Sandra is at the front. The first one 421 00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:04,160 Speaker 5: that comes on is the one right in front of 422 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:09,080 Speaker 5: her ashes, and then all of the candles turn on 423 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:13,640 Speaker 5: one by one, and then finally the one that hadn't 424 00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:18,880 Speaker 5: turned on turns on last, all by itself. We know 425 00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:24,040 Speaker 5: it's our daughter. We cry so hard, but it's comforting 426 00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:28,040 Speaker 5: knowing she's letting us know she's here. I have been 427 00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:31,320 Speaker 5: trying to comfort my son, and I took a video 428 00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:34,440 Speaker 5: in the dark. As my son was laying next to me, 429 00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:39,040 Speaker 5: he kept looking around the room and laughing. And all 430 00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:41,920 Speaker 5: I can think of is that his big sister wanted 431 00:29:41,920 --> 00:29:45,640 Speaker 5: to make him laugh because that was their nightly routine. 432 00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:50,520 Speaker 5: Thanks Alexandra. Here's one from Marie. This was after I 433 00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:54,560 Speaker 5: talked about lucid dreaming. She says, Hi, Sandra, you're definitely 434 00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:58,920 Speaker 5: onto something. I love your experiment with your dad. I 435 00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:02,480 Speaker 5: wanted to share with you my first lucid dream twenty 436 00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:06,000 Speaker 5: four years ago. Before I knew what lucid dreaming was, 437 00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:10,040 Speaker 5: my mom had passed about a month before, and she 438 00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:13,920 Speaker 5: instigated the dream for me. I was back in my 439 00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:18,040 Speaker 5: childhood home and I saw her in our kitchen. Her 440 00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:22,640 Speaker 5: back was to me. I realized then that I was 441 00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:25,840 Speaker 5: in a dream because I knew she had passed away. 442 00:30:26,760 --> 00:30:30,560 Speaker 5: So I began talking to her, asking her questions, Mama, 443 00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:34,840 Speaker 5: are you in heaven? Her response was so perfect, just 444 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:38,640 Speaker 5: like she would say to me. Of course, her back 445 00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:41,920 Speaker 5: was still turned to me as she kept cooking. I 446 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:45,080 Speaker 5: asked her if she saw our cat Joe that had 447 00:30:45,120 --> 00:30:49,760 Speaker 5: passed away, and if she saw Jesus. She didn't answer me, 448 00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:53,560 Speaker 5: but she turned around and just looked at me. Sandra, 449 00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:57,600 Speaker 5: my mom passed from oral cancer. She had scars on 450 00:30:57,640 --> 00:31:01,120 Speaker 5: her face from the surgery before she passed. When she 451 00:31:01,240 --> 00:31:05,400 Speaker 5: turned around in my dream, her face was completely healed 452 00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:10,520 Speaker 5: and it was glowing. She just smiled at me, and 453 00:31:10,560 --> 00:31:14,320 Speaker 5: then I woke up. This was so comforting to me. 454 00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:19,040 Speaker 5: There's no doubt in my mind that she was telling 455 00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:23,320 Speaker 5: me that she's okay. This still makes me tear up 456 00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:28,920 Speaker 5: and I still remember it vividly. It was so real. Yes, 457 00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:34,920 Speaker 5: they come to us in dreams. Thank you again for everything, Marie. 458 00:31:35,160 --> 00:31:39,480 Speaker 5: You are most welcome, Marie, thank you. This next story 459 00:31:39,560 --> 00:31:42,600 Speaker 5: is from Sherry. Hi, Sandra, I've been a listener for 460 00:31:42,640 --> 00:31:45,360 Speaker 5: a long time, and of course I've read your book 461 00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:48,720 Speaker 5: more than once. You must get a ton of emails, 462 00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:51,239 Speaker 5: and if you get around to reading this, I have 463 00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:54,880 Speaker 5: a question. We both have something in common. My father 464 00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:58,640 Speaker 5: passed with a rare form of cancer. I've only heard 465 00:31:58,680 --> 00:32:02,880 Speaker 5: of one other person experiencing what I saw, and that 466 00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:07,200 Speaker 5: had come to me through secondhand knowledge. Even though my 467 00:32:07,280 --> 00:32:11,520 Speaker 5: brother and I were expecting our father's passing, as you know, 468 00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:15,160 Speaker 5: it's still a shock During the last thirty six hours, 469 00:32:15,240 --> 00:32:20,280 Speaker 5: my father was unconscious, though gasping for each breath. Honestly, 470 00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:23,440 Speaker 5: if someone had told me that I would pray for 471 00:32:23,480 --> 00:32:26,320 Speaker 5: my father to die up to that point, I would 472 00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:30,120 Speaker 5: have said they were crazy. I firmly believe his love 473 00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:33,760 Speaker 5: for his children. My brother and I kept him around 474 00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:37,080 Speaker 5: as long as he could. Every day that our pastor 475 00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:40,320 Speaker 5: was there, she always said a special prayer. It was 476 00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:43,320 Speaker 5: just like my father to wait till the pastor got there. 477 00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:48,600 Speaker 5: That day, as she said, amen, I saw changes happening 478 00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:52,800 Speaker 5: very quickly. My brother ran to get the nurse. She 479 00:32:52,920 --> 00:32:56,680 Speaker 5: comes in, puts a stethoscope to his neck and pronounced 480 00:32:56,720 --> 00:33:01,760 Speaker 5: him dead, even though expecting it. Lapsed into the nurse's arms, 481 00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:05,880 Speaker 5: and as I looked over her shoulder to my father, 482 00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:10,800 Speaker 5: I said, wait, something's going on. This is what appeared 483 00:33:10,840 --> 00:33:13,640 Speaker 5: to me. It looked like smoke came out of my 484 00:33:13,720 --> 00:33:17,280 Speaker 5: father's mouth and nose. My brother saw it as well 485 00:33:17,320 --> 00:33:20,640 Speaker 5: and said, Cherry, it is his spirit leaving his body. 486 00:33:21,160 --> 00:33:24,120 Speaker 5: My brother and I have never talked about this. I 487 00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:26,960 Speaker 5: was wondering if you've heard of this and what your 488 00:33:27,040 --> 00:33:30,040 Speaker 5: opinion was on this. Thank you for all you do. 489 00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:34,040 Speaker 5: I've learned so much. You are most welcome. I did 490 00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:39,400 Speaker 5: write Sherry back, and when I interviewed doctor Raymond Moody 491 00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:45,880 Speaker 5: and Paul Perry just recently, which was episode one hundred 492 00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:50,680 Speaker 5: and fifty one, this is something they talk about. If 493 00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:54,640 Speaker 5: you haven't yet picked up a copy of Raymond Moody's 494 00:33:55,040 --> 00:33:58,360 Speaker 5: and Paul Perry's latest book, I think you'd really enjoy it. 495 00:33:58,360 --> 00:34:01,280 Speaker 5: It's called Proof of Life. Out There to Life, Seven 496 00:34:01,360 --> 00:34:05,680 Speaker 5: Reasons to Believe that there is an afterlife. And in 497 00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:09,960 Speaker 5: the book they talk about this phenomena of people seeing 498 00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:14,239 Speaker 5: a white light or a mist that can leave a 499 00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:19,000 Speaker 5: person and appear to form a funnel, and often it 500 00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:22,560 Speaker 5: can depart and look like it's going through the window 501 00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:25,960 Speaker 5: or out through the ceiling. So go back to episode 502 00:34:26,080 --> 00:34:28,440 Speaker 5: one five to one and you can hear about it, 503 00:34:28,520 --> 00:34:30,200 Speaker 5: and you can pick up a copy of the book 504 00:34:30,680 --> 00:34:35,040 Speaker 5: if you like. Here's Carla's story. I have a story 505 00:34:35,080 --> 00:34:38,400 Speaker 5: about a rosary. My dad was driving on a business 506 00:34:38,440 --> 00:34:40,920 Speaker 5: trip when the car started to give him some trouble. 507 00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:44,840 Speaker 5: The engine was overheating. He had been nursing it along 508 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:47,960 Speaker 5: and he decided he better pulled over and let it 509 00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:50,920 Speaker 5: cool down so he could make a decision how to proceed. 510 00:34:51,640 --> 00:34:54,640 Speaker 5: He went into a convenience store to use the facilities 511 00:34:54,880 --> 00:34:57,040 Speaker 5: and to get a cup of coffee. There was a 512 00:34:57,080 --> 00:35:00,080 Speaker 5: young man in the restroom washing his hands in face. 513 00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:04,200 Speaker 5: He turned to my dad admitted he was embarrassed to ask, 514 00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:08,000 Speaker 5: but asked if my dad could spare a dollar. Dad 515 00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:11,479 Speaker 5: had a pocket full of coins for tolls, probably five 516 00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:14,280 Speaker 5: dollars or so. He gave it to the young man, 517 00:35:14,440 --> 00:35:18,600 Speaker 5: who was extremely grateful. When Dad came out of the restroom, 518 00:35:18,960 --> 00:35:23,640 Speaker 5: he found a worn wooden rosary dropped over the steering wheel. 519 00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:28,120 Speaker 5: It was obviously well loved. He searched the gas station 520 00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:30,880 Speaker 5: to return it to the young man, who was nowhere 521 00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:35,600 Speaker 5: to be found. The car did not overheat the rest 522 00:35:35,640 --> 00:35:39,520 Speaker 5: of the long way to his destination. She also says, 523 00:35:40,120 --> 00:35:43,279 Speaker 5: I have a story about my dear friend's grandma who 524 00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:47,920 Speaker 5: was dying. The family arranged for neighbors and relatives to 525 00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:51,319 Speaker 5: sit with her while her daughter was at work. One 526 00:35:51,320 --> 00:35:55,040 Speaker 5: of the neighbors arrived late and apologized. The grandma said 527 00:35:55,040 --> 00:35:58,360 Speaker 5: it was totally fine because her friends kept her company. 528 00:35:59,120 --> 00:36:02,520 Speaker 5: This was weird because no one else was scheduled to arrive. 529 00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:07,160 Speaker 5: The neighbor asked Pauline who the friends were, but she 530 00:36:07,239 --> 00:36:11,560 Speaker 5: didn't answer. She asked what they talked about, and Pauline 531 00:36:11,600 --> 00:36:14,480 Speaker 5: said they just fixed her hair and told her not 532 00:36:14,600 --> 00:36:18,320 Speaker 5: to worry. She said they made her laugh and brought 533 00:36:18,320 --> 00:36:24,840 Speaker 5: her roses. After that, different people started reporting smelling roses, 534 00:36:25,680 --> 00:36:27,920 Speaker 5: and when there were none in the house and no 535 00:36:28,080 --> 00:36:33,960 Speaker 5: air freshener or perfume or rose scented soap. When Pauline died, 536 00:36:34,200 --> 00:36:37,920 Speaker 5: I went to her funeral at the house. Afterward, I 537 00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:42,279 Speaker 5: was drawn to the big easy chair where she always sat. 538 00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:47,040 Speaker 5: I plopped down and was immediately overcome by the fragrance 539 00:36:47,080 --> 00:36:51,719 Speaker 5: of roses. There were no roses in the house. And 540 00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:56,080 Speaker 5: one last story from Carla. When my dad was in hospice, 541 00:36:56,560 --> 00:36:59,360 Speaker 5: my siblings and I gathered at the facility to be 542 00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:02,000 Speaker 5: with him when he was ready to go on his journey. 543 00:37:02,719 --> 00:37:06,040 Speaker 5: We stayed over that night, me, my three brothers, my 544 00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:10,640 Speaker 5: step mama, plus my dog. Everyone was asleep except for 545 00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:13,960 Speaker 5: one brother, who told us the next morning that Zoya 546 00:37:14,120 --> 00:37:18,719 Speaker 5: the dog gazed up at the ceiling above Dad all night, 547 00:37:19,440 --> 00:37:23,640 Speaker 5: moving her head back and forth, watching something that my 548 00:37:23,760 --> 00:37:29,240 Speaker 5: brother could not see. Starr says, I am a patient 549 00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:34,240 Speaker 5: support volunteer at Hope West Hospice. I was a support 550 00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:38,160 Speaker 5: volunteer for one sweet woman for over a year when 551 00:37:38,200 --> 00:37:40,840 Speaker 5: one day I received a phone call from her son. 552 00:37:41,360 --> 00:37:44,680 Speaker 5: He said the hospice nurse explained to him that his 553 00:37:44,800 --> 00:37:48,359 Speaker 5: mother was declining rapidly. He said I should come as 554 00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:51,600 Speaker 5: soon as possible if I wanted to see her one 555 00:37:51,840 --> 00:37:55,880 Speaker 5: last time. When I arrived, the client was lying in 556 00:37:55,960 --> 00:37:59,880 Speaker 5: bed with her eyes closed and a sweet expression and 557 00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:03,720 Speaker 5: smile on her face. I held her hand and spoke 558 00:38:03,800 --> 00:38:06,759 Speaker 5: to her, letting her know that I was there. She 559 00:38:06,960 --> 00:38:10,680 Speaker 5: never opened her eyes, but at one point her lips 560 00:38:10,760 --> 00:38:14,160 Speaker 5: moved and I could see that she was trying to speak. 561 00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:17,640 Speaker 5: I knelt down closer to her face and asked her 562 00:38:17,640 --> 00:38:23,320 Speaker 5: what she said. She replied angels with a big smile. 563 00:38:23,960 --> 00:38:27,560 Speaker 5: I asked her, did you say angels? And that was 564 00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:34,239 Speaker 5: the same sweet expression on her face and she replied, yes, angels. 565 00:38:35,040 --> 00:38:38,360 Speaker 5: She passed away a few hours later. Needless to say, 566 00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:42,360 Speaker 5: she left me and her son with a priceless gift. 567 00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:46,279 Speaker 5: As we go into the break, just imagine that your 568 00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:49,520 Speaker 5: loved ones are all around you. They've been with you, 569 00:38:49,840 --> 00:38:53,399 Speaker 5: they haven't left you. They are cheering you on. From 570 00:38:53,400 --> 00:38:57,680 Speaker 5: that invisible space around. I always say life is an 571 00:38:57,800 --> 00:39:02,120 Speaker 5: education for the soul, but never know how big our 572 00:39:02,280 --> 00:39:06,680 Speaker 5: cheering committee is. While we're here, we'll be right back. 573 00:39:07,160 --> 00:39:10,880 Speaker 5: You're listening to Shades of the Afterlife on the iHeartRadio 574 00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:15,200 Speaker 5: and Coast to Coast AM Paranormal Podcast Network. 575 00:39:22,520 --> 00:39:25,520 Speaker 6: Stay right there, there's more Sandra coming right out. 576 00:39:30,920 --> 00:39:34,279 Speaker 7: Hey, it's the Wizard of Weird Joshua P. Warren. Don't 577 00:39:34,320 --> 00:39:38,120 Speaker 7: forget to check out my show Strange Things each week 578 00:39:38,320 --> 00:39:41,239 Speaker 7: as I bring you the world of the truly amazing 579 00:39:41,320 --> 00:39:45,480 Speaker 7: and bizarre right here on the iHeartRadio and Coast to 580 00:39:45,560 --> 00:40:00,400 Speaker 7: Coast AM Paranormal Podcast Network. 581 00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:04,200 Speaker 8: It's keep it right here on the iHeart Radio and 582 00:40:04,360 --> 00:40:17,720 Speaker 8: Coast to Coast AM Paranormal Podcast Network. 583 00:40:22,760 --> 00:40:25,960 Speaker 5: Welcome back to Shades of the Afterlife. I'm Sandra Champlain 584 00:40:26,160 --> 00:40:31,080 Speaker 5: and we are sharing listeners stories and of course, if 585 00:40:31,120 --> 00:40:34,520 Speaker 5: you have a story for me, please write me. I'd 586 00:40:34,560 --> 00:40:37,399 Speaker 5: love to share it. We all need evidence that our 587 00:40:37,400 --> 00:40:41,000 Speaker 5: loved ones have gone on. And yes, so many times 588 00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:43,919 Speaker 5: we hear from somebody that's written a book or has 589 00:40:43,960 --> 00:40:45,239 Speaker 5: a podcast or. 590 00:40:45,320 --> 00:40:45,960 Speaker 2: Was it a movie? 591 00:40:46,520 --> 00:40:50,839 Speaker 5: But what about the regular guys and girls? Do things happen? Yes, 592 00:40:51,360 --> 00:40:55,279 Speaker 5: they do. Our loved ones are around us, and they 593 00:40:55,320 --> 00:40:58,120 Speaker 5: want us to know that they are alive, that we'll 594 00:40:58,120 --> 00:41:01,480 Speaker 5: see them again, and of course that their love for 595 00:41:01,640 --> 00:41:06,280 Speaker 5: us never dies. So this is from Joanna, She says, Hi, Sandra, 596 00:41:06,719 --> 00:41:11,000 Speaker 5: as you can imagine, my intuition has opened up and improved, 597 00:41:11,360 --> 00:41:14,520 Speaker 5: and my bond in this new form of relationship with 598 00:41:14,600 --> 00:41:19,480 Speaker 5: my loved one has strengthened. Yesterday evening before the Sunday 599 00:41:19,520 --> 00:41:24,120 Speaker 5: Gatherings medium demonstration, I had a tingle in my ear 600 00:41:24,760 --> 00:41:27,880 Speaker 5: and I knew instantly that I have just been told 601 00:41:28,320 --> 00:41:32,280 Speaker 5: I will be there. And before Chris started, I knew 602 00:41:32,440 --> 00:41:36,959 Speaker 5: it again because my heart was pounding, and I got 603 00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:40,839 Speaker 5: the reading, and another thing happened some time ago. I 604 00:41:40,880 --> 00:41:44,719 Speaker 5: am a lucid dreamer. At least I can well disguise 605 00:41:44,880 --> 00:41:49,280 Speaker 5: my own dreams from dream visitations. But I'm still learning. 606 00:41:50,080 --> 00:41:52,920 Speaker 5: I once had a dream that blew my mind. It 607 00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:58,480 Speaker 5: was somehow Sonia Ranaldi's set up her presentation for which 608 00:41:58,560 --> 00:42:01,719 Speaker 5: I signed up for, and that was used by my 609 00:42:01,840 --> 00:42:05,480 Speaker 5: loved one. For that specific dream, I had a pre 610 00:42:05,640 --> 00:42:09,759 Speaker 5: information from my loved one about the fact that there 611 00:42:09,800 --> 00:42:13,200 Speaker 5: will be a kind of lottery tickets will be sold 612 00:42:13,320 --> 00:42:18,239 Speaker 5: for Sonya andaldi that someone could win. Note Sandra, this 613 00:42:18,480 --> 00:42:22,680 Speaker 5: was long before you announced it. I dreamed this before, 614 00:42:23,040 --> 00:42:26,480 Speaker 5: and in that dream I was able to receive a ticket. 615 00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:30,719 Speaker 5: So I had this ticket. And although everything was almost over, 616 00:42:31,040 --> 00:42:34,360 Speaker 5: an assistant of Sonya's said that she will turn on 617 00:42:34,440 --> 00:42:38,520 Speaker 5: the projector at some point. When she flipped through the images, 618 00:42:39,040 --> 00:42:42,520 Speaker 5: there was one and I said, stop, it reminds me 619 00:42:42,600 --> 00:42:45,319 Speaker 5: of my room. It was from the bathroom, and there 620 00:42:45,360 --> 00:42:48,000 Speaker 5: was a mirror which I looked at, and all of 621 00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:51,160 Speaker 5: a sudden, my loved one appeared in that mirror with 622 00:42:51,239 --> 00:42:55,520 Speaker 5: a huge smile. In that moment, there was no time 623 00:42:55,640 --> 00:43:00,839 Speaker 5: left for questions or amazement. The sheer joy was too 624 00:43:00,880 --> 00:43:05,080 Speaker 5: outstanding and just pulled me in that feeling which was 625 00:43:05,200 --> 00:43:09,680 Speaker 5: overwhelming and beyond words or feelings that I know from here. 626 00:43:10,360 --> 00:43:13,560 Speaker 5: I will never forget this, and of course I will 627 00:43:13,640 --> 00:43:16,720 Speaker 5: keep this forever in my heart. But it's not about 628 00:43:16,719 --> 00:43:20,040 Speaker 5: me or my dream story. With this, I just wanted 629 00:43:20,080 --> 00:43:24,040 Speaker 5: to let you know how ingenious and brilliant the spirit 630 00:43:24,120 --> 00:43:28,800 Speaker 5: world also works with you, with the contents, the people 631 00:43:28,960 --> 00:43:31,880 Speaker 5: their projects involved. Isn't this crazy? 632 00:43:31,960 --> 00:43:32,480 Speaker 2: Somehow? 633 00:43:32,880 --> 00:43:37,960 Speaker 5: It's beyond imagination? How many are involved in your project? 634 00:43:38,640 --> 00:43:42,200 Speaker 5: Here and beyond, and on what different layers. It is 635 00:43:42,280 --> 00:43:46,680 Speaker 5: also beyond words to count all the stories, moments, wisdom 636 00:43:46,960 --> 00:43:50,279 Speaker 5: you create by doing what you're doing. Thank you so 637 00:43:50,280 --> 00:43:53,839 Speaker 5: so much. It's wonderful that you are who you are 638 00:43:54,200 --> 00:43:57,840 Speaker 5: and how dedicated you work. I appreciate your reminders and 639 00:43:57,920 --> 00:44:01,360 Speaker 5: all the extras and all the services you provide. You 640 00:44:01,400 --> 00:44:04,040 Speaker 5: are a giver, a sharer, and it is great to 641 00:44:04,080 --> 00:44:06,960 Speaker 5: see you in action, being so full of life, present 642 00:44:07,160 --> 00:44:11,279 Speaker 5: and with enthusiasm. It's contagious, uplifting, and you have what 643 00:44:11,360 --> 00:44:14,080 Speaker 5: it takes to be a role model. Your dad, your 644 00:44:14,120 --> 00:44:18,960 Speaker 5: spirit team must be cheering you on and celebrating you permanently, 645 00:44:19,600 --> 00:44:22,160 Speaker 5: just as many of us do here. I wish you 646 00:44:22,280 --> 00:44:25,279 Speaker 5: lots of inspiration for all the things to come, and 647 00:44:25,360 --> 00:44:28,000 Speaker 5: I'm happy you have a great community that supports and 648 00:44:28,040 --> 00:44:33,440 Speaker 5: appreciates you. Best wishes from Switzerland, Joanna, Oh, that is 649 00:44:33,560 --> 00:44:34,560 Speaker 5: so nice. 650 00:44:34,800 --> 00:44:35,040 Speaker 6: You know. 651 00:44:35,600 --> 00:44:38,839 Speaker 5: I enjoy doing this and these stories make just as 652 00:44:38,920 --> 00:44:41,759 Speaker 5: much of a difference as they do to you, they 653 00:44:41,840 --> 00:44:45,200 Speaker 5: do it for me. I have had those instances though 654 00:44:45,760 --> 00:44:50,120 Speaker 5: that things seem like coincidences, but I don't think they are, 655 00:44:50,440 --> 00:44:53,680 Speaker 5: and I think for each episode that I do, there's 656 00:44:53,719 --> 00:44:57,240 Speaker 5: somebody whispering into my ear what I need to talk about. 657 00:44:57,560 --> 00:44:59,560 Speaker 5: We don't need to see the whole path in front 658 00:44:59,560 --> 00:45:02,120 Speaker 5: of us, We just need to take the first step. 659 00:45:02,600 --> 00:45:05,520 Speaker 5: So as if with inspired writing, you know how I 660 00:45:05,600 --> 00:45:08,560 Speaker 5: told you that I just write the word that comes 661 00:45:08,560 --> 00:45:11,640 Speaker 5: to mind. The same thing holds true with everything that 662 00:45:11,719 --> 00:45:14,799 Speaker 5: I do. I just take that first step, and it 663 00:45:14,880 --> 00:45:19,080 Speaker 5: seems like inspiration comes and health is on the way. 664 00:45:19,440 --> 00:45:19,640 Speaker 2: Yeah. 665 00:45:19,680 --> 00:45:22,520 Speaker 5: I couldn't do Shades of the Afterlife alone, I don't think. 666 00:45:23,120 --> 00:45:27,360 Speaker 5: How about another story? This is from Marie. She says, Hi, Sandra, 667 00:45:27,480 --> 00:45:30,359 Speaker 5: I wanted to share my story with you. First of all, 668 00:45:30,360 --> 00:45:32,720 Speaker 5: thank you for what you do. I feel like we're friends. 669 00:45:33,160 --> 00:45:36,640 Speaker 5: You're so down to earth and sincere. Oh, thank you, Marie. 670 00:45:37,120 --> 00:45:40,120 Speaker 5: My story is a simple one. My mom and I 671 00:45:40,239 --> 00:45:43,880 Speaker 5: were very close before she passed many years ago. She 672 00:45:44,000 --> 00:45:47,359 Speaker 5: had a rose bush that never bloomed. We would get 673 00:45:47,360 --> 00:45:50,800 Speaker 5: angry at it for not blooming. The day of her funeral, 674 00:45:51,000 --> 00:45:56,400 Speaker 5: we saw a single pink rose on it. Coincidentally, the 675 00:45:56,560 --> 00:46:01,280 Speaker 5: program at church for her ceremony had a pink rose 676 00:46:01,760 --> 00:46:06,120 Speaker 5: on the front, which we had not chosen. It was random. 677 00:46:06,480 --> 00:46:11,440 Speaker 5: The bush did not bloom again until November the next year, 678 00:46:12,239 --> 00:46:17,840 Speaker 5: the day my son was born. By themselves. These seem random, 679 00:46:18,480 --> 00:46:22,320 Speaker 5: but putting them collectively, it seems like it's my mama 680 00:46:22,600 --> 00:46:25,840 Speaker 5: telling me she is still here with us. The house 681 00:46:26,239 --> 00:46:29,200 Speaker 5: has since been sold, so I can't see the rose 682 00:46:29,239 --> 00:46:33,520 Speaker 5: bush anymore, but now I have found myself seeing pink 683 00:46:33,600 --> 00:46:38,160 Speaker 5: roses at unexpected places. I would love to know if 684 00:46:38,200 --> 00:46:42,880 Speaker 5: anyone else receives signs in plants. Thank you for listening. 685 00:46:43,600 --> 00:46:46,880 Speaker 5: So if you have had a sign and a plant. 686 00:46:46,600 --> 00:46:46,960 Speaker 2: Write me. 687 00:46:47,480 --> 00:46:51,560 Speaker 5: Here's a story from Mary. This is an incredible story 688 00:46:51,600 --> 00:46:54,760 Speaker 5: about how my mother has shown me she's still around. 689 00:46:55,360 --> 00:46:58,480 Speaker 5: It was in twenty thirteen and I had been caring 690 00:46:58,520 --> 00:47:01,880 Speaker 5: for my mother in my home for two years. She 691 00:47:02,000 --> 00:47:05,520 Speaker 5: had dementia and she had only about a six second 692 00:47:05,600 --> 00:47:09,240 Speaker 5: short term memory. She did have a terrific sense of humor, 693 00:47:09,360 --> 00:47:12,120 Speaker 5: and she was a lot of fun even in the 694 00:47:12,200 --> 00:47:16,680 Speaker 5: throes of dementia. She spoke in a series of hilarious 695 00:47:16,719 --> 00:47:20,040 Speaker 5: one liners. I'll fast forward to June, when she was 696 00:47:20,120 --> 00:47:23,719 Speaker 5: actively dying. I had been sitting next to her on 697 00:47:23,760 --> 00:47:27,160 Speaker 5: her bed, holding her hand and watching her breathe in 698 00:47:27,239 --> 00:47:29,960 Speaker 5: and out. It was around four thirty in the morning 699 00:47:30,239 --> 00:47:33,680 Speaker 5: when she took her last breath. That very second, the 700 00:47:33,760 --> 00:47:37,759 Speaker 5: TV in her room turned bright blue and said complete 701 00:47:38,000 --> 00:47:42,800 Speaker 5: signal loss. I was still holding her hand and felt 702 00:47:43,000 --> 00:47:47,720 Speaker 5: what I can only describe as bubbles or marbles passing 703 00:47:47,760 --> 00:47:51,160 Speaker 5: through our hands. I've been searching for answers to what 704 00:47:51,200 --> 00:47:54,759 Speaker 5: I felt since then. When her TV turned blue and 705 00:47:54,840 --> 00:47:59,279 Speaker 5: said complete signal loss, I immediately thought that that was 706 00:47:59,360 --> 00:48:04,400 Speaker 5: her being funny. Shortly after her death, I started collecting 707 00:48:04,520 --> 00:48:10,040 Speaker 5: hands or clasped hand jewelry because it reminded me of 708 00:48:10,040 --> 00:48:14,120 Speaker 5: that experience. I found a beautiful gold ring that was 709 00:48:14,160 --> 00:48:17,840 Speaker 5: shaped like a hand, and it had a green emerald 710 00:48:17,880 --> 00:48:20,880 Speaker 5: on one of the fingers of the hand. My mom 711 00:48:21,239 --> 00:48:25,640 Speaker 5: loved emeralds, so I bought it and paid four hundred 712 00:48:25,800 --> 00:48:29,319 Speaker 5: for it. I wore it regularly until I had to 713 00:48:29,400 --> 00:48:32,200 Speaker 5: sell it to get some money to help out one 714 00:48:32,239 --> 00:48:35,400 Speaker 5: of our kids. So I sold it on eBay for 715 00:48:35,520 --> 00:48:39,120 Speaker 5: five hundred and shipped it off to the buyer with 716 00:48:39,160 --> 00:48:43,600 Speaker 5: a heavy and sad heart. Five days later, I received 717 00:48:43,600 --> 00:48:46,920 Speaker 5: a message from that buyer saying he didn't want it 718 00:48:46,960 --> 00:48:51,360 Speaker 5: anymore and wanted his money back, so he sent it back. 719 00:48:52,120 --> 00:48:56,000 Speaker 5: I was secretly thrilled, but three months later I had 720 00:48:56,000 --> 00:48:59,200 Speaker 5: to sell it again, and this time I pawned it. 721 00:49:00,000 --> 00:49:03,680 Speaker 5: And then shortly after that I ran into my old 722 00:49:03,760 --> 00:49:08,560 Speaker 5: babysitter from fifteen years earlier, who asked me for my 723 00:49:08,640 --> 00:49:12,000 Speaker 5: address because she said she had a surprise to send 724 00:49:12,080 --> 00:49:15,759 Speaker 5: to me. I waited for a package from her, and 725 00:49:15,920 --> 00:49:20,160 Speaker 5: five days later it came. It was a ring that 726 00:49:20,200 --> 00:49:24,400 Speaker 5: my mom had bought me in Aruba twenty years earlier. 727 00:49:25,320 --> 00:49:29,680 Speaker 5: Apparently eighteen years ago. My daughter, who was three at 728 00:49:29,680 --> 00:49:33,960 Speaker 5: the time, wore that ring to the babysitters and lost 729 00:49:34,000 --> 00:49:38,880 Speaker 5: it over there, and the babysitter found the ring years 730 00:49:38,960 --> 00:49:42,839 Speaker 5: later in the bottom of the toy box and kept it. 731 00:49:44,000 --> 00:49:48,960 Speaker 5: I believe my mom was sending me a message returning 732 00:49:49,080 --> 00:49:51,480 Speaker 5: the ring. I'd like to read to you one more 733 00:49:51,640 --> 00:49:55,880 Speaker 5: piece of inspired writing that I wrote back in twenty sixteen. 734 00:49:56,520 --> 00:49:59,520 Speaker 5: A young robin in the garden has such a sweet song. 735 00:50:00,080 --> 00:50:03,319 Speaker 5: The early morning comes, the sun begins to wake up, 736 00:50:03,360 --> 00:50:07,120 Speaker 5: and the robin believes he has the most important task 737 00:50:07,280 --> 00:50:11,520 Speaker 5: of song. He is young and not well versed. However, 738 00:50:12,120 --> 00:50:16,279 Speaker 5: he has witnessed countless robin elders singing their songs to 739 00:50:16,320 --> 00:50:20,200 Speaker 5: the world. On this day, the young robin realizes he 740 00:50:20,320 --> 00:50:23,000 Speaker 5: is all alone there's no one else there to do 741 00:50:23,040 --> 00:50:26,520 Speaker 5: the singing. Fear creeps in and the young Robin worries 742 00:50:27,160 --> 00:50:30,760 Speaker 5: what his song might sound like. Will it be good enough? 743 00:50:31,160 --> 00:50:34,480 Speaker 5: Will it inspire? Will it be enough to wake up 744 00:50:34,520 --> 00:50:37,960 Speaker 5: the sun and wake up the world. The whole of 745 00:50:38,000 --> 00:50:41,919 Speaker 5: the earth seems to go quiet for young Robin. Then 746 00:50:42,080 --> 00:50:46,399 Speaker 5: in a flash, the most beautiful female robin flies by, 747 00:50:47,120 --> 00:50:52,280 Speaker 5: without warning, without free meditation, without thought, The young Robin 748 00:50:52,400 --> 00:50:56,320 Speaker 5: belts out a beautiful song from deep in his lungs. 749 00:50:56,480 --> 00:51:01,080 Speaker 5: The tune is carried far and wide. Then sunrises, and 750 00:51:01,120 --> 00:51:05,919 Speaker 5: the young Robin knows he has incredible power. For you 751 00:51:06,239 --> 00:51:09,040 Speaker 5: and for me, it is much the same. We can 752 00:51:09,080 --> 00:51:12,800 Speaker 5: spend so much time wondering if our song is enough. 753 00:51:13,640 --> 00:51:17,919 Speaker 5: We are enough. However, when we allow love to fill 754 00:51:18,000 --> 00:51:23,480 Speaker 5: our souls, our songs must be sung. The power is 755 00:51:23,520 --> 00:51:28,600 Speaker 5: ours to lift the sun from the darkness, move mountains 756 00:51:28,640 --> 00:51:34,000 Speaker 5: across the land, and create heaven on earth. Love is 757 00:51:34,080 --> 00:51:37,800 Speaker 5: the answer. Love is the answer. But what is the question. 758 00:51:38,400 --> 00:51:40,840 Speaker 5: That's for each one of us to decide. Do you 759 00:51:40,880 --> 00:51:45,880 Speaker 5: want to try this inspired writing? Take some time to yourself, 760 00:51:46,360 --> 00:51:50,520 Speaker 5: quiet your mind, say a loving prayer to those around you, 761 00:51:51,400 --> 00:51:55,120 Speaker 5: and just put that pen to paper or those fingers 762 00:51:55,200 --> 00:52:00,080 Speaker 5: to the keyboard. Don't expect, don't anticipate, Just be in 763 00:52:00,120 --> 00:52:04,160 Speaker 5: that present moment. Whatever words come to mind, write them 764 00:52:04,239 --> 00:52:07,319 Speaker 5: as you hear them in your mind. It may take 765 00:52:07,400 --> 00:52:10,880 Speaker 5: some practice, it may take some time. In the beginning, 766 00:52:10,960 --> 00:52:15,360 Speaker 5: it might be ninety nine percent you one percent your inspirers. 767 00:52:15,920 --> 00:52:18,680 Speaker 5: But in time you get to give a voice to 768 00:52:18,760 --> 00:52:22,919 Speaker 5: your loved ones and your soul. Remember to come visit 769 00:52:23,000 --> 00:52:27,040 Speaker 5: me if we don't die dot com. I'm Sandra Champlain. 770 00:52:27,719 --> 00:52:31,160 Speaker 5: Thank you so much for listening to Shades of the 771 00:52:31,200 --> 00:52:36,319 Speaker 5: Afterlife on the iHeartRadio and Coast to Coast AM Paranormal 772 00:52:36,560 --> 00:52:37,920 Speaker 5: Podcast Network. 773 00:52:41,640 --> 00:52:44,279 Speaker 1: And if you like this episode of Shades of the Afterlife, 774 00:52:44,320 --> 00:52:46,719 Speaker 1: wait until you hear the next one. Thank you for 775 00:52:46,840 --> 00:52:50,080 Speaker 1: listening to the iHeartRadio and Coast to Coast AM Paranormal 776 00:52:50,160 --> 00:52:51,280 Speaker 1: Podcast Network.