1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:03,080 Speaker 1: And you're here. Thanks for choosing the I Heart Radio 2 00:00:03,120 --> 00:00:06,200 Speaker 1: and Coast to Coast a and paranormal podcast network. Your 3 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:10,080 Speaker 1: quest for podcasts of the paranormal, supernatural, and the unexplained 4 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:13,160 Speaker 1: ends here. We invite you to enjoy all our shows 5 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:15,880 Speaker 1: we have on this network, and right now, let's start 6 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:24,079 Speaker 1: with Sandra sham Plain. Welcome to our podcast. Please be 7 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:27,320 Speaker 1: aware of the thoughts and opinions expressed by the host 8 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 1: are their thoughts and opinions only and do not reflect 9 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:34,560 Speaker 1: those of I Heart Media, I Heart Radio, Coast to 10 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:39,879 Speaker 1: Coast AM employees of premier networks, or their sponsors and associates. 11 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:42,600 Speaker 1: We would like to encourage you to do your own 12 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 1: research and discover the subject matter for yourself. Hi, I'm 13 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:56,000 Speaker 1: Sanders Champlain. For almost twenty five years, I've been on 14 00:00:56,040 --> 00:00:59,440 Speaker 1: a journey to prove the existence of life after death. 15 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:03,160 Speaker 1: On each episode, will discuss the reasons we now know 16 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:07,560 Speaker 1: that our loved ones have survived physical death and so 17 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:12,400 Speaker 1: will we. Welcome to Shades of the Afterlife. A lady 18 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:16,280 Speaker 1: wrote me months ago, and within an email, she wanted 19 00:01:16,319 --> 00:01:20,480 Speaker 1: me to convince her of the reality of the afterlife. 20 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:23,679 Speaker 1: She did not want to listen to the show. She 21 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:26,479 Speaker 1: did not want to read a free copy of my book, 22 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:30,479 Speaker 1: but within this email she wanted me to convince her. 23 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:34,039 Speaker 1: So believe it or not. I tried to give her 24 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:38,440 Speaker 1: what I knew in an email, and it was rather lengthy, 25 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:42,000 Speaker 1: as you can imagine. She wrote back and she just 26 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:46,560 Speaker 1: didn't buy it. Well, I knew that deep down inside 27 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:50,320 Speaker 1: we can't just have one conversation and that you get 28 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 1: it all. I truly believe that learning about the afterlife 29 00:01:56,520 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 1: is part of a spiritual journey that we all go on. 30 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:03,559 Speaker 1: You know, when we were kids, we didn't care about 31 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 1: learning about the afterlife. However, we get to a certain 32 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:11,320 Speaker 1: age and we start questioning the nature of reality. If 33 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:13,680 Speaker 1: we do have a loved one die or a pet, 34 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:17,839 Speaker 1: it's really profound, or it can be the more we love, 35 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 1: the more it hurts. Did they go on? There is 36 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 1: a pine tree that grows many parts of the world, 37 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 1: and the only way it can reproduce is under the 38 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 1: heat of intense forest fires. The pine cones dropped to 39 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:39,640 Speaker 1: the ground and when this intense temperature hits the area 40 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 1: and everything is burned to a crisp well not everything. 41 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:49,800 Speaker 1: Those really high temperatures make the pine cone burst open 42 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:53,920 Speaker 1: and allow new growth. And I believe for some of 43 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:57,720 Speaker 1: us it is the intense pain of grief that can 44 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 1: crack us open and have us start look for answers. 45 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:06,080 Speaker 1: The evidence of the afterlife and believing in the afterlife 46 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:09,360 Speaker 1: is part of a journey we go on. It's building 47 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:14,040 Speaker 1: a relationship with our soul, with the folks in the 48 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:19,280 Speaker 1: unseen world, with our loved ones, getting signs, doing research. 49 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 1: I wish I could have given her what she wanted 50 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 1: in that email, but I couldn't. On this episode today, 51 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:32,639 Speaker 1: I want to share more afterlife stories, and they're all short. 52 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:37,280 Speaker 1: They're not from people who have written books. They are 53 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:41,520 Speaker 1: not from people who talk on big stages. They're from 54 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:46,680 Speaker 1: regular people. Some of the best stories I get are 55 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:51,040 Speaker 1: actually on YouTube. Many people have videos about their near 56 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:58,000 Speaker 1: death experiences or hospice workers talking about people seeing loved 57 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:01,440 Speaker 1: ones at the end of their life, helping them cross 58 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 1: into the afterlife. And so every so often, just to 59 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:12,600 Speaker 1: make myself feel good and hear these stories, I'll read 60 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:17,560 Speaker 1: them in the comments under YouTube videos. Many of these 61 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:22,680 Speaker 1: stories made me smile today. And even though I have 62 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:27,360 Speaker 1: been on this adventure, this discovery of the afterlife, I 63 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:29,520 Speaker 1: still wake up in the morning as a human being 64 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:35,159 Speaker 1: with my own fear and struggles and issues in a 65 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 1: big to do list, and I forget that we are 66 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:41,920 Speaker 1: souls having a human experience. So I think it's important, 67 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:45,560 Speaker 1: whether listening to the show or doing your own research 68 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:49,120 Speaker 1: or being on your own spiritual journey, it's important to 69 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:52,279 Speaker 1: have something regular in your life. And maybe you have 70 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:55,800 Speaker 1: some books by your bedside that you're reading a chapter 71 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:59,920 Speaker 1: every night or something, but all of those are reminder 72 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 1: is that we all need to remember who we are. 73 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:06,599 Speaker 1: So I'm just going to share some short stories. That's 74 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:09,840 Speaker 1: all I'm gonna do on this episode, and you let 75 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:12,400 Speaker 1: me know if you like did they make a difference. 76 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:16,560 Speaker 1: Remember you can always email me Sandra Champlaine at gmail 77 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:19,920 Speaker 1: dot com and I will get back to you. So 78 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 1: let's listen to some stories. First. Our last episode nine 79 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:27,480 Speaker 1: one was on for the Love of Pets and Animals 80 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:31,160 Speaker 1: in the Afterlife, and these just kind of touched my heart. 81 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 1: This is from Catherine. My mom looked out the window 82 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:39,760 Speaker 1: of her hospice room and she said she saw all 83 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:43,280 Speaker 1: the dogs she had during her entire life, from the 84 00:05:43,279 --> 00:05:46,560 Speaker 1: time she was a child playing outside of the courtyard. 85 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:52,000 Speaker 1: She looked so happy and smiled, and then she passed away. 86 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:58,000 Speaker 1: And from Lorraine. My father's face lit up as he 87 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:01,120 Speaker 1: was dying, and he pointed who a dog he had 88 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:04,080 Speaker 1: when he was little, And then he saw his mom 89 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:08,320 Speaker 1: and dad with this little dog. He was smiling so much, 90 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:11,719 Speaker 1: and he was so excited and asked us if we 91 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:15,880 Speaker 1: could see them. We pretended that we could. It gave 92 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:19,880 Speaker 1: us great comfort, and then he passed away. And this 93 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:23,599 Speaker 1: one from Susan. I have heard of near death experiences 94 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:27,360 Speaker 1: from people who saw their childhood dogs. One guy saw 95 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:29,880 Speaker 1: his cat and he's happy to know that he will 96 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:34,520 Speaker 1: get to play with her again. Another lady said animals 97 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:38,320 Speaker 1: and dogs were all over the place, playing in colorful fields. 98 00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:42,200 Speaker 1: And she said she doesn't even like dogs, but there 99 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:46,200 Speaker 1: they are. When my little dog died at seventeen, I 100 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:48,520 Speaker 1: was ready to jump out of a window. I was 101 00:06:48,640 --> 00:06:52,440 Speaker 1: so sad. But about a week after she died, she 102 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:55,400 Speaker 1: came back to visit me in a dream as clear 103 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 1: as day. It was so real that I bent down 104 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:01,799 Speaker 1: and picked her up. And then I noticed my dad, 105 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:05,640 Speaker 1: who had suddenly died a year earlier. I said, Daddy, look, 106 00:07:05,839 --> 00:07:09,960 Speaker 1: Spike is back. She's back. When I woke up. I 107 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:13,239 Speaker 1: felt the happiest I had in a very long time. 108 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:16,680 Speaker 1: Many of us realize that grief can take us to 109 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 1: such a dark place that it is common for some 110 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:23,600 Speaker 1: people to think about taking their own life. Please be 111 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:27,400 Speaker 1: sure to listen to the end of episode when I 112 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:32,800 Speaker 1: talk about grief. Grief can do some very painful things 113 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:36,840 Speaker 1: to us, and it's all the depletion of all the 114 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:40,600 Speaker 1: healthy neurotransmitters going through us. It can bring us to 115 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:45,200 Speaker 1: a very deep, dark and dangerous place. If you haven't 116 00:07:45,280 --> 00:07:48,800 Speaker 1: yet heard chapter ten of my book, please be sure 117 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:51,440 Speaker 1: to get a free copy of it at the store 118 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:55,840 Speaker 1: that We Don't Die dot com find the audio book 119 00:07:55,960 --> 00:07:59,600 Speaker 1: We Don't Die use coupon code free. And it's important 120 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:02,920 Speaker 1: to know just some of the automatic thoughts that happened 121 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:06,920 Speaker 1: with us because of the grieving process. So here's another one. 122 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:11,840 Speaker 1: My father passed in He was the most important person 123 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:15,800 Speaker 1: to me, and the grief I was experiencing was I think, 124 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:19,320 Speaker 1: slowly killing me. I was in a complete days for 125 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:23,440 Speaker 1: several days, I could tell that my health was declining rapidly. 126 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:27,200 Speaker 1: One night I was in bed and sobbing so bad 127 00:08:27,280 --> 00:08:30,200 Speaker 1: I could barely breathe. I had thoughts of ending my 128 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:33,760 Speaker 1: own life. In my dream, I was awakened by my 129 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:38,720 Speaker 1: dad as he walked through a wall and into my room. 130 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:43,040 Speaker 1: He stood there, smiling. He looked exactly as he did 131 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:46,720 Speaker 1: in his thirties. He told me that I had to 132 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:51,720 Speaker 1: stop this foolishness about killing myself because it was not 133 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:55,440 Speaker 1: yet my time. He told me to look at him 134 00:08:56,040 --> 00:09:00,199 Speaker 1: to see that he was just fine. I have ever 135 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 1: had a dream that vivid before or since. He said 136 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:08,600 Speaker 1: goodbye and walked back through the wall and he was gone. 137 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:13,400 Speaker 1: I immediately woke up and was calm. From that moment, 138 00:09:14,440 --> 00:09:17,720 Speaker 1: I do believe he was there and sent to deliver 139 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:21,880 Speaker 1: that message to me. Hey, before I continue with these stories, 140 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:23,880 Speaker 1: I just want to share with you some good news. 141 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:26,760 Speaker 1: I had pressed the pause button while I was recording 142 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:30,280 Speaker 1: to find another story, and up popped an email. And 143 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:32,000 Speaker 1: I don't know if you're like me, but when a 144 00:09:32,040 --> 00:09:36,199 Speaker 1: text comes through or email comes through, sometimes we drop 145 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:39,720 Speaker 1: everything and we check. Well. I just did, and it 146 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:44,560 Speaker 1: was an email from Guya TV. Now it was Oh 147 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:49,680 Speaker 1: my gosh. Back in October one, where they flew me 148 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:56,040 Speaker 1: to their studio in Colorado, I had an opportunity to 149 00:09:56,120 --> 00:10:00,360 Speaker 1: record a television show with George Nori of cour Sees, 150 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:03,440 Speaker 1: the host of Coast to Coast, a m for their 151 00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:07,600 Speaker 1: Beyond Belief television show. So, even though it's so many 152 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:12,080 Speaker 1: months later, I just got the email welcoming me to 153 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:17,040 Speaker 1: guy A TV family and that the show is called 154 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:23,800 Speaker 1: Planes of Reality Beyond Death. It is season nineteen, episode fourteen, 155 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:28,880 Speaker 1: and it's now available to stream on demand. So if 156 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:32,280 Speaker 1: you're a Guya user, you can go to Gaya dot 157 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:36,880 Speaker 1: com g a i a dot com, or if you're 158 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:40,440 Speaker 1: not a user, they give you a free subscription for 159 00:10:40,559 --> 00:10:43,679 Speaker 1: a week and after the week if you want to continue, 160 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:46,360 Speaker 1: it's twelve dollars a month, and I think a hundred 161 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:49,400 Speaker 1: dollars for a year. But Guya is one of those 162 00:10:49,720 --> 00:10:53,440 Speaker 1: I call it like a spiritual Netflix that has so much. 163 00:10:53,559 --> 00:10:56,840 Speaker 1: They say they have over eight thousand different shows and 164 00:10:57,360 --> 00:11:02,720 Speaker 1: movies and classes and things. Anyways, I just want to 165 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:06,160 Speaker 1: share that with you. You're the first to hear I 166 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:09,000 Speaker 1: haven't watched the episode yet. You know, I don't know 167 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:10,640 Speaker 1: if you're like me, but it's kind of hard to 168 00:11:10,679 --> 00:11:14,160 Speaker 1: see yourself on television. We're on a video or sometimes 169 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:17,440 Speaker 1: in pictures and sometimes listen because you say don't really 170 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:20,160 Speaker 1: look like that, don't really sound like that. What I 171 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:23,319 Speaker 1: do remember from the episode is the folks that Gaya 172 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:26,520 Speaker 1: were so great and they were so generous, and they 173 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:29,119 Speaker 1: really took care of me so that I feel comfortable. 174 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:33,120 Speaker 1: And of course George Nori is a wonderful host. I 175 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:36,240 Speaker 1: had this experience of being in the zone. They asked 176 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:39,000 Speaker 1: me a whole bunch of questions that George could ask 177 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:42,040 Speaker 1: me ahead of time, and of course he didn't ask 178 00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:44,360 Speaker 1: me any of them. He just asked what he wanted 179 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:47,680 Speaker 1: to ask. So I had to be really present in 180 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:51,679 Speaker 1: the moment. And I tell you what, it flew by, 181 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:54,080 Speaker 1: and I was so present that I'm not even sure 182 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:56,360 Speaker 1: what I said. So if you want to check it out, 183 00:11:56,679 --> 00:11:58,160 Speaker 1: I'd love it if you saw it and let me 184 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:00,920 Speaker 1: know what you think. And I'm also going to check 185 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:04,120 Speaker 1: it out. If you're not part of our Facebook group yet, 186 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:05,720 Speaker 1: I just want to let you know. If you go 187 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:08,640 Speaker 1: to we Don't Die dot com click on Facebook group, 188 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:12,120 Speaker 1: that's a great place to meet others and talk to 189 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:15,400 Speaker 1: me and share where you can email me. Simple as that. 190 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:19,240 Speaker 1: Thank you for letting me share that. I'm excited. I 191 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:22,360 Speaker 1: really am. It's a big deal. So we're going to 192 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:24,840 Speaker 1: go into the break and then I promise you I 193 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:28,120 Speaker 1: will tell you more stories and I won't be sidetracked 194 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:30,719 Speaker 1: and take breaks and check my email and things like that. 195 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:34,479 Speaker 1: I promise. But you know, they call it bright shiny 196 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:38,560 Speaker 1: object syndrome. Sometimes we human beings just get so excited 197 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:42,280 Speaker 1: we have to stop and pay attention. So we'll be 198 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:45,600 Speaker 1: right back. You're listening to Shades of the Afterlife on 199 00:12:45,679 --> 00:12:48,960 Speaker 1: the I Heart Radio and Coast to Coast AM Paranormal 200 00:12:49,080 --> 00:13:09,920 Speaker 1: Podcast Network. Welcome back to Shades of the Afterlife. I'm 201 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:14,280 Speaker 1: Sander Champlain and I think I'm titling this episode. More stories, 202 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:20,800 Speaker 1: just simple short stories from regular people about the afterlife. 203 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:24,120 Speaker 1: Here's the next one. This is from Jacqueline. When my 204 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:27,040 Speaker 1: aunt was dying, we were told that as she took 205 00:13:27,040 --> 00:13:30,079 Speaker 1: her last breath, she sat up and held out her 206 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:32,760 Speaker 1: arms with a big smile on her face, and just 207 00:13:32,840 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 1: said one word. Joe. Josephine was the name of her daughter, 208 00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:41,600 Speaker 1: my cousin, who had died a few years earlier. My 209 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:46,960 Speaker 1: aunt always called her Joe, and from t J. Having 210 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:50,400 Speaker 1: died myself when I was twenty one after my coal 211 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:53,560 Speaker 1: and ruptured and being a health care worker for the 212 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:58,080 Speaker 1: past fourteen years. I can promise you that those we 213 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:02,360 Speaker 1: love come to collect us. My Grandpa came for me. 214 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:06,800 Speaker 1: I was on the operating room table, looked up and 215 00:14:06,840 --> 00:14:09,880 Speaker 1: there he was at the foot of my bed. He 216 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:13,400 Speaker 1: gently touched my foot, and in an instant we were 217 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:17,840 Speaker 1: surrounded by this indescribable white light, filled with the most 218 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:22,240 Speaker 1: wonderful emotion you could possibly imagine. We embraced for what 219 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:26,280 Speaker 1: felt like an eternity, and all the physical agony I 220 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:29,600 Speaker 1: was in was gone. But then he looked at me 221 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:33,200 Speaker 1: and told me I can't stay, that I still had 222 00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:36,520 Speaker 1: too much work to do on Earth. And suddenly I 223 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:40,080 Speaker 1: started falling backwards and I was screaming because I did 224 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:44,480 Speaker 1: not want to go back. I never felt such beautiful love, 225 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:49,080 Speaker 1: peace and pure joy. But you know it's not up 226 00:14:49,120 --> 00:14:52,440 Speaker 1: to us. I'm now forty eight years old, yet that 227 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:56,760 Speaker 1: memory remains as fresh as the moment it happened. I 228 00:14:56,800 --> 00:14:59,680 Speaker 1: don't care if others believe me or not. I know 229 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:03,240 Speaker 1: what I experienced was real, and it gave me a 230 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:06,880 Speaker 1: new appreciation for death. As now I know it is 231 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:10,440 Speaker 1: not an ending, merely a transition to the next life 232 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:14,800 Speaker 1: that awaits us and it is all really true. I 233 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:18,440 Speaker 1: love hearing these near death experienced stories. And one thing 234 00:15:18,520 --> 00:15:22,760 Speaker 1: they all say is it's more vivid than any memory 235 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:26,720 Speaker 1: that they have. Could you imagine? And they all feel 236 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:30,520 Speaker 1: this indescribable love and for the rest of their lives 237 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:34,120 Speaker 1: they do not fear death. All right. Here's the next one. 238 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:37,400 Speaker 1: This is from Carol. I was a hospice nurse and 239 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:40,920 Speaker 1: a facility and one weekend I had two separate patients 240 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:45,760 Speaker 1: at opposite ends of the facility who were both going 241 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:49,760 Speaker 1: to pass on, and both of them said they saw 242 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:54,200 Speaker 1: a big ship with streamers and people waving to them. 243 00:15:54,280 --> 00:15:57,440 Speaker 1: I got asked by both do you see the ship 244 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:02,200 Speaker 1: they were both waving. Both ladies died within several hours 245 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:05,560 Speaker 1: of each other. And the amazing thing is that they 246 00:16:05,560 --> 00:16:08,760 Speaker 1: had the same experience, but they didn't know each other 247 00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:12,920 Speaker 1: and they didn't know what the other had seen. I 248 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:17,040 Speaker 1: love that. This is from Shannon. My husband had stage 249 00:16:17,080 --> 00:16:20,920 Speaker 1: four rectal cancer. He fought his battle for two years. 250 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:24,760 Speaker 1: His last few days were very difficult for all of us. 251 00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:28,440 Speaker 1: Hospice had a bed set up in our family room, 252 00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:32,520 Speaker 1: close to the kitchen and downstairs bathroom. The day before 253 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:35,240 Speaker 1: he died, I asked him, what are we going to 254 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:39,760 Speaker 1: do today? He responded, I'm going to die. I'm sorry. 255 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:44,480 Speaker 1: It completely broke my heart. The next eighteen hours with 256 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:47,800 Speaker 1: the hardest thing I have ever lived through. He was 257 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:52,480 Speaker 1: speaking gibberish, he was gasping for air, he was sweating profusely. 258 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:56,360 Speaker 1: He kept thrashing around in the bed. I was alone 259 00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:59,760 Speaker 1: with him, and at that moment I was beside myself. 260 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:05,200 Speaker 1: I started to sob. In that moment, he stopped, looked 261 00:17:05,240 --> 00:17:09,960 Speaker 1: me in my eyes and with total clarity, said, don't panic, 262 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:13,960 Speaker 1: my dad is here. I took a deep breath and 263 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:17,400 Speaker 1: tried to get myself together. I did the hardest thing 264 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:21,120 Speaker 1: I ever had to do. I told him it's ok 265 00:17:21,320 --> 00:17:25,320 Speaker 1: to let go. I understand you have to go. If 266 00:17:25,359 --> 00:17:27,800 Speaker 1: your dad is here, that's great, and it's OK to 267 00:17:27,840 --> 00:17:32,520 Speaker 1: go with him. He died shortly thereafter. And this is 268 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:36,199 Speaker 1: from James. When my grandpa died at eighty, a big 269 00:17:36,359 --> 00:17:40,440 Speaker 1: smile came upon his face and all he could talk 270 00:17:40,480 --> 00:17:45,000 Speaker 1: about is how beautiful the music was. He passed away 271 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:48,320 Speaker 1: with a big smile on his face. And from Glenn, 272 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:51,320 Speaker 1: I watched my mother as she was close to death. 273 00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:54,840 Speaker 1: She was talking to people on the other side. I 274 00:17:54,880 --> 00:17:57,200 Speaker 1: sat on the bed next to her, and she kept 275 00:17:57,240 --> 00:18:01,200 Speaker 1: saying baby, baby to me. I went and I got 276 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:03,840 Speaker 1: my son, who at the time was a baby, and 277 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:07,600 Speaker 1: brought him to her. She looked confused and pointed and 278 00:18:07,640 --> 00:18:11,040 Speaker 1: said baby, and then she looked like she was trying 279 00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:15,080 Speaker 1: to hand me one. So even though I couldn't see 280 00:18:15,080 --> 00:18:18,040 Speaker 1: it and there was nothing in her arms, I took 281 00:18:18,240 --> 00:18:21,879 Speaker 1: the invisible baby. She smiled and went back to sleep. 282 00:18:22,440 --> 00:18:25,240 Speaker 1: It hit me later that she was handing me the 283 00:18:25,320 --> 00:18:28,720 Speaker 1: baby my wife and I lost before our second son 284 00:18:28,880 --> 00:18:32,800 Speaker 1: was born. She passed away shortly thereafter, and I still 285 00:18:32,840 --> 00:18:37,000 Speaker 1: get choked up just thinking about that. So someday I 286 00:18:37,040 --> 00:18:40,320 Speaker 1: will meet the baby who got its wings before we 287 00:18:40,400 --> 00:18:44,320 Speaker 1: could see him or her. And from Lisa. I used 288 00:18:44,320 --> 00:18:47,240 Speaker 1: to be a c N. A late one evening, one 289 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:51,480 Speaker 1: of my widowed female residents was especially happy and animated 290 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:54,879 Speaker 1: and refused to go to bed. At one point I 291 00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:57,600 Speaker 1: asked her what she was doing out of bed, and 292 00:18:57,720 --> 00:19:00,760 Speaker 1: she told me she had to pack because her husband 293 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:04,159 Speaker 1: was there and she had to leave with him. The 294 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:07,119 Speaker 1: next afternoon, when I got to work, I had found 295 00:19:07,119 --> 00:19:11,200 Speaker 1: out she had passed away overnight. And this is from Wade. 296 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:15,000 Speaker 1: My great aunt died before I was born of heart failure. 297 00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:18,240 Speaker 1: She died once and the doctors were able to bring 298 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:22,160 Speaker 1: her back. She got upset with them and asked why 299 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:25,520 Speaker 1: they brought her back. She said they should have let 300 00:19:25,520 --> 00:19:28,360 Speaker 1: her go because she had been walking through the most 301 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:32,480 Speaker 1: beautiful valley and in the center where she walked was 302 00:19:32,520 --> 00:19:36,160 Speaker 1: a field covered with the prettiest flowers she'd ever seen. 303 00:19:37,160 --> 00:19:40,200 Speaker 1: And this person didn't leave their name, but she says, 304 00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:43,679 Speaker 1: I'd like to share. My mom died in night at 305 00:19:43,720 --> 00:19:48,480 Speaker 1: the age of forty six. I was seventeen. Several days before, 306 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:53,280 Speaker 1: she began to sleep longer and longer, until finally they 307 00:19:53,359 --> 00:19:56,800 Speaker 1: told us she was in a coma. Right before this, 308 00:19:57,080 --> 00:20:00,720 Speaker 1: she had had a stroke a week prior, and speech 309 00:20:00,840 --> 00:20:04,639 Speaker 1: was so difficult and frustrating for her. She would just 310 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:08,280 Speaker 1: struggle so hard to try to tell us anything. The 311 00:20:08,359 --> 00:20:12,000 Speaker 1: day that she died, family would come in and out 312 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:15,919 Speaker 1: of her room, except for me. I stayed by her side. 313 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:20,200 Speaker 1: Out of the blue, she woke up, and I mean 314 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:25,320 Speaker 1: wide awake, even though she couldn't talk prior. She looked 315 00:20:25,359 --> 00:20:30,200 Speaker 1: at me and just as clear as a bell, she said, Sharon, 316 00:20:30,720 --> 00:20:33,359 Speaker 1: I want you to know honey, that I've talked with 317 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:37,480 Speaker 1: the Lord and everything's going to be just fine. I 318 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:40,359 Speaker 1: had so much to say, and I wasn't ready for 319 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:44,240 Speaker 1: my mama to die. So much I wanted to tell her, 320 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:48,119 Speaker 1: but she just looked at me and smiled, and literally 321 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:53,280 Speaker 1: within two seconds, her eyes closed and she went What 322 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:56,560 Speaker 1: a gift that was for me, that she met Jesus 323 00:20:56,720 --> 00:20:59,800 Speaker 1: and he said everything was going to be just fine. 324 00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:03,800 Speaker 1: From Helene. Six months after my mom died, I heard 325 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:06,800 Speaker 1: her say to me, high sweetheart, which is what she 326 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:10,960 Speaker 1: always said to me on the phone. She sounded so happy. 327 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:14,120 Speaker 1: I never heard from her again, but that was enough 328 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:17,040 Speaker 1: to let me know that she lives on in some 329 00:21:17,119 --> 00:21:22,000 Speaker 1: form and she went to heaven. From Maggie. My father 330 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:26,240 Speaker 1: had cancer. A bleeding ulcer ended his life. The day 331 00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:29,560 Speaker 1: before he died, I sat at his bedside. He was 332 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:33,520 Speaker 1: looking towards the door. It's beautiful, he said, can't you 333 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:37,560 Speaker 1: see that? And he looked so happy. A priest came 334 00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:40,960 Speaker 1: in to administer last rites. He looked at him and said, oh, 335 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:44,080 Speaker 1: thank you, thank you, just like he'd been cleared for takeoff. 336 00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:49,399 Speaker 1: He was sixty four. From Minerva. My husband passed away 337 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:54,240 Speaker 1: July two thousand, fifteen, and he was smiling the whole 338 00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:58,200 Speaker 1: week before dying, and he was looking upwards all the time, 339 00:21:58,960 --> 00:22:02,720 Speaker 1: And upon asking him who he was smiling to, he answered, 340 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:06,560 Speaker 1: all my loved ones are here. My husband turned his 341 00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:10,359 Speaker 1: head and started to count down the years of his life, 342 00:22:11,119 --> 00:22:14,800 Speaker 1: and when he got to one, he was gone. It 343 00:22:14,920 --> 00:22:18,840 Speaker 1: truly was a beautiful sight to see. And this is 344 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:22,359 Speaker 1: from someone named at Dr Jones. When my mom died, 345 00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:25,280 Speaker 1: she was in a hospital. She died around two in 346 00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:28,600 Speaker 1: the morning on a Saturday. The doctor called us to 347 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:32,440 Speaker 1: let us know. Later, our house got really cold, even 348 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:35,600 Speaker 1: though we had the heaters on full blast. The morning 349 00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:38,639 Speaker 1: of her funeral three days later, I was playing cards 350 00:22:38,680 --> 00:22:41,560 Speaker 1: with my sisters to pass the time. All of a 351 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:45,520 Speaker 1: sudden we were engulfed with a flowery scent. We stopped 352 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:49,639 Speaker 1: playing cards because of the scent. Right away we knew 353 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:52,920 Speaker 1: it was my mom saying goodbye to us. It didn't 354 00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:56,240 Speaker 1: make it easier for me. I did collapse at my 355 00:22:56,320 --> 00:23:00,919 Speaker 1: mom's funeral. Her death affected me greatly, but for a 356 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:06,440 Speaker 1: while she appeared in my dreams looking young again, including 357 00:23:06,600 --> 00:23:09,720 Speaker 1: the last one where she told me she got into 358 00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:13,760 Speaker 1: heaven through the back door. I was relieved to hear that. 359 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:16,680 Speaker 1: I know it sounds a bit crazy, but I believe 360 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:20,240 Speaker 1: Heaven is for real and God is for real and exists. 361 00:23:20,840 --> 00:23:23,960 Speaker 1: This is from Joy. The last week, when my mom 362 00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:27,320 Speaker 1: was dying at my home, she kept asking the hospice 363 00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:30,320 Speaker 1: people to get her best clothes out so she could 364 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:34,720 Speaker 1: decide what to wear. She insisted on a slip, nice 365 00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:39,080 Speaker 1: underwear and everything. Of course, she was bedfast and always 366 00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:43,240 Speaker 1: wore gowns and robes, et cetera. After a while, they 367 00:23:43,320 --> 00:23:46,560 Speaker 1: got tired and tried to redirect her, but she would 368 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:51,480 Speaker 1: insist and say, over and over, don't you understand my 369 00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:54,639 Speaker 1: dad is coming to get thee soon. I need to 370 00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:58,520 Speaker 1: be dressed nicely. My friend's wife was sick with cancer, 371 00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:01,560 Speaker 1: and the wee hours of the morning, this lady, who 372 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:05,439 Speaker 1: couldn't walk and could barely feed herself, started flailing her 373 00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:08,639 Speaker 1: arms around, waking her husband. He asked her what she 374 00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:11,679 Speaker 1: was doing. She shouted, don't you see them? Look at 375 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:15,760 Speaker 1: all the angels. They're everywhere, and they're so beautiful. There 376 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:18,840 Speaker 1: are so many of them. Then she looked like she 377 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:22,800 Speaker 1: was extending her arms to them. She laid down and 378 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:26,880 Speaker 1: passed away. At that very moment, and a story from Melina. 379 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:31,240 Speaker 1: When my grandmother was dying last September, she mentioned seeing 380 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:34,080 Speaker 1: a little boy at the doorway. I asked her who 381 00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:36,119 Speaker 1: he was, and she said it was her little brother 382 00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:39,600 Speaker 1: who died in nineteen thirty three. He had only been 383 00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:42,679 Speaker 1: four years old. She would ask my sisters and I 384 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:45,680 Speaker 1: to give him a glass of milk and sing him 385 00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:50,439 Speaker 1: a song. So we did. The night she passed, she 386 00:24:50,520 --> 00:24:54,360 Speaker 1: kept mentioning that Tony was in the room. We're gonna 387 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:56,840 Speaker 1: go into our break and when we come back, we'll 388 00:24:56,880 --> 00:24:59,720 Speaker 1: have some more stories. You're listening to Shades of the 389 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:02,840 Speaker 1: to Life on the I Heart Radio and Coast to Coast, 390 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:25,119 Speaker 1: a m paranormal podcast network. Welcome back to Shades of 391 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:28,600 Speaker 1: the Afterlife. I'm Sander Champlain, and I am sharing more 392 00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:31,960 Speaker 1: stories before I tell the next one. I just want 393 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:34,159 Speaker 1: to share with you when my dad died, it was 394 00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:38,840 Speaker 1: pretty horrific. He had cancer and it was awful. I 395 00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:41,800 Speaker 1: wish he had seen someone come into the room and 396 00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:44,000 Speaker 1: had a big smile on his face like some of 397 00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:46,640 Speaker 1: these stories, but he was in so much pain from 398 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:50,960 Speaker 1: cancer that he really was drugged up. At his funeral, 399 00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:56,879 Speaker 1: I was somewhat numb, but His funeral took place about 400 00:25:56,920 --> 00:26:00,399 Speaker 1: a month and a half actually after he died. He 401 00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:04,240 Speaker 1: had been cremated six weeks earlier, but that date was 402 00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:07,399 Speaker 1: the only date that everyone could be together. And in 403 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:10,840 Speaker 1: the church, I looked at the end of the row 404 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:14,399 Speaker 1: I was sitting in, and there was my dad, clear 405 00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:18,800 Speaker 1: as clear could be, standing there in a suit and smiling. 406 00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:22,920 Speaker 1: And I was dumb because it was a really painful 407 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:26,240 Speaker 1: time for me. But there was just his reassurance that 408 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:29,000 Speaker 1: he's not gone, because he's right there. I mean, it 409 00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:33,040 Speaker 1: was so clear, more clear than any dream that I've had. 410 00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:36,399 Speaker 1: He was right there. And then I just want to 411 00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:40,320 Speaker 1: tell you another story. I had a friend whose husband 412 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:45,800 Speaker 1: had passed, and the day before, this man's own father 413 00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:50,520 Speaker 1: had passed, so they had a double funeral. As I 414 00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:54,600 Speaker 1: was sitting in the church, there were the two cremation earns. 415 00:26:55,119 --> 00:26:59,879 Speaker 1: As the priest was talking, I saw my friend's husband, Andy, 416 00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:03,680 Speaker 1: kind of like not a ghost, but it was like him. 417 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:05,840 Speaker 1: But I never knew Andy as a young man. In 418 00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:09,199 Speaker 1: what I saw was a young version of Andy. And 419 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:13,920 Speaker 1: next to Andy was another man. Now again I'm seeing 420 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:16,720 Speaker 1: these through my mind's eye, but I could see this 421 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:20,960 Speaker 1: other man, so clearly. And when we went into the 422 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:25,640 Speaker 1: other room for this celebration of life, the pictures were 423 00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:29,479 Speaker 1: up of Andy and his father. The man that I 424 00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:33,320 Speaker 1: had seen in my mind's eye was the same man 425 00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:36,840 Speaker 1: that was in those pictures. I've got goose bumps just 426 00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:40,720 Speaker 1: telling you this story right now. What a confirmation that 427 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:43,920 Speaker 1: he was there. But he died as an old man, 428 00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:47,040 Speaker 1: and what I saw in my mind's eye was the 429 00:27:47,119 --> 00:27:51,439 Speaker 1: younger version of him. Pretty cool. Let's go with some 430 00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:56,000 Speaker 1: more stories now. This is from hospice nurse Charlotte. I 431 00:27:56,000 --> 00:28:00,840 Speaker 1: have been a nurse for twenty two years, mostly nursing homes. 432 00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:04,399 Speaker 1: I have had the profound privilege to be by the 433 00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:07,680 Speaker 1: side of many people as they take their last breaths. 434 00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:10,600 Speaker 1: I have no doubt that there's a place that our 435 00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:15,320 Speaker 1: souls go, because I have witnessed so many loved ones 436 00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:19,199 Speaker 1: coming for them throughout the years. I always did my 437 00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:21,879 Speaker 1: best to give whatever kind of comfort I could, and 438 00:28:21,920 --> 00:28:24,560 Speaker 1: I hope someone will do the same for me when 439 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:28,000 Speaker 1: it's my time to go. And this lady said when 440 00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:30,840 Speaker 1: one of my great aunts died, all of the family 441 00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:33,720 Speaker 1: members were in the room and one of her daughters, 442 00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:37,040 Speaker 1: who is a nun, told us at the funeral luncheon 443 00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:41,200 Speaker 1: that my great aunt was seeing all the relatives that 444 00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:44,720 Speaker 1: had died before her, including one of my mom's little 445 00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:48,160 Speaker 1: brothers who had died months before, and she was saying 446 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:51,400 Speaker 1: their names out loud as each one of them came 447 00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:56,560 Speaker 1: near to her. Just her saying their names made me 448 00:28:56,680 --> 00:29:00,600 Speaker 1: cry from Nona, I was told my grandfather father, who 449 00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:04,000 Speaker 1: was really not responding to anyone, sat up in the 450 00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:07,800 Speaker 1: last moment and said, it is so very beautiful. He 451 00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:11,080 Speaker 1: laid back down and passed with a wonderful smile on 452 00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:15,480 Speaker 1: his face. Just moments later, my husband's grandmother was dying 453 00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:18,239 Speaker 1: in the hospital and we got the call to go 454 00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:21,400 Speaker 1: there right away. I sat next to her and held 455 00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:24,120 Speaker 1: her hand. I could tell she wanted to speak out 456 00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:27,880 Speaker 1: and couldn't, and I told her it's okay, and she relaxed. 457 00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:31,360 Speaker 1: Then she looked up at someone or something in Her 458 00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:37,320 Speaker 1: eyes were wide open and fixated. She saw someone, and 459 00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:40,960 Speaker 1: the expression on her face was like she was in 460 00:29:41,160 --> 00:29:45,640 Speaker 1: awe of whomever it was. I will never forget that 461 00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:49,440 Speaker 1: happy look on her face. She passed about ten minutes later. 462 00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:54,280 Speaker 1: Elena said, I had no clue about these experiences until 463 00:29:54,320 --> 00:29:57,440 Speaker 1: my father died. Boy, who was he talking to and 464 00:29:57,480 --> 00:30:01,600 Speaker 1: seeing so many deceased people before he I'd some people 465 00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:05,120 Speaker 1: I didn't even know were in our family until I 466 00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:09,960 Speaker 1: saw their names on ancestry lists years after he passed. 467 00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:13,560 Speaker 1: When I saw their names, those people he was talking 468 00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:18,760 Speaker 1: to had died fifty years or more before. And from 469 00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:22,920 Speaker 1: this lady, my dad waved as he was passing. He 470 00:30:23,040 --> 00:30:26,560 Speaker 1: also told us he was counting the angels in the air, 471 00:30:27,080 --> 00:30:30,840 Speaker 1: beautiful and from Kaja. When my grandma was on her 472 00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:35,040 Speaker 1: last few days, my mom was the caretaker. She said. 473 00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:38,560 Speaker 1: My grandmother kept repeating, packed my bags, They're here to 474 00:30:38,640 --> 00:30:41,880 Speaker 1: get me. I have to go. She kept saying this 475 00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:46,120 Speaker 1: for two or three days. My mom finally grabbed a 476 00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:49,000 Speaker 1: random bag and put in some clothes and gave it 477 00:30:49,040 --> 00:30:53,840 Speaker 1: to her. She passed later that night. Alan said my 478 00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:57,160 Speaker 1: dad was in real bad health and couldn't talk. He 479 00:30:57,240 --> 00:31:00,760 Speaker 1: was in hospice the night he died. It he opened 480 00:31:00,760 --> 00:31:04,640 Speaker 1: his eyes wide and took a deep breath and smiled 481 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:08,960 Speaker 1: and looked at us and said, it's so good to 482 00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:11,880 Speaker 1: be home, and then he passed. You know, I was 483 00:31:11,920 --> 00:31:17,040 Speaker 1: just talking to someone today about something called terminal lucidity, 484 00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:21,440 Speaker 1: and it can happen with people just before they pass away. 485 00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:26,840 Speaker 1: It can happen with Alzheimer's and dementia patients, even ones 486 00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:31,280 Speaker 1: that don't have much brain function. Something can kick in 487 00:31:31,760 --> 00:31:36,800 Speaker 1: that gives them this lucidity, this clarity. They can speak again, 488 00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:42,160 Speaker 1: they can open their eyes, they can see loved ones, 489 00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:46,480 Speaker 1: and they're excited. And there really is no explanation for it, 490 00:31:46,720 --> 00:31:50,800 Speaker 1: but I find it fascinating. Here's another story. My grandmother 491 00:31:50,840 --> 00:31:53,680 Speaker 1: had cancer. She died at home in her own bed, 492 00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:58,560 Speaker 1: surrounded by family. My sisters and my father were there 493 00:31:58,600 --> 00:32:02,720 Speaker 1: with her too. She said to my sisters, your mother's here. 494 00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:06,200 Speaker 1: As she sat up talking to them and to my 495 00:32:06,320 --> 00:32:10,720 Speaker 1: mother and grandfather, who had both died several years before. 496 00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:14,840 Speaker 1: She spoke to these dead people as naturally and as 497 00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:18,200 Speaker 1: casually as she did to everyone who was there in 498 00:32:18,240 --> 00:32:22,400 Speaker 1: the flesh. She also became more energetic than she'd been 499 00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:25,840 Speaker 1: in a long long time. My sister said that she 500 00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:28,960 Speaker 1: sat on the edge of the bed, swinging her legs 501 00:32:29,160 --> 00:32:32,240 Speaker 1: like she was a little girl again, and she talked 502 00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:35,440 Speaker 1: to them and to the people that only she could see. 503 00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:40,360 Speaker 1: She was completely lucid and fully conscious. She wasn't having 504 00:32:40,400 --> 00:32:43,880 Speaker 1: some kind of euphoric brain death episode that doctors and 505 00:32:43,960 --> 00:32:47,720 Speaker 1: cold hearted cynical types try to reduce. This experience too. 506 00:32:48,640 --> 00:32:53,920 Speaker 1: She was existing in two realms. She'd always expressed fear 507 00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:57,040 Speaker 1: of dying prior to this, but as she sat in 508 00:32:57,080 --> 00:33:01,760 Speaker 1: the room in her final hours, she seen so calm, 509 00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:08,160 Speaker 1: happy and unafraid, comforted by the living, both seen and unseen. 510 00:33:08,760 --> 00:33:11,800 Speaker 1: I love that, because we really don't die, do well. 511 00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:15,840 Speaker 1: Goose bumps again. Okay, here's another, and this one is 512 00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:19,800 Speaker 1: from Al. I've had stories like this in my own 513 00:33:19,840 --> 00:33:24,280 Speaker 1: personal life. One that really struck me was of a 514 00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:27,719 Speaker 1: co worker's young daughter who was very ill from birth 515 00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:32,640 Speaker 1: but lived only until her ninth birthday. An elderly woman 516 00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:36,000 Speaker 1: who lived down the block from them was a longtime 517 00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:39,720 Speaker 1: friend of this little girl. She watched her on occasion, 518 00:33:39,840 --> 00:33:42,920 Speaker 1: and apparently the girl had a fondness for this woman. 519 00:33:43,840 --> 00:33:46,560 Speaker 1: When the news of her death came to the elderly neighbor, 520 00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:49,680 Speaker 1: it was too much for her to bear, and she 521 00:33:49,760 --> 00:33:53,920 Speaker 1: couldn't bring herself to attend the wake or funeral. The 522 00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:58,480 Speaker 1: elderly woman confessed a story to the father long after 523 00:33:58,520 --> 00:34:03,200 Speaker 1: the girl's funeral, which floored the father. She admitted to 524 00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:06,960 Speaker 1: him that She was sitting in her living room feeling 525 00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:11,160 Speaker 1: very sad, and she looked over her shoulder towards the door, 526 00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:15,799 Speaker 1: and she spotted the little girl in a white and 527 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:20,880 Speaker 1: lemon yellow lace dress. She was smiling, and she was 528 00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:23,719 Speaker 1: telling the woman not to cry, that she will be 529 00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:27,160 Speaker 1: okay and happy, and that she would see her again. 530 00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:31,440 Speaker 1: The girl stood in the archway of the hall, turned 531 00:34:31,880 --> 00:34:35,319 Speaker 1: and walked through the door. The woman jumped up and 532 00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:39,120 Speaker 1: headed for the door that was still double locked. The 533 00:34:39,200 --> 00:34:43,560 Speaker 1: father cried and admitted to this elderly woman that that 534 00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:48,160 Speaker 1: white and lemon yellow lace dress was the dress the 535 00:34:48,200 --> 00:34:52,520 Speaker 1: girl was buried in. The woman described everything she wore, 536 00:34:53,080 --> 00:34:57,759 Speaker 1: down to the shoes. The details were spot on. And 537 00:34:57,840 --> 00:35:01,400 Speaker 1: from Dawn, my dad asked two months ago, and I 538 00:35:01,440 --> 00:35:04,160 Speaker 1: know he's up in heaven for being such a good man, 539 00:35:04,680 --> 00:35:07,800 Speaker 1: but on his last few days he kept reaching towards 540 00:35:07,840 --> 00:35:10,880 Speaker 1: the ceiling with a big smile, as if he was 541 00:35:10,960 --> 00:35:14,520 Speaker 1: reaching for someone. I miss you and love you, Pops. 542 00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:18,520 Speaker 1: And from Jay. The day MoMA died, I was the 543 00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:22,360 Speaker 1: only person with her. It was obvious that she was passing, 544 00:35:22,760 --> 00:35:25,400 Speaker 1: and she and I had a wonderful talk. I was 545 00:35:25,400 --> 00:35:27,520 Speaker 1: sitting on the left hand side of her bed, when 546 00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:31,120 Speaker 1: suddenly she sat up and extended her arms in front 547 00:35:31,160 --> 00:35:34,240 Speaker 1: of her with the most beautiful smile on her face. 548 00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:37,319 Speaker 1: She was reaching out to someone at the foot of 549 00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:41,680 Speaker 1: her bed. And while I could see nothing, I knew 550 00:35:41,680 --> 00:35:46,120 Speaker 1: exactly what she was doing. Glorious is the only word 551 00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:49,160 Speaker 1: I can think of. I said nothing as she did this, 552 00:35:49,640 --> 00:35:53,359 Speaker 1: and she laid down on her bed and passed within 553 00:35:53,440 --> 00:35:57,359 Speaker 1: fifteen minutes. And from Susan, I was visiting a dear 554 00:35:57,480 --> 00:36:01,239 Speaker 1: friend two days before he died, and he did exactly 555 00:36:01,320 --> 00:36:04,839 Speaker 1: what most of these people are talking about. He was 556 00:36:04,880 --> 00:36:08,839 Speaker 1: reaching up, pulling himself up, reaching for someone, with the 557 00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:13,080 Speaker 1: most joy filled expression on his face. It was amazing. 558 00:36:13,640 --> 00:36:16,839 Speaker 1: He was a happy person and I hadn't seen him 559 00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:21,040 Speaker 1: smile like this for years, but he had a beautiful, beaming, 560 00:36:21,239 --> 00:36:25,640 Speaker 1: radiant smile just before he passed. And Mark says, my 561 00:36:25,680 --> 00:36:27,880 Speaker 1: wife had hospice care at the end of her life. 562 00:36:28,440 --> 00:36:31,960 Speaker 1: She saw two huge angels. They were so big they 563 00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:35,360 Speaker 1: couldn't even walk through the doorway into our house. She 564 00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:38,960 Speaker 1: got mad at me because I couldn't see them. Our 565 00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:43,719 Speaker 1: hospice nurse said my wife's experience was accurate and by 566 00:36:43,760 --> 00:36:47,920 Speaker 1: all accounts real. My wife was just forty seven years 567 00:36:47,960 --> 00:36:50,960 Speaker 1: old at the time. I know she's at peace with 568 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:54,279 Speaker 1: the angels. You know. By the way this episode is 569 00:36:54,360 --> 00:36:57,279 Speaker 1: making me feel, I can tell this is going to 570 00:36:57,360 --> 00:37:02,400 Speaker 1: be one of many, many with more stories from people. 571 00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:06,040 Speaker 1: I hope you're enjoying it. And I said earlier that 572 00:37:06,560 --> 00:37:09,640 Speaker 1: my dad didn't see anybody before he passed. But you 573 00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:13,240 Speaker 1: know what, I didn't see him see anybody. I think 574 00:37:13,320 --> 00:37:18,000 Speaker 1: everyone has people greeting them and taking them home. Well, 575 00:37:18,080 --> 00:37:20,719 Speaker 1: let's go into our last break, shall we, and we'll 576 00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:23,920 Speaker 1: be back with more. Of course, you're listening to Shades 577 00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:26,800 Speaker 1: of the Afterlife on the I Heart Radio and Coast 578 00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:48,800 Speaker 1: to Coast AM Paranormal podcast Network. Welcome back to Shades 579 00:37:48,840 --> 00:37:52,080 Speaker 1: of the Afterlife. I'm Sander Champlain and we are sharing 580 00:37:52,239 --> 00:37:57,120 Speaker 1: more stories now. It is a hint for you to 581 00:37:57,239 --> 00:38:02,000 Speaker 1: go to YouTube type in near death experiences. Check out 582 00:38:02,040 --> 00:38:05,880 Speaker 1: some of the videos that read the comments just below. 583 00:38:06,680 --> 00:38:10,920 Speaker 1: They are incredible. This lady here named Tammy said just 584 00:38:11,040 --> 00:38:14,560 Speaker 1: under one video, she said, I've already spent two hours 585 00:38:14,840 --> 00:38:18,960 Speaker 1: here reading the comments. Thank you all for sharing such 586 00:38:19,040 --> 00:38:24,600 Speaker 1: beautiful stories. We hear these stories of famous authors and 587 00:38:25,520 --> 00:38:29,240 Speaker 1: speakers that have these great experiences and you think, well, 588 00:38:29,280 --> 00:38:33,160 Speaker 1: how many normal people have them? The truth is tons 589 00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:36,320 Speaker 1: of people have them. My own uncle looked into heaven 590 00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:42,080 Speaker 1: before he died. My grandmother had stories, my grandfather had stories. 591 00:38:42,640 --> 00:38:46,239 Speaker 1: These are very common. In fact, I don't know about 592 00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:50,000 Speaker 1: the people in your life. But if you even say 593 00:38:50,040 --> 00:38:53,400 Speaker 1: something like, oh, I just saw this really interesting YouTube 594 00:38:53,480 --> 00:38:57,080 Speaker 1: video about somebody who had a near death experience, or 595 00:38:57,239 --> 00:39:01,440 Speaker 1: say I saw a video about the these hospice workers 596 00:39:01,520 --> 00:39:04,279 Speaker 1: who were with people just before they passed, And so 597 00:39:04,360 --> 00:39:08,839 Speaker 1: many times people are talking about people in the room 598 00:39:08,920 --> 00:39:13,080 Speaker 1: invisible to everyone except for the person dying, and they 599 00:39:13,120 --> 00:39:16,000 Speaker 1: reach out. So just kind of use that as bait. 600 00:39:16,760 --> 00:39:19,640 Speaker 1: I bet you anything. People will say, oh I heard 601 00:39:19,680 --> 00:39:24,800 Speaker 1: this story, Oh I heard that story. You know, most people, 602 00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:28,560 Speaker 1: myself included, we care about what people think about us. 603 00:39:28,960 --> 00:39:32,120 Speaker 1: So it's hard to share that we believe in the 604 00:39:32,160 --> 00:39:37,120 Speaker 1: afterlife or that we've had some incredible experiences. So it 605 00:39:37,160 --> 00:39:39,880 Speaker 1: takes somebody kind of to get the ball rolling, and 606 00:39:39,960 --> 00:39:44,000 Speaker 1: that person can be you don't ever be pushy, Okay, 607 00:39:44,160 --> 00:39:47,759 Speaker 1: it gets ugly when we push things on people. So 608 00:39:48,120 --> 00:39:52,640 Speaker 1: let's continue. This story is from Pam. Just before my 609 00:39:52,719 --> 00:39:57,080 Speaker 1: grandfather passed, he saw a beautiful place and was describing 610 00:39:57,440 --> 00:40:00,880 Speaker 1: all the people he saw. He saw a friend who 611 00:40:00,960 --> 00:40:04,399 Speaker 1: had been killed by a car. He wasn't told that 612 00:40:04,480 --> 00:40:08,160 Speaker 1: she had died because he was so close to death. 613 00:40:08,840 --> 00:40:11,080 Speaker 1: With a smile on his face, he says, Lulu, what 614 00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:15,719 Speaker 1: are you doing here? I've heard that many times that 615 00:40:15,920 --> 00:40:19,560 Speaker 1: people don't know that someone has died and they're the 616 00:40:19,600 --> 00:40:23,160 Speaker 1: ones right there to greet them. Pretty cool, Emily says. 617 00:40:23,400 --> 00:40:27,240 Speaker 1: My daughter died March nine. A few hours before her death, 618 00:40:27,440 --> 00:40:31,439 Speaker 1: she told me Granny and Granddaddy told her to come 619 00:40:31,480 --> 00:40:34,600 Speaker 1: to their house where she was so happy as a child. 620 00:40:35,200 --> 00:40:38,480 Speaker 1: She mentioned Pittsburgh, where their family home was when she 621 00:40:38,560 --> 00:40:41,879 Speaker 1: was little. I believe they were telling her they were 622 00:40:41,920 --> 00:40:44,760 Speaker 1: waiting for her and to come with them to heaven. 623 00:40:45,280 --> 00:40:48,480 Speaker 1: After all, they were her closest relatives who had died. 624 00:40:49,080 --> 00:40:52,400 Speaker 1: They loved her and she loved them. This is the 625 00:40:52,440 --> 00:40:56,040 Speaker 1: only comfort I get from her death, knowing that they 626 00:40:56,080 --> 00:40:59,799 Speaker 1: are together. And this is from Nemi. Four years ago. 627 00:40:59,880 --> 00:41:02,680 Speaker 1: My grandfather was at home and had just finished eating 628 00:41:02,719 --> 00:41:05,640 Speaker 1: his lunch. He'd been shopping that morning. It was a 629 00:41:05,680 --> 00:41:09,399 Speaker 1: typical day. My grandmother went into the kitchen to make 630 00:41:09,440 --> 00:41:12,479 Speaker 1: them both a cup of tea when she suddenly heard 631 00:41:12,560 --> 00:41:16,080 Speaker 1: him talking to someone. She wondered who on earth he 632 00:41:16,120 --> 00:41:18,719 Speaker 1: was talking to, as she hadn't heard the phone ring, 633 00:41:19,239 --> 00:41:24,560 Speaker 1: and he barely ever called anyone himself anyway. She finally realized, 634 00:41:24,600 --> 00:41:30,080 Speaker 1: to her shock, that he was talking to his beloved dog, Barney, 635 00:41:30,239 --> 00:41:36,400 Speaker 1: who had died some ten years previously. She distinctively heard 636 00:41:36,480 --> 00:41:39,719 Speaker 1: my grandfather say, what's that You want me to come 637 00:41:39,719 --> 00:41:44,359 Speaker 1: with you? Then she heard a terrible gurgling sound, ran 638 00:41:44,440 --> 00:41:48,040 Speaker 1: into the sitting room and found my grandfather dead. A 639 00:41:48,200 --> 00:41:51,000 Speaker 1: major artery in his heart had torn and he just 640 00:41:51,080 --> 00:41:54,360 Speaker 1: died instantly. It's not like he was on medication or 641 00:41:54,480 --> 00:41:58,040 Speaker 1: suffering from a terminal illness. He had just had his lunch, 642 00:41:58,640 --> 00:42:01,800 Speaker 1: saw his much loved dog, hug and left with him, 643 00:42:02,040 --> 00:42:06,560 Speaker 1: simple as that. This is from Tessa. My father, laying 644 00:42:06,600 --> 00:42:09,680 Speaker 1: at his death bed in the hospital, had become completely 645 00:42:09,719 --> 00:42:14,799 Speaker 1: silent and unreachable because of his cancer metastasized all over 646 00:42:14,880 --> 00:42:18,160 Speaker 1: his body and brain. I was standing across the room 647 00:42:18,200 --> 00:42:21,520 Speaker 1: by the window looking at him when he opened his 648 00:42:21,600 --> 00:42:26,640 Speaker 1: eyes wide, looked over my right shoulder and exclaimed, oh, hello, mother, 649 00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:30,200 Speaker 1: with a smile on his face. I asked him what 650 00:42:30,320 --> 00:42:33,080 Speaker 1: he saw and he just looked at me, closed his 651 00:42:33,160 --> 00:42:37,720 Speaker 1: eyes and passed away. It was the most amazing moment 652 00:42:37,800 --> 00:42:41,400 Speaker 1: in my life. This lady comments about hospice. She says, 653 00:42:41,440 --> 00:42:45,520 Speaker 1: I volunteered with hospice after my husband died. It was 654 00:42:45,560 --> 00:42:48,279 Speaker 1: the best seven and a half years I've ever had 655 00:42:48,320 --> 00:42:52,520 Speaker 1: in my life. I loved our families and nurses. Check 656 00:42:52,560 --> 00:42:56,600 Speaker 1: out hospice. I know for myself and it's time for 657 00:42:56,680 --> 00:42:59,320 Speaker 1: me to go. That's where I want to be really 658 00:42:59,360 --> 00:43:03,279 Speaker 1: great people. And yes there's tears, of course, but you 659 00:43:03,360 --> 00:43:06,719 Speaker 1: get so much validation that loved ones are there to 660 00:43:06,840 --> 00:43:11,080 Speaker 1: greet the people and that we live on. Laverne says, 661 00:43:11,200 --> 00:43:15,040 Speaker 1: I'm a retired hospice nurse and the most profound experience 662 00:43:15,080 --> 00:43:18,480 Speaker 1: I had was with my own mother. She was transitioning 663 00:43:18,719 --> 00:43:23,680 Speaker 1: and had been comatose for days, totally nonresponsive. My daughter 664 00:43:23,680 --> 00:43:26,280 Speaker 1: and I were sitting with her, and suddenly she opened 665 00:43:26,320 --> 00:43:30,120 Speaker 1: her eyes up wide and she said ah and stared 666 00:43:30,200 --> 00:43:34,040 Speaker 1: up in the air. My daughter said, Mom, she's seeing someone, 667 00:43:34,440 --> 00:43:38,840 Speaker 1: and then moments later she passed. Deborah says, my grandmother 668 00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:42,400 Speaker 1: kept telling us that she had to go. She would 669 00:43:42,400 --> 00:43:44,279 Speaker 1: say this as if she was in a rush, and 670 00:43:44,400 --> 00:43:47,279 Speaker 1: she was in a line. She told us that she 671 00:43:47,480 --> 00:43:50,839 Speaker 1: was on a staircase and in line to go up, 672 00:43:51,760 --> 00:43:53,960 Speaker 1: and as she got closer to the gate of heaven, 673 00:43:54,640 --> 00:43:58,520 Speaker 1: she began to tell us the names of her parents, grandparents, 674 00:43:58,600 --> 00:44:04,200 Speaker 1: and my grandfather. Shortly after that she passed. Susie said, 675 00:44:04,560 --> 00:44:07,120 Speaker 1: me and my sister went to the hospital every day 676 00:44:07,160 --> 00:44:09,240 Speaker 1: for two and a half months until her mother died. 677 00:44:09,760 --> 00:44:13,160 Speaker 1: The last two weeks before she died, she kept asking 678 00:44:13,400 --> 00:44:17,240 Speaker 1: who the handsome man was standing beside us. We told 679 00:44:17,239 --> 00:44:19,359 Speaker 1: her there was no one there, and she says, yes, 680 00:44:19,480 --> 00:44:23,680 Speaker 1: he's there, he's standing right next to you. Then shortly 681 00:44:23,719 --> 00:44:27,440 Speaker 1: after she passed, me and my sister figured it was 682 00:44:27,480 --> 00:44:31,840 Speaker 1: a handsome angel. And from Fred, my father was close 683 00:44:31,880 --> 00:44:34,839 Speaker 1: to death and the same day he died, he had 684 00:44:34,880 --> 00:44:38,400 Speaker 1: seen his mother and father and all of his siblings 685 00:44:38,640 --> 00:44:42,200 Speaker 1: sitting at the bottom of the bed. Of course they 686 00:44:42,280 --> 00:44:45,600 Speaker 1: were all dead, and they told him they were there 687 00:44:45,800 --> 00:44:49,239 Speaker 1: to get him. This one is from Lena. I spent 688 00:44:49,280 --> 00:44:52,080 Speaker 1: the night sleeping in a recliner next to my grandma, 689 00:44:52,120 --> 00:44:56,160 Speaker 1: holding her hand before she died. I thought she was sleeping, 690 00:44:56,560 --> 00:44:58,680 Speaker 1: but she kept saying, I have to go. I have 691 00:44:58,880 --> 00:45:02,000 Speaker 1: to get on that train. I said to her, what 692 00:45:02,200 --> 00:45:05,080 Speaker 1: trained Grandma, and she said, I have to get on 693 00:45:05,120 --> 00:45:07,919 Speaker 1: that train with Dad and Jesus, but I'm not ready 694 00:45:07,960 --> 00:45:11,040 Speaker 1: to let you go, I said. She squeezed my hand 695 00:45:11,480 --> 00:45:14,960 Speaker 1: and said you will be okay. After she passed, I 696 00:45:15,120 --> 00:45:19,240 Speaker 1: know that she got on that train, and Reuben says, 697 00:45:19,280 --> 00:45:21,840 Speaker 1: thank you for sharing these beautiful stories with the world. 698 00:45:22,239 --> 00:45:26,240 Speaker 1: My grandmother had the same experiences. Three days before she died, 699 00:45:26,360 --> 00:45:29,319 Speaker 1: she began to tell us that she saw my grandfather, 700 00:45:29,520 --> 00:45:33,480 Speaker 1: her children, and her friends who had passed away. I 701 00:45:33,520 --> 00:45:37,200 Speaker 1: had had my doubt that after hearing her stories and 702 00:45:37,320 --> 00:45:42,239 Speaker 1: these I am convinced we go on, Robin said. My 703 00:45:42,320 --> 00:45:45,200 Speaker 1: grandmother told the lady in her nursing home room that 704 00:45:45,320 --> 00:45:48,880 Speaker 1: her mama was there to get her. She smiled, she 705 00:45:48,920 --> 00:45:53,720 Speaker 1: reached up, and moments later she passed away. Rosemary says, 706 00:45:54,080 --> 00:45:58,560 Speaker 1: on September five, two eighteen, I died following a minor 707 00:45:59,000 --> 00:46:02,840 Speaker 1: surgical proceed due to a massive blood loss in my 708 00:46:02,960 --> 00:46:06,480 Speaker 1: heart then stopped, I floated out of my body and 709 00:46:06,560 --> 00:46:11,040 Speaker 1: I was accompanied by a powerful spiritual presence. The piece 710 00:46:11,160 --> 00:46:16,879 Speaker 1: I felt passes all understanding and words and explanation. I 711 00:46:16,920 --> 00:46:20,320 Speaker 1: was told that it wasn't my time. I was clinically 712 00:46:20,400 --> 00:46:23,680 Speaker 1: dead for more than ten minutes. Even now, when I 713 00:46:23,719 --> 00:46:27,640 Speaker 1: think about that experience, I weep tears of joy. I 714 00:46:27,680 --> 00:46:32,080 Speaker 1: am not afraid of dying. It was perfectly beautiful and 715 00:46:32,360 --> 00:46:37,960 Speaker 1: beautifully perfect, Connie says. My brother Gary suddenly sat up 716 00:46:38,280 --> 00:46:41,560 Speaker 1: out of his hospital bed, looked up and stretched out 717 00:46:41,600 --> 00:46:45,720 Speaker 1: his arms to the sky. Then, in a slow motion, 718 00:46:46,160 --> 00:46:49,280 Speaker 1: with a smile on his face, he laid back down 719 00:46:49,320 --> 00:46:53,640 Speaker 1: on the bed and passed away. It was beautiful. This 720 00:46:53,719 --> 00:46:57,880 Speaker 1: is from Elizabeth. My best friend's grandma, in her eighties, 721 00:46:58,080 --> 00:47:02,000 Speaker 1: was in the hospital dying. Her almost three year old 722 00:47:02,040 --> 00:47:05,640 Speaker 1: little boy, c J was especially close to his great 723 00:47:05,640 --> 00:47:09,680 Speaker 1: grandma and asked to see her so he could say goodbye. 724 00:47:10,320 --> 00:47:13,480 Speaker 1: They arrived and my friend was standing near the foot 725 00:47:13,480 --> 00:47:17,799 Speaker 1: of the bed. C J was close to his great grandma. 726 00:47:18,480 --> 00:47:22,600 Speaker 1: All of a sudden, c J lit up, turned around 727 00:47:22,600 --> 00:47:25,839 Speaker 1: to his mom and said, in an excited voice, with 728 00:47:25,960 --> 00:47:31,160 Speaker 1: his arms pointing upwards, look at all the angels, mommy, 729 00:47:31,200 --> 00:47:35,760 Speaker 1: They are beautiful. He described the angels as bright white 730 00:47:35,920 --> 00:47:41,000 Speaker 1: and fluffy with big wings all around the head of 731 00:47:41,120 --> 00:47:45,880 Speaker 1: great grandma's bed. Watching her, tears streamed down my face 732 00:47:46,040 --> 00:47:49,640 Speaker 1: as c J told her what he was seeing. She 733 00:47:49,760 --> 00:47:53,279 Speaker 1: did not see the angels, but had no doubt that 734 00:47:53,360 --> 00:47:56,279 Speaker 1: this little boy did. C J is now twenty three 735 00:47:56,360 --> 00:48:01,080 Speaker 1: years old and doesn't recall the experience. Isn't that always 736 00:48:01,080 --> 00:48:04,080 Speaker 1: the case? We hear these wonderful stories of what kids 737 00:48:04,320 --> 00:48:08,160 Speaker 1: see and experience, but then they grow up and forget. 738 00:48:09,000 --> 00:48:13,319 Speaker 1: So I believe that our minds are wide open when 739 00:48:13,360 --> 00:48:16,640 Speaker 1: we're kids. They can see them, they say, our pets 740 00:48:16,640 --> 00:48:19,440 Speaker 1: can see them, and you know what, someday we're going 741 00:48:19,520 --> 00:48:22,280 Speaker 1: to see them. But for now, we have to trust 742 00:48:22,360 --> 00:48:26,240 Speaker 1: that around us right now, we've got a huge cheering 743 00:48:26,600 --> 00:48:30,640 Speaker 1: committee that love us and are cheering us on in 744 00:48:30,680 --> 00:48:34,160 Speaker 1: this life. They are your loved ones. They are your 745 00:48:34,440 --> 00:48:38,640 Speaker 1: loved ones that you've never even met, your ancestors and guides, 746 00:48:38,680 --> 00:48:43,440 Speaker 1: and probably so much more. Even little Fido and little 747 00:48:43,480 --> 00:48:47,680 Speaker 1: cat Fluffy are probably right there by your legs. So 748 00:48:47,800 --> 00:48:50,600 Speaker 1: we're going to close out this episode. I do hope 749 00:48:50,640 --> 00:48:53,680 Speaker 1: you've enjoyed it. I just wanted to tell you stories. 750 00:48:53,719 --> 00:48:56,000 Speaker 1: And you know what, as much as that they might 751 00:48:56,080 --> 00:49:01,359 Speaker 1: have helped heal your heart, they gave me and comfort too. 752 00:49:02,280 --> 00:49:04,919 Speaker 1: Here's one last one. My mother in law was near 753 00:49:04,960 --> 00:49:08,200 Speaker 1: death and we all knew it. Suddenly she started talking 754 00:49:08,200 --> 00:49:11,600 Speaker 1: to her father and uncle, who were long deceased. She 755 00:49:11,719 --> 00:49:14,080 Speaker 1: was saying, I'm trying to get out of this body. 756 00:49:14,560 --> 00:49:17,680 Speaker 1: Apparently they started leaving, so she called out, wait, wait, 757 00:49:17,760 --> 00:49:20,000 Speaker 1: I'll be right with you as soon as I can 758 00:49:20,040 --> 00:49:23,080 Speaker 1: figure out how to get out of this body. She 759 00:49:23,280 --> 00:49:26,879 Speaker 1: was dead in less than a minute. I really hope 760 00:49:26,920 --> 00:49:30,080 Speaker 1: you enjoyed these stories as much as I did, so 761 00:49:30,160 --> 00:49:32,960 Speaker 1: with that, I do hope you come visit us. We 762 00:49:33,080 --> 00:49:36,160 Speaker 1: Don't Die dot com is the home base. If you 763 00:49:36,239 --> 00:49:38,360 Speaker 1: have a story you'd like to share, I'd love to 764 00:49:38,400 --> 00:49:41,800 Speaker 1: hear it. Just write me at Sander Champlain at gmail 765 00:49:42,040 --> 00:49:46,000 Speaker 1: dot com. A big warm thank you for listening to 766 00:49:46,640 --> 00:49:49,600 Speaker 1: Shades of the Afterlife on the I Heart Radio and 767 00:49:49,680 --> 00:50:03,840 Speaker 1: Coast to Coast a and Paranormal Podcast Network. Yeah, and 768 00:50:03,920 --> 00:50:06,440 Speaker 1: if you like this episode of Shades of the Afterlife, 769 00:50:06,480 --> 00:50:08,880 Speaker 1: wait until you hear the next one. Thank you for 770 00:50:08,960 --> 00:50:11,400 Speaker 1: listening to the Heart Radio and Coast to Coast a 771 00:50:11,440 --> 00:50:13,400 Speaker 1: AM Paranormal Podcast Network.