1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:02,800 Speaker 1: Welcome to the I Heart Radio and Coast to Coast 2 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: day Mpuanormal podcast network. Now get ready for another episode 3 00:00:06,680 --> 00:00:12,760 Speaker 1: of Shades of the Afterlife with Sandra Champlain. The thoughts 4 00:00:12,760 --> 00:00:16,320 Speaker 1: and opinions expressed by the host our thoughts and opinions only, 5 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:19,800 Speaker 1: and do not necessarily reflect those of I Heart Media, 6 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:23,079 Speaker 1: I Heart Radio, Coast to Coast a out, employees of 7 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:27,600 Speaker 1: premier networks or their sponsors and associates. You are encouraged 8 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:30,680 Speaker 1: to do the proper amount of research yourself, depending on 9 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:42,640 Speaker 1: the subject matter and your needs. Hi. I'm Sandra Champlain. 10 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:46,320 Speaker 1: For almost twenty five years, I've been on a journey 11 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:50,320 Speaker 1: to prove the existence of life after death. On each 12 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:53,760 Speaker 1: episode will discuss the reasons we now know that our 13 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:58,960 Speaker 1: loved ones have survived physical death and so will we 14 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 1: Welcome to shape as of the Afterlife. As we start 15 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:04,880 Speaker 1: our episode today, I want to share with you some news. 16 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:09,400 Speaker 1: The Bigelow Institute has just published their twenty nine winning 17 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 1: essays from their one million dollar Proof of the Afterlife contest. 18 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:19,600 Speaker 1: The Bigelow Institute for Consciousness Studies was created in June 19 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 1: of by aerospace entrepreneur Robert T. Bigelow to support research 20 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:31,639 Speaker 1: into both the survival of human consciousness after physical death and, 21 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 1: based on data from such studies, the nature of the afterlife. 22 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:42,440 Speaker 1: Robert Bigelow is the founder of Bigelow Aerospace. These essays 23 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:46,319 Speaker 1: are very scientific, well thought out, and very well written 24 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 1: by these individuals, and most of them being doctors and scientists. 25 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 1: So I just received the news that these essays are 26 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 1: out this morning, so I haven't had time to look 27 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:58,000 Speaker 1: through them yet, but I wanted to give you the 28 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 1: website to read these winning s says. The website is 29 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 1: Bigelow Institute dot org. I also want to read to 30 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:09,920 Speaker 1: a letter that I received this week from one of 31 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 1: our Shades of the Afterlife listeners. It touched my heart 32 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:18,840 Speaker 1: deeply and had me realize how important it is to 33 00:02:18,919 --> 00:02:22,400 Speaker 1: learn and to know the reality of the afterlife. It 34 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 1: helps comfort us and it even saves lives. This letter 35 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:30,040 Speaker 1: also includes a nice story of a near death experience 36 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:34,680 Speaker 1: by the listeners father in law, Hi, Sandra, I lost 37 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:38,840 Speaker 1: my beloved dad to cancer this past July. The disease 38 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 1: was not discovered by doctors until it was too late. 39 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:46,359 Speaker 1: Sadly passed away just a few weeks after his diagnosis. 40 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:50,360 Speaker 1: My dad was my best friend. He was my north star, 41 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:55,240 Speaker 1: the person I turned to in life for wisdom and advice. 42 00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:59,399 Speaker 1: In the aftermath of his passing, I was completely devastated. 43 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 1: I had never felt grief like this in my entire life, 44 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:06,799 Speaker 1: the kind of grief that you feel deep in your belly, 45 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:09,959 Speaker 1: the kind of grief that makes you cry like you've 46 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:13,800 Speaker 1: never cried before. I felt like I was drowning, and 47 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:16,600 Speaker 1: I didn't know how to cope. I read a few 48 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:19,200 Speaker 1: books about grief that helped me to understand what to 49 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:23,400 Speaker 1: expect during the grieving process, but did little to comfort me. 50 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:27,600 Speaker 1: And then I discovered your podcast Shades of the Afterlife. 51 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:32,080 Speaker 1: From there, I discovered your book, We Don't Die. I 52 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:34,239 Speaker 1: had been wanting to write to you and thank you 53 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:38,720 Speaker 1: because your podcasts and your book single handedly gave me 54 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 1: hope and comfort during the darkest time of my life. 55 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 1: I know that you can relate to my loss, so 56 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:49,520 Speaker 1: listening to your story and your words have really inspired 57 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:53,240 Speaker 1: me to live to the fullest. I see life through 58 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:56,560 Speaker 1: a different lens now and find myself wanting to be 59 00:03:56,680 --> 00:04:01,200 Speaker 1: of service to others more than ever before. I have 60 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:03,920 Speaker 1: a second part to my story that I want to share. 61 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:07,400 Speaker 1: About a month ago my father in law was rushed 62 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 1: to the emergency room due to a torn aorta. He 63 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 1: underwent a six to eight hour surgery and was lucky 64 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:19,560 Speaker 1: to have survived this medical emergency. The doctor said that 65 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 1: if he had arrived even fifteen minutes later, he would 66 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:26,479 Speaker 1: not be here to day after his surgery, he was 67 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:29,279 Speaker 1: talking to my husband in the hospital as he was 68 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 1: recovering and wanted to share something with him, but felt 69 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 1: a bit of reluctance. After a while, he told my 70 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:41,599 Speaker 1: husband that some time during the operation, he felt his 71 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:45,400 Speaker 1: soul leaving the earth. He went to the other side, 72 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:49,440 Speaker 1: where he said he felt an amazing piece. He said 73 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:52,800 Speaker 1: that he saw a river and across the river were 74 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:56,680 Speaker 1: a group of people. One person had their back turned, 75 00:04:57,279 --> 00:05:00,359 Speaker 1: but he said that he recognized that person and it 76 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:04,159 Speaker 1: was my dad. He called my dad's name, and my 77 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:08,120 Speaker 1: dad turned around and saw my father in law. He 78 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:11,719 Speaker 1: said to my dad, I'll be right over, but before 79 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:14,440 Speaker 1: he could cross the river, he was pulled back into 80 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:17,800 Speaker 1: his body. When my husband told me this, the tears 81 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:21,800 Speaker 1: streamed down my face. I can't even describe how I 82 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:25,480 Speaker 1: felt in that moment. I had been praying and hoping 83 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:28,520 Speaker 1: for a sign from my dad, so to receive this 84 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 1: was truly amazing. You are right, Sandra, we Don't Die, 85 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:37,160 Speaker 1: and thank you to our listener for letting me share that. Today. 86 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:40,839 Speaker 1: I've received many emails from listeners and readers of my 87 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:43,920 Speaker 1: book We Don't Die that have chosen not to take 88 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:48,000 Speaker 1: their own life. One gentleman wrote these words this past week. 89 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:51,919 Speaker 1: I will be without my beloved this year, but you 90 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:55,400 Speaker 1: have single handedly saved me from suicide with your we 91 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:59,240 Speaker 1: Don't Die dot com site. I don't even know how 92 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:02,839 Speaker 1: I stumbled upon on it. You have literally saved my life. 93 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:08,560 Speaker 1: I share these words with you because even though I 94 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:12,920 Speaker 1: love researching and talking about the afterlife, my true motivation 95 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:16,520 Speaker 1: is to give hope and understanding to those experience in grief. 96 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:20,240 Speaker 1: I know, and you know, there is nothing worse than 97 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 1: losing a loved one and feeling grief. Grief is something 98 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:26,839 Speaker 1: that's not spoken about too much, but it has the 99 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:31,120 Speaker 1: power to end lives or ruin them. But grief can 100 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:34,240 Speaker 1: also be the start to a spiritual journey when we 101 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:37,800 Speaker 1: start looking for answers, and with those answers, I know, 102 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:41,320 Speaker 1: miracles come because we get to discover that our loved 103 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 1: ones are not gone. They have survived. We will see 104 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:48,560 Speaker 1: them again, and it's just like they went on a 105 00:06:48,640 --> 00:06:52,479 Speaker 1: journey to a favorite vacation spot early. We will definitely 106 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:54,919 Speaker 1: meet them over there, but we still have work to 107 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:58,479 Speaker 1: be done before we travel. I read this quote this 108 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:02,200 Speaker 1: past week on our Sunday gap mothering, and in different 109 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:07,680 Speaker 1: words the author describes death. It's called the Ship by 110 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:11,600 Speaker 1: Charles Henry Brent, who was born in eighteen sixty two. 111 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:19,840 Speaker 1: I am standing upon that foreshore. A ship at my 112 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:24,160 Speaker 1: side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and 113 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:28,240 Speaker 1: starts for the blue ocean. She is an object of 114 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:32,560 Speaker 1: beauty and strength, and I stand and watch her until 115 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:37,040 Speaker 1: at length she hangs down like a speck of white cloud, 116 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:41,600 Speaker 1: just where the sea and sky come down and mingle 117 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:46,640 Speaker 1: at the horizon. Then someone at my side says, there 118 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 1: she's gone, gone, where gone from my sight? That's all. 119 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:56,960 Speaker 1: She is just as large and masked in spar and 120 00:07:57,160 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 1: hall as she ever was when she left my sight, 121 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:05,280 Speaker 1: just as able to bear her load of living freight 122 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:10,720 Speaker 1: to her place of destination. Her diminished size is in me, 123 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:16,320 Speaker 1: not in her. And just at that moment when someone 124 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:21,040 Speaker 1: at my side says there she's gone, there are other 125 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 1: eyes watching her coming and other voices ready to shout, 126 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:32,920 Speaker 1: here she comes, and that is dying. I thought today 127 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:35,680 Speaker 1: would be a good day to share real life stories 128 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:40,160 Speaker 1: with you from friends, listeners, loved ones, and some people 129 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:44,520 Speaker 1: who have been with the dying. So lean back, get cozy, 130 00:08:44,679 --> 00:08:47,040 Speaker 1: get a cup of coffee or tea or hot chocolate, 131 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:51,520 Speaker 1: and let's dive in. What's interesting is before we take 132 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:55,600 Speaker 1: that journey over the horizon. As Brent talked about with 133 00:08:55,679 --> 00:08:59,600 Speaker 1: the ship, two great things happened to us. We've heard 134 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:03,400 Speaker 1: a lot about death bed visions, and we'll hear more today. 135 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:07,760 Speaker 1: No one dies alone, and loved ones do help us across. 136 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:11,840 Speaker 1: But also we can have extremely vivid dreams of our 137 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:16,040 Speaker 1: loved ones who have already passed. I'm doing my research 138 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:20,320 Speaker 1: for this show today I stumbled across a great YouTube site, 139 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:25,679 Speaker 1: Hospice and Palliative Care of Buffalo, Interesting because the man 140 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:29,640 Speaker 1: who runs it is Dr Christopher Kerr, who also wrote 141 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:34,319 Speaker 1: one of those award winning essays for the Bigelow Institutes Contest. 142 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:39,080 Speaker 1: He's a hospice physician, end of life researcher, and the 143 00:09:39,160 --> 00:09:43,600 Speaker 1: author of the book Death Is But a Dream. The 144 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:48,560 Speaker 1: first one is a story of a dream. Before dying, 145 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:53,560 Speaker 1: Patrick didn't cook, with one single exception of making his 146 00:09:53,640 --> 00:09:57,520 Speaker 1: grandmother's sauce, which he did I want to say about 147 00:09:57,559 --> 00:10:01,520 Speaker 1: every four or six eight weeks through the entire sixteen 148 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:04,320 Speaker 1: years I knew him. Patrick was the only member of 149 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:08,000 Speaker 1: his family that knows how to make the sauce. And 150 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:11,600 Speaker 1: for all the years I knew him, he insisted something 151 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:16,200 Speaker 1: was missing after his grandmother, after she had passed, and 152 00:10:16,280 --> 00:10:19,239 Speaker 1: she had passed well before I had ever met him. 153 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:21,240 Speaker 1: I even tried to help make it once and I 154 00:10:21,280 --> 00:10:24,840 Speaker 1: got banned from the kitchen. Fast forward, this would be 155 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:28,080 Speaker 1: the Sunday before he passed. He woke up in the 156 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:32,720 Speaker 1: morning and I couldn't get him to eat. He wasn't hungry, 157 00:10:32,880 --> 00:10:36,560 Speaker 1: total loss of appetite. And I'm like, baby, we got 158 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:38,240 Speaker 1: to make you something for breakfast. What do you want 159 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:42,280 Speaker 1: because I'm full, Pat, you had a snackpack pudding yesterday. 160 00:10:42,559 --> 00:10:45,839 Speaker 1: You're not full. And He's like, oh no, I went 161 00:10:45,960 --> 00:10:49,680 Speaker 1: Nanna Dolores last night. As real as I'm sitting here, 162 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:55,400 Speaker 1: he believed he made sauce with his grandmother. Said he 163 00:10:55,440 --> 00:10:58,760 Speaker 1: could smell it, he could still taste it, he was 164 00:10:58,880 --> 00:11:02,439 Speaker 1: full from it, and she showed him, after all these years, 165 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:05,679 Speaker 1: what he had done wrong, which is the very last 166 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:08,480 Speaker 1: step before you take it off the burner, was to 167 00:11:08,559 --> 00:11:12,040 Speaker 1: add a tea spooner sugar. It was so very real 168 00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:16,080 Speaker 1: for him, to the point we spent the next seven 169 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:18,120 Speaker 1: and a half hours because that's how long it takes 170 00:11:18,679 --> 00:11:23,840 Speaker 1: making his grandmother's sauce. And he was so sick and 171 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:25,480 Speaker 1: it was the only day it was ever allowed to 172 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:27,960 Speaker 1: help it. Well, let's say it was very strict with 173 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:31,040 Speaker 1: the orders of the sauce, and we kept bringing the 174 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:33,800 Speaker 1: pot over, so there are certain things only he could do. 175 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:38,560 Speaker 1: We made the sauce, he added the sugar last time. Patrick. 176 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:42,760 Speaker 1: Every every morning he woke up saying, is today the 177 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:45,680 Speaker 1: day I'm going to die? And I said, Joko, when 178 00:11:45,679 --> 00:11:50,040 Speaker 1: you're ready, and he was ready. I think this is 179 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:54,520 Speaker 1: a man who was at peace and very honest. If 180 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:58,080 Speaker 1: if your last dream in life is about spaghetti sauce, 181 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:01,520 Speaker 1: there's nothing more peaceful than that. It didn't appear to 182 00:12:01,559 --> 00:12:06,079 Speaker 1: be a memory to him. It appeared that he was participating. 183 00:12:06,559 --> 00:12:10,040 Speaker 1: And that's one of the things I found very different, 184 00:12:11,120 --> 00:12:18,240 Speaker 1: that that dream help help you accept that reality further. Absolutely, yeah, absolutely, 185 00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:23,240 Speaker 1: and not only the reality that he has gone. It's 186 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:26,760 Speaker 1: made me think of maybe there is something out there 187 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:30,360 Speaker 1: after we go. If we can get a secret ingredient 188 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:33,880 Speaker 1: to a spaghetti sauce in a dream before we die, 189 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:37,640 Speaker 1: what else is possible? 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Welcome back to Shades of the Afterlife. 216 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:46,840 Speaker 1: I'm Sanders Champlain and we're talking about dreams and visions. 217 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:51,960 Speaker 1: And normally we hear these wonderful things by people that 218 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:56,080 Speaker 1: have written books or have been in movies or people 219 00:14:56,120 --> 00:14:58,320 Speaker 1: that are well known, but I thought it would be 220 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:03,320 Speaker 1: nice to just share some stories of everyday people. So, 221 00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:05,560 Speaker 1: as you may know, we have a Facebook group, and 222 00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:08,040 Speaker 1: if you don't know, you can join it. Just go 223 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:10,640 Speaker 1: to We Don't Die dot com and click on the 224 00:15:10,680 --> 00:15:13,240 Speaker 1: link up the top of the page that says Facebook Group. 225 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:17,800 Speaker 1: I reached out and so many people wrote back, some beautiful, 226 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:21,040 Speaker 1: beautiful stories. So I'm going to just read them, and 227 00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:23,640 Speaker 1: I've got a nice little ding that will go off 228 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:26,520 Speaker 1: between the stories. I'm going to keep people's names out 229 00:15:26,560 --> 00:15:28,480 Speaker 1: of it, and i just want you to sit back 230 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:33,600 Speaker 1: and listen. The night before my childhood friend found out 231 00:15:33,640 --> 00:15:36,440 Speaker 1: she was terminal and only had a few days left 232 00:15:36,480 --> 00:15:39,080 Speaker 1: to live, she told me she had a dream that 233 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:43,479 Speaker 1: felt so real. She said she was at a celebration 234 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:46,480 Speaker 1: or a party that was being thrown for her with 235 00:15:46,520 --> 00:15:51,480 Speaker 1: what she called royals. She recalled this intricate throne, chair, 236 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:56,480 Speaker 1: elegant stairs, and a group of people dressed beautifully. She 237 00:15:56,600 --> 00:15:59,320 Speaker 1: said she had to go around to everyone and tell 238 00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:02,840 Speaker 1: them goodbye. She felt sad because she didn't want to leave, 239 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:06,520 Speaker 1: but she was so grateful everyone came to celebrate her. 240 00:16:07,360 --> 00:16:11,240 Speaker 1: After learning about her diagnosis, I called my mother, I 241 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:14,960 Speaker 1: mentioned the dream, and she immediately sent me the soft 242 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:19,200 Speaker 1: pastel drawing that she had been working on the day before. 243 00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:23,760 Speaker 1: It was a picture of the same image the friend described. 244 00:16:25,760 --> 00:16:28,520 Speaker 1: Four years ago, when my close friend was in the 245 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:31,960 Speaker 1: last months of his life, the cancer he was battling 246 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:35,720 Speaker 1: had taken away his ability to speak. He would struggle 247 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:40,040 Speaker 1: to speak and whisper on our calls until our communications 248 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:44,520 Speaker 1: were relegated to only texts. After not hearing from him 249 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:47,520 Speaker 1: for a few days, I awoke from a vivid dream 250 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:54,440 Speaker 1: of him looking positively beautiful, smiling, healthy eyes, sparkling head 251 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:58,120 Speaker 1: full of thick hair. In a clear voice, he said 252 00:16:58,160 --> 00:17:03,520 Speaker 1: to me, no more commune occastion, just call. I felt 253 00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:06,719 Speaker 1: good when I awoke thinking of him as being well, 254 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:09,520 Speaker 1: but it took me a little while to realize that 255 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:14,120 Speaker 1: I should actually follow his request to just call. When 256 00:17:14,160 --> 00:17:16,679 Speaker 1: I called his house, his wife told me he was 257 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:20,439 Speaker 1: not good and that the hospice nurse was there. He 258 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:23,800 Speaker 1: passed within a few hours of my call. I am 259 00:17:23,840 --> 00:17:27,359 Speaker 1: convinced and feel honored and blessed that his spirit came 260 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:33,199 Speaker 1: to me before and during his passing. I was seven 261 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:36,040 Speaker 1: and a half months pregnant with my first child when 262 00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:39,679 Speaker 1: I got a distressing phone call from my grandfather. My 263 00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:43,200 Speaker 1: beloved grandmother in another state had had a heart attack. 264 00:17:43,720 --> 00:17:46,520 Speaker 1: While the paramedics were able to get her heart started again, 265 00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:49,679 Speaker 1: she had been too long without oxygen and was in 266 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:53,600 Speaker 1: a coma where she remained. Time passed, and my child 267 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:56,720 Speaker 1: was born. We had been home from the hospital about 268 00:17:56,720 --> 00:17:59,760 Speaker 1: two weeks when I awakened from a sound sleep at 269 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:03,240 Speaker 1: a at five am. I could hear my grandmother's voice 270 00:18:03,280 --> 00:18:07,760 Speaker 1: calling my name, and in my semi awake state, I 271 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:11,160 Speaker 1: thought I was speaking to her on the phone. In retrospect, 272 00:18:11,240 --> 00:18:15,000 Speaker 1: I realized that the communication was actually all inside my 273 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:19,080 Speaker 1: head because I never spoke out loud. But we did communicate, 274 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:22,000 Speaker 1: and I did not see her. I only heard her voice. 275 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:25,200 Speaker 1: At first, I was just as glad to hear from 276 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:28,480 Speaker 1: her as always, and excitedly asked her if she knew 277 00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:32,240 Speaker 1: I had my baby. She did. We chatted about some 278 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:36,160 Speaker 1: inconsequential things for a few seconds, and then I realized 279 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:39,560 Speaker 1: I could not possibly be speaking to her on the phone. 280 00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:43,679 Speaker 1: But Grandma, you've been sick, I exclaimed. She laughed her 281 00:18:43,720 --> 00:18:48,320 Speaker 1: familiar chuckle and said, yeah, but not anymore, honey. I 282 00:18:48,359 --> 00:18:51,400 Speaker 1: got up a few hours later, thinking what a strange 283 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:54,960 Speaker 1: dream I had. Within twenty four hours of this event, 284 00:18:55,480 --> 00:18:58,639 Speaker 1: my grandmother died. When my mother called me to tell 285 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:01,560 Speaker 1: me she was gone, I didn't have to be told. 286 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:05,119 Speaker 1: I said, I know why you're calling. Mom. While I 287 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:08,280 Speaker 1: missed my grandmother, I don't really mourn her because I 288 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:12,159 Speaker 1: feel she's still around and still a part of my life. 289 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:16,440 Speaker 1: My father in law had a visit from his deceased 290 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:20,439 Speaker 1: sister about a week before he died. My mom told 291 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:24,280 Speaker 1: me she had been seeing her grandmother and sister, both 292 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:27,320 Speaker 1: who were deceased, a lot in her dreams. In the 293 00:19:27,359 --> 00:19:31,800 Speaker 1: week or so before she passed. My dad was at 294 00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:36,560 Speaker 1: home with hospice and was unresponsive for several days. Then 295 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:39,639 Speaker 1: about five pm, his nurse came running out of the 296 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:43,200 Speaker 1: living room and said, your dad is waking up. I 297 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:45,920 Speaker 1: ran into the room and saw him with his right 298 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:50,879 Speaker 1: hand up towards the ceiling and mumbling some words. I said, Dad, 299 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:54,199 Speaker 1: can you hear me? And got no response. He was 300 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:57,119 Speaker 1: just laying flat on his back with his right hand 301 00:19:57,359 --> 00:20:00,560 Speaker 1: up toward the corner of the ceiling. After a few minutes, 302 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:03,760 Speaker 1: his hand dropped. I left the room, and then about 303 00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:06,520 Speaker 1: twenty minutes later, the nurse came running out of the 304 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:10,080 Speaker 1: living room to tell me that my dad's heart just stopped. 305 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:14,200 Speaker 1: I ran into the room and was going to do CPR, 306 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:17,320 Speaker 1: and I felt this overwhelming feeling to leave it alone, 307 00:20:18,119 --> 00:20:20,879 Speaker 1: so I just stood there in awe as I watched 308 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:24,680 Speaker 1: him exhale his last breath, with one tear running down 309 00:20:24,720 --> 00:20:27,920 Speaker 1: his cheek. A couple of months later, my dad came 310 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:31,400 Speaker 1: to me in a dream and told me he left me, 311 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:36,480 Speaker 1: my wife, and my two small children five thousand dollars 312 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:39,960 Speaker 1: in his top dresser drawer and wanted us to have it. 313 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:43,639 Speaker 1: But he never got the chance to tell me where 314 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:47,119 Speaker 1: he left the money before he died. The next morning, 315 00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:49,800 Speaker 1: I woke up and told my wife about the dream, 316 00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:52,280 Speaker 1: and we both just sat there in bed trying to 317 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:56,359 Speaker 1: make sense of it. Then my wife said, well, go check. 318 00:20:56,920 --> 00:20:58,720 Speaker 1: So I got out of bed and went into my 319 00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:02,480 Speaker 1: dad's room and open his top dresser drawer. I took 320 00:21:02,520 --> 00:21:06,440 Speaker 1: out some books, papers, and some old magazines, and there 321 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:09,840 Speaker 1: was a white envelope. I opened the envelope and it 322 00:21:09,920 --> 00:21:15,879 Speaker 1: contained exactly five thousand dollars in cash. I about passed out, 323 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:19,480 Speaker 1: and me and my wife just started crying. This was 324 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:23,760 Speaker 1: back in and ever since then, I have researched life 325 00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:27,119 Speaker 1: after death because I know for a fact there is 326 00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:32,680 Speaker 1: another side, and it is wonderful. That last story reminds 327 00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:36,399 Speaker 1: me of one of my stories. There's a person that 328 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:40,520 Speaker 1: I know that said he had never believed in the afterlife. However, 329 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:44,000 Speaker 1: after the death of his dad, he had a random 330 00:21:44,119 --> 00:21:47,320 Speaker 1: stranger come up to him that told him she was 331 00:21:47,359 --> 00:21:51,240 Speaker 1: a medium and that his father was desperate to give 332 00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:54,959 Speaker 1: him some information. So of course he listened, and the 333 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:58,879 Speaker 1: message was that your dad had put some gold coins 334 00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:04,879 Speaker 1: behind a rick in the fireplace. So my friends, this 335 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:08,520 Speaker 1: gentleman went back to check in the fireplace, and sure 336 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:11,679 Speaker 1: enough there was a loose brick and behind it was 337 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:16,200 Speaker 1: some coins. So this fellow, his mind was changed about 338 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:21,200 Speaker 1: what else is possible. I was at my sister's bedside 339 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:25,120 Speaker 1: for her last hours. About half an hour before she passed, 340 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:28,000 Speaker 1: she looked up into the corner of the room and said, 341 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:31,240 Speaker 1: what about those people over there? I looked up and 342 00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:35,640 Speaker 1: didn't see anyone. She was gone shortly after that. When 343 00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:38,160 Speaker 1: we called my parents to tell them she had passed, 344 00:22:38,520 --> 00:22:41,000 Speaker 1: my father said he had a dream just a few 345 00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:45,280 Speaker 1: hours before of two women in nightgowns, one blue and 346 00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:48,840 Speaker 1: one white. He said the first person went by really 347 00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:51,639 Speaker 1: fast and he couldn't see who it was, but the 348 00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:55,200 Speaker 1: second one was my sister. He knew when we called 349 00:22:55,400 --> 00:23:00,920 Speaker 1: what had happened, even before we told him my they're transitioned. 350 00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:04,159 Speaker 1: On the evening of October thirty one, a few weeks 351 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:08,119 Speaker 1: before she transitioned. She was happy and smiling, and she said, 352 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:11,080 Speaker 1: there are so many people here that I don't even 353 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:15,200 Speaker 1: know fifty percent of them. She was also having conversations 354 00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:18,680 Speaker 1: with her loved ones in spirit months before she passed, 355 00:23:19,119 --> 00:23:22,000 Speaker 1: even telling me what they were saying and giving me 356 00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:27,000 Speaker 1: encouraging messages. The day before she passed, she excitedly told 357 00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:30,760 Speaker 1: me and staff more than once that it was time 358 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:33,199 Speaker 1: for her to go. I slept next to her in 359 00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:36,000 Speaker 1: a cot the night before she had passed and had 360 00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:39,320 Speaker 1: a beautiful visitation dream where I was with my mother 361 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:43,240 Speaker 1: and holding and stroking my beloved dog that had passed 362 00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:47,480 Speaker 1: a few years before. And this story is from a 363 00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:51,440 Speaker 1: hospice nurse. I held my grandmother's hand as she lay 364 00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:54,399 Speaker 1: dying in the bed. She had been paranoid in the 365 00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:57,920 Speaker 1: previous days, claiming the doctors were trying to kill her 366 00:23:58,240 --> 00:24:01,520 Speaker 1: and even claiming to see ale Ian's attempting to steal 367 00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:05,800 Speaker 1: her away. Today, however, was different. As her hand lay 368 00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:09,320 Speaker 1: limply in mine, Alma as I called her, turned her 369 00:24:09,359 --> 00:24:13,679 Speaker 1: face towards me, eyes bright and gleaming, cheeks flushed, and 370 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:16,880 Speaker 1: with a look of wonder on her face. They were 371 00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:20,280 Speaker 1: here last night, They came to see me. She said, 372 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:25,680 Speaker 1: who oma, I said, the doctors. No, she said, her 373 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:29,399 Speaker 1: voice lowering to barely a whisper, as if she was 374 00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:34,159 Speaker 1: trying to keep some special secret. My father and my brother, 375 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:38,720 Speaker 1: they were here, singing and reading poetry to me. She 376 00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:43,600 Speaker 1: smiled and relaxed back into her pillow, deeply satisfied. Although 377 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:47,080 Speaker 1: her father and brother had passed away decades before, they 378 00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:50,639 Speaker 1: were very dear to her. In life. Her father was 379 00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:54,120 Speaker 1: part of a barbershop quartet, and both of his children 380 00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:58,280 Speaker 1: grew up to be musically inclined. My grandmother played the piano, 381 00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:02,080 Speaker 1: a talent she passed on to me. She passed away 382 00:25:02,119 --> 00:25:05,120 Speaker 1: a few days later, and I knew exactly who welcomed 383 00:25:05,119 --> 00:25:09,359 Speaker 1: her home. Looking back, I find it interesting, though, and 384 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:12,960 Speaker 1: not surprising, that her deceased mother had not figured into 385 00:25:13,119 --> 00:25:16,920 Speaker 1: her deathbed visions. While she had worshiped her father and 386 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:21,240 Speaker 1: loved her brother dearly, my grandmother had a very cool 387 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:24,879 Speaker 1: relationship with her mother. It makes perfect sense that her 388 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:29,119 Speaker 1: mother might have known that appearing during the dying process 389 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:33,159 Speaker 1: would be stressful for her grandmother, which convinces me that 390 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:38,440 Speaker 1: this wasn't a hallucination. When people hallucinate Generally, the visions 391 00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:45,359 Speaker 1: are convoluted, anxiety producing and nonsensical. This couldn't have been 392 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:49,320 Speaker 1: more perfect if my grandmother had designed it herself. What 393 00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:52,320 Speaker 1: about the aliens, Well, at first I thought it was 394 00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:55,680 Speaker 1: simply paranoia, but now I believe she might have been 395 00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:59,800 Speaker 1: initially visited by light beings, perhaps her guides or a 396 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:04,280 Speaker 1: jewels that she misinterpreted as aliens. Perhaps this is why 397 00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:07,360 Speaker 1: her father and brother were sent in to calm her 398 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:11,280 Speaker 1: and help her transition home. On the other hand, it's 399 00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:14,920 Speaker 1: possible the alien sighting was due to an over medication. 400 00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:18,240 Speaker 1: I don't know, but I don't doubt the rest of 401 00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:21,720 Speaker 1: her visitation. 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Their occurrence is so 428 00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:15,960 Speaker 1: common that they use these visions as a sign to 429 00:28:16,119 --> 00:28:19,879 Speaker 1: let them know to call the loved ones. These visions 430 00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:24,560 Speaker 1: happen generally when a person is experiencing an extended dying 431 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:28,639 Speaker 1: process from illness or from old age. Even patients who 432 00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:32,680 Speaker 1: are in coma or unconscious or have dementia, Alzheimer's or 433 00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:39,720 Speaker 1: Parkinson's may experience something known as terminal lucidity. Prior to death. 434 00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:44,160 Speaker 1: People who couldn't speak or recognize loved ones suddenly open 435 00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:50,000 Speaker 1: their eyes and address the family with complete clarity and lucidity. 436 00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:53,880 Speaker 1: This may also be incorporated into a deathbed vision, where 437 00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:59,200 Speaker 1: the dying person simultaneously addresses the living and the vision 438 00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:03,400 Speaker 1: of their ceased loved Once, Steve Jobs was said to 439 00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:06,920 Speaker 1: have a deathbed vision. His final words as he looked 440 00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:12,080 Speaker 1: out past his family were oh wow, oh wow, oh wow. 441 00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:15,600 Speaker 1: A nurse tells this story about Roger Ebert, who was 442 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:19,440 Speaker 1: a film critic, and this happened the week before he died. 443 00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:22,560 Speaker 1: He had a vision. The one thing people might be 444 00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:26,200 Speaker 1: surprised about. Roger said that he didn't know if he 445 00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:29,840 Speaker 1: could believe in God. He had his doubts. But towards 446 00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:33,960 Speaker 1: the end, something really interesting happened. That week before Roger 447 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:36,720 Speaker 1: passed away. I would see him and he would talk 448 00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:41,200 Speaker 1: about having visited this other place. I thought he was hallucinating. 449 00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:44,640 Speaker 1: I thought they were giving him too much medication. But 450 00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:47,760 Speaker 1: the day before he passed away, he wrote me a note. 451 00:29:48,560 --> 00:29:53,040 Speaker 1: This is all an elaborate hoax. I asked him, what's 452 00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:57,960 Speaker 1: a hoax? And he was talking about this world, this place. 453 00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:01,760 Speaker 1: He said it was an a ucian I thought he 454 00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:05,320 Speaker 1: was just confused, but he was not confused. He wasn't 455 00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:08,920 Speaker 1: visiting heaven, not the way we think of heaven. He 456 00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:12,200 Speaker 1: described it as a vastness that you can't even imagine. 457 00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:15,560 Speaker 1: It was a place where the past, present, in the future, 458 00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:20,320 Speaker 1: we're all happening at once. In a study conducted, they 459 00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:24,360 Speaker 1: reported that fifty of the tens of thousands of individuals 460 00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:30,400 Speaker 1: they studied had experienced deathbed visions. Medical science has accepted 461 00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:36,040 Speaker 1: that deathbed visions do occur with statistically significant frequency, but 462 00:30:36,120 --> 00:30:43,080 Speaker 1: opinions differ as to their cause. Called death related sensory experiences, 463 00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:48,600 Speaker 1: doctors attribute deathbed visions to either hallucinations caused by high 464 00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:53,400 Speaker 1: doses of medications such as morphine given in hospice environments, 465 00:30:53,560 --> 00:30:57,480 Speaker 1: or cerebral hypoxia, which is a lack of oxygen in 466 00:30:57,480 --> 00:31:01,680 Speaker 1: the brain. Although no formal, inclusive study has been done, 467 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:06,560 Speaker 1: it is reported that deathbed visions occur worldwide and throughout 468 00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:11,880 Speaker 1: history and subjects both medicated and non medicated. Certainly, many 469 00:31:11,920 --> 00:31:15,400 Speaker 1: people die without the benefit of hospice care, and yet 470 00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:20,040 Speaker 1: deathbed visions are continually reported. If it were caused by 471 00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:24,400 Speaker 1: narcotics only, we might see an increase in highly ordered 472 00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:28,480 Speaker 1: visions and all patients taking doses of morphine. Yet only 473 00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:33,760 Speaker 1: those close to death have these very particular types of visions. Secondly, 474 00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:38,440 Speaker 1: the visions are highly ordered and sensical. They typically make 475 00:31:38,480 --> 00:31:42,160 Speaker 1: sense to the individual and the observers when described, and 476 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:47,280 Speaker 1: overwhelmingly these visions contain descriptions of people who are deceased. 477 00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:53,160 Speaker 1: Hallucinations caused by a dying brain wouldn't distinguish between the 478 00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:57,720 Speaker 1: living and the deceased, and one might suggest that hallucinations 479 00:31:58,080 --> 00:32:02,240 Speaker 1: would contain people play is and images of the patient's 480 00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:07,680 Speaker 1: current surroundings in recent life, not deceased family members who 481 00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:11,920 Speaker 1: may have died decades before. The lack of living family 482 00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:18,080 Speaker 1: members in the visions argues against the hallucination hypothesis. Lastly, 483 00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:22,959 Speaker 1: a brain starved of oxygen wouldn't produce clear, logical and 484 00:32:23,160 --> 00:32:27,600 Speaker 1: ordered hallucinations. A lack of oxygen in the brain makes 485 00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:31,280 Speaker 1: it less likely to create images, sound, and memory, so 486 00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:36,000 Speaker 1: you would expect those hallucinations to be fragmented, disjointed, and 487 00:32:36,080 --> 00:32:39,440 Speaker 1: not make any sense. The good news is that when 488 00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:43,840 Speaker 1: our time comes, we will be comforted by beautiful visions 489 00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:47,240 Speaker 1: and the outstretched arms of parents and friends who have 490 00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:52,080 Speaker 1: died before welcoming us home. So let's hear some more stories, 491 00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:55,280 Speaker 1: shall we. I've been a nurse for thirty four years 492 00:32:55,360 --> 00:32:59,560 Speaker 1: and have seen multiple people, and especially my beloved father 493 00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:02,680 Speaker 1: and mother in law, who saw loved ones in the 494 00:33:02,760 --> 00:33:06,320 Speaker 1: corners of the room. I even saw one of my 495 00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:10,640 Speaker 1: patients at the end stage raise his arms up and 496 00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:16,240 Speaker 1: smile and then peacefully pass away. My mother had been 497 00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:19,920 Speaker 1: in and out of hospitals over the last year, near death. 498 00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:24,959 Speaker 1: At each admission she was alert and not delusional. She 499 00:33:25,040 --> 00:33:29,160 Speaker 1: had congestive heart failure and lung and kidney cancer spread 500 00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:33,120 Speaker 1: throughout her body. One morning, in the hospital room, about 501 00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:36,760 Speaker 1: two in the morning, all was quiet. My mother stared 502 00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:39,720 Speaker 1: out the door of her room and into the hall 503 00:33:39,760 --> 00:33:43,360 Speaker 1: that led to the nurses station. Mama, what do you see, 504 00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:46,800 Speaker 1: I asked, don't you see them? She said, they walk 505 00:33:46,920 --> 00:33:50,520 Speaker 1: the hall day and night. They are dead. She said 506 00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:53,760 Speaker 1: this and she was quiet and calm. Her surgeon said 507 00:33:53,800 --> 00:33:57,200 Speaker 1: there was no point in treatment as cancer had spread 508 00:33:57,240 --> 00:34:00,520 Speaker 1: throughout her body. He said she might have have six 509 00:34:00,560 --> 00:34:03,680 Speaker 1: months to live at most, maybe three months. So I 510 00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:06,480 Speaker 1: brought her home to die. The night of her passing, 511 00:34:06,640 --> 00:34:10,920 Speaker 1: she was restless and anxious. A few minutes before eight o'clock, 512 00:34:11,239 --> 00:34:14,640 Speaker 1: she said, I have to go. There here, they're waiting 513 00:34:14,680 --> 00:34:18,520 Speaker 1: for me. Her face glowed and the color returned to 514 00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:22,040 Speaker 1: her pale face as she attempted to raise herself and 515 00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:25,839 Speaker 1: stand up. Her last words were I have to go. 516 00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:31,880 Speaker 1: It's beautiful, and then she passed at eight o'clock. Several 517 00:34:31,920 --> 00:34:35,640 Speaker 1: months later, my alarm clock, which was broken and had 518 00:34:35,680 --> 00:34:39,200 Speaker 1: no batteries in it, went off at eight o'clock. I 519 00:34:39,200 --> 00:34:41,719 Speaker 1: could feel the presence of my mother and her amusement 520 00:34:41,960 --> 00:34:45,360 Speaker 1: at achieving such a task and bringing it to my attention. 521 00:34:45,960 --> 00:34:48,080 Speaker 1: A year and two months to the day of my 522 00:34:48,160 --> 00:34:53,000 Speaker 1: mother's transformation, she appeared in my kitchen as whole, healthy 523 00:34:53,080 --> 00:34:56,560 Speaker 1: and young. I was surprised, knowing she was dead, but 524 00:34:56,640 --> 00:34:59,120 Speaker 1: so happy to see her. I said, I love you, 525 00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:01,879 Speaker 1: and she was gone. She had come back to say 526 00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:05,280 Speaker 1: a final goodbye and let me know she was happy 527 00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:10,760 Speaker 1: and okay. I was in my grandfather's hospital room holding 528 00:35:10,840 --> 00:35:14,719 Speaker 1: his hand. He had five heart attacks during a three 529 00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:18,400 Speaker 1: day period. He looked up at the ceiling and said, oh, 530 00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:22,640 Speaker 1: look at those beautiful flowers. I looked up. There was 531 00:35:22,680 --> 00:35:25,880 Speaker 1: a bare light bulb. He then had another heart attack 532 00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:30,200 Speaker 1: and the machine screamed. The nurses ran in. They revived 533 00:35:30,280 --> 00:35:33,160 Speaker 1: him and put in a pacemaker. He died about four 534 00:35:33,239 --> 00:35:36,680 Speaker 1: days later. He wanted to go back to the beautiful garden. 535 00:35:38,239 --> 00:35:41,600 Speaker 1: I had just returned home from the hospital after spending 536 00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:44,879 Speaker 1: the night there with my dying mother. No sooner had 537 00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:48,280 Speaker 1: I sat down, the phone rang. It was my brother 538 00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:51,359 Speaker 1: informing me that Mom had passed. When I hung up 539 00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:54,960 Speaker 1: the phone, my not yet two year old daughter was 540 00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:57,480 Speaker 1: in the living room, pointing to the corner of the 541 00:35:57,560 --> 00:36:03,520 Speaker 1: ceiling and excitedly yelling, Nana, Nanna, I do believe my 542 00:36:03,560 --> 00:36:08,440 Speaker 1: mom had come to say goodbye. Just before my mother passed, 543 00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:12,359 Speaker 1: she said that Dad, her Charlie, had come for her, 544 00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:15,600 Speaker 1: but she said that she sent him away because she 545 00:36:15,680 --> 00:36:18,960 Speaker 1: wasn't ready, and she was still angry with him because 546 00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:22,600 Speaker 1: he left her alone when he passed several years before her. 547 00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:28,080 Speaker 1: The night before Mom transitioned, I was with her. All 548 00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:30,680 Speaker 1: of a sudden, her eyes shifted to where she was 549 00:36:30,719 --> 00:36:34,160 Speaker 1: looking out the door, and a big smile came on 550 00:36:34,200 --> 00:36:37,799 Speaker 1: her face, and she let out a cheerful sound. I 551 00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:41,800 Speaker 1: asked her what it was that she could see. Mum's 552 00:36:41,880 --> 00:36:46,960 Speaker 1: reply was Robin, my horse. Robin was my mom's horse 553 00:36:47,280 --> 00:36:50,440 Speaker 1: when she was a little girl. Mom wanted me to 554 00:36:50,480 --> 00:36:53,160 Speaker 1: stay that very last night, and I know I should have, 555 00:36:53,760 --> 00:36:57,399 Speaker 1: but after she fell asleep, I left. I have no 556 00:36:57,480 --> 00:37:00,560 Speaker 1: doubt that Robin was the first of many that came 557 00:37:00,600 --> 00:37:03,359 Speaker 1: to show Mom the way home the next morning when 558 00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:09,000 Speaker 1: she transitioned. My grandfather, during his final days, would often 559 00:37:09,120 --> 00:37:11,680 Speaker 1: stare up and smile at the wall in the corner 560 00:37:11,680 --> 00:37:15,560 Speaker 1: of the room. Being completely weak, he did manage to 561 00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:19,279 Speaker 1: sit straight up one day and started waving still to 562 00:37:19,360 --> 00:37:22,600 Speaker 1: the corner of the room. My aunt asked him, what 563 00:37:22,760 --> 00:37:25,920 Speaker 1: is it, dad, what do you see? Is it mom? 564 00:37:25,920 --> 00:37:30,719 Speaker 1: My grandmother died thirty years earlier. My granddad said, yes, 565 00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:33,839 Speaker 1: it's your mom. My aunt said, and how does she look? 566 00:37:34,480 --> 00:37:38,960 Speaker 1: My grandfather said, all right, I love that response. He 567 00:37:39,120 --> 00:37:43,200 Speaker 1: passed the next day. The last few days before my 568 00:37:43,280 --> 00:37:47,160 Speaker 1: mother transitioned, she was bedridden and lapsing in and out 569 00:37:47,160 --> 00:37:51,120 Speaker 1: of consciousness, she would smile, look into the distance and 570 00:37:51,200 --> 00:37:54,160 Speaker 1: say that her mom and her sister were there speaking 571 00:37:54,200 --> 00:37:57,040 Speaker 1: to her. It was a great comfort to us to 572 00:37:57,160 --> 00:38:00,520 Speaker 1: witness this as a family, and later years, when it 573 00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:03,680 Speaker 1: was my father's time to transition, a couple of days 574 00:38:03,719 --> 00:38:07,960 Speaker 1: before he passed, his words were you'll never guess Pa 575 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:11,040 Speaker 1: came and got into bed with me. He thought this 576 00:38:11,120 --> 00:38:15,560 Speaker 1: was very funny and certainly gave him and us great comfort. 577 00:38:17,160 --> 00:38:20,480 Speaker 1: My grandma lived in a nursing home in Tennessee. She 578 00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:23,800 Speaker 1: saw angels in the corner of her room and asked 579 00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:27,160 Speaker 1: if anyone else could see them. She passed. A few 580 00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:31,640 Speaker 1: weeks later, my father looked up in the corner of 581 00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:34,360 Speaker 1: the room and told me that his mother and sister 582 00:38:34,640 --> 00:38:38,319 Speaker 1: were hugging each other. They were both deceased, and I 583 00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:41,680 Speaker 1: asked him if Mom was saying anything. He told me, 584 00:38:42,080 --> 00:38:46,000 Speaker 1: she is telling me to love you. In the year 585 00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:50,600 Speaker 1: and a half before my mom passed, her health was failing. However, 586 00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:54,880 Speaker 1: she was cognitively sharp and intelligent as ever, she was 587 00:38:54,920 --> 00:38:58,480 Speaker 1: never a religious or spiritual person, but she told me 588 00:38:58,520 --> 00:39:01,000 Speaker 1: one day that she had seen her own father at 589 00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:05,360 Speaker 1: the foot of her bed clear as day. Then some 590 00:39:05,480 --> 00:39:07,799 Speaker 1: months later, she saw both of her parents at the 591 00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:11,600 Speaker 1: foot of her bed. She said it was comforting. I 592 00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:15,240 Speaker 1: was happy for her, but sad knowing her time was limited. 593 00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:20,160 Speaker 1: When my mother was on her deathbed, she sat straight up, 594 00:39:20,480 --> 00:39:22,520 Speaker 1: turned her head to the wall next to her and 595 00:39:22,640 --> 00:39:26,120 Speaker 1: started a conversation. I could make out the words here 596 00:39:26,160 --> 00:39:30,760 Speaker 1: and there. I could hear okay, I'm ready and yes yes. 597 00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:34,759 Speaker 1: She would nod and smile and point. I recorded it 598 00:39:34,840 --> 00:39:38,320 Speaker 1: on my phone so I'd have it forever. She passed 599 00:39:38,480 --> 00:39:43,120 Speaker 1: soon after. We can all be comforted knowing that our 600 00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:45,960 Speaker 1: loved ones come to get us when it's our time, 601 00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:49,080 Speaker 1: and if we're not seeing them, it's not our time. 602 00:39:49,360 --> 00:39:51,520 Speaker 1: So we'll be back with some more stories. In just 603 00:39:51,600 --> 00:39:54,960 Speaker 1: a minute. You're listening to Shades of the Afterlife on 604 00:39:55,040 --> 00:39:58,600 Speaker 1: the I Heart Radio and Coast to Coast AM Paranormal 605 00:39:58,680 --> 00:40:15,400 Speaker 1: podcast network. 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All the info is 616 00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:44,759 Speaker 1: waiting for you now at Coast to Coast am dot com. 617 00:40:44,760 --> 00:40:57,040 Speaker 1: That's Coast to Coast am dot com. Happy New Year 618 00:40:57,160 --> 00:40:59,880 Speaker 1: from your friends here at I Heart Radio and Coast 619 00:40:59,880 --> 00:41:23,920 Speaker 1: to Those day M. Welcome back to Shades of the Afterlife. 620 00:41:24,160 --> 00:41:28,000 Speaker 1: I'm Sandra Champlain and we are sharing stories of visions 621 00:41:28,239 --> 00:41:32,920 Speaker 1: and dreams. I've not yet had the opportunity to interview 622 00:41:33,080 --> 00:41:37,279 Speaker 1: Dr Christopher Kerr, who is a hospice physician, end of 623 00:41:37,360 --> 00:41:40,960 Speaker 1: life researcher, and author of the book Death Is But 624 00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:45,799 Speaker 1: a Dream, but I stumbled across his YouTube channel Hospice 625 00:41:45,920 --> 00:41:50,920 Speaker 1: and Palliative Care Buffalo. Dr Kerr says eight percent of 626 00:41:50,960 --> 00:41:56,200 Speaker 1: patients have these dreams and visions. How comforting for them 627 00:41:56,239 --> 00:41:58,520 Speaker 1: to know that their loved ones are right by their 628 00:41:58,600 --> 00:42:03,120 Speaker 1: side for their transition. Also comforting is for us to 629 00:42:03,200 --> 00:42:07,080 Speaker 1: know that no one dies alone. It is possible that 630 00:42:07,160 --> 00:42:10,160 Speaker 1: the closer we are to death, the more the veil 631 00:42:10,239 --> 00:42:14,480 Speaker 1: between life and death becomes clear. For most of us, 632 00:42:15,040 --> 00:42:17,000 Speaker 1: I think it's like we're looking at a very thick 633 00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:20,040 Speaker 1: brick wall and we have no idea what's behind it. 634 00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:24,239 Speaker 1: But for those approaching physical death, it's like only a 635 00:42:24,280 --> 00:42:28,320 Speaker 1: clear shower curtain, and they can see everything and everyone 636 00:42:28,440 --> 00:42:31,840 Speaker 1: behind it. I clearly remember my friend, who was a 637 00:42:31,880 --> 00:42:36,160 Speaker 1: hospice chaplain, telling me the story about his elderly father 638 00:42:36,360 --> 00:42:39,760 Speaker 1: when he passed. A week before he departed this life, 639 00:42:40,040 --> 00:42:42,319 Speaker 1: he sat up in bed and had a look of 640 00:42:42,360 --> 00:42:45,200 Speaker 1: awe on his face, like he was looking into heaven. 641 00:42:45,719 --> 00:42:49,160 Speaker 1: He said, how beautiful it was. He was naming the 642 00:42:49,200 --> 00:42:52,880 Speaker 1: people that he saw there. They were young and healthy, 643 00:42:52,920 --> 00:42:56,200 Speaker 1: but of course deceased. He even saw a friend of 644 00:42:56,239 --> 00:42:59,720 Speaker 1: his who had recently died, but no one had told 645 00:42:59,800 --> 00:43:03,560 Speaker 1: him of this man's passing. Someone from beyond told him 646 00:43:03,560 --> 00:43:05,960 Speaker 1: that he just had a short time left to live 647 00:43:06,640 --> 00:43:08,800 Speaker 1: and to do the things he wanted to do now 648 00:43:08,960 --> 00:43:12,319 Speaker 1: with his physical body. He told his adult children he 649 00:43:12,360 --> 00:43:15,080 Speaker 1: wanted to wear his best suit. He wanted to watch 650 00:43:15,080 --> 00:43:18,160 Speaker 1: a game of his favorite football team. He wanted a 651 00:43:18,160 --> 00:43:22,360 Speaker 1: hot fudge Sunday and a piece of cherry pie. After 652 00:43:22,400 --> 00:43:24,520 Speaker 1: all of those things were enjoyed and a lot of 653 00:43:24,560 --> 00:43:27,560 Speaker 1: family time. He put his head on the pillow for 654 00:43:27,600 --> 00:43:32,319 Speaker 1: the last time and went peacefully into the afterlife. I'd 655 00:43:32,320 --> 00:43:35,080 Speaker 1: like to play now some words from a mother and daughter. 656 00:43:35,760 --> 00:43:38,520 Speaker 1: The mother has cancer and is towards the end of 657 00:43:38,520 --> 00:43:41,759 Speaker 1: her physical life. I think more and more people are 658 00:43:42,000 --> 00:43:46,600 Speaker 1: getting a little bit more hip to dreams than than 659 00:43:46,600 --> 00:43:50,080 Speaker 1: they were before. When I think of my mother, I 660 00:43:50,200 --> 00:43:57,279 Speaker 1: just think of a really vivacious, energetic um. She was 661 00:43:57,320 --> 00:44:00,240 Speaker 1: the type of person that when she walked into a room, 662 00:44:00,239 --> 00:44:02,480 Speaker 1: it lit up. So when I walked in one morning, 663 00:44:02,560 --> 00:44:07,560 Speaker 1: she said, I had the most amazing dream. And I said, 664 00:44:07,600 --> 00:44:11,440 Speaker 1: tell me about it, and she said it was so 665 00:44:11,600 --> 00:44:16,680 Speaker 1: detailed and so real that she felt that it was 666 00:44:16,719 --> 00:44:21,600 Speaker 1: actually happening. I was laying in bed and people were 667 00:44:21,640 --> 00:44:26,359 Speaker 1: walking very slowly by me. The right hand side I 668 00:44:26,440 --> 00:44:29,319 Speaker 1: didn't know, but they were all very friendly, and they 669 00:44:29,400 --> 00:44:35,080 Speaker 1: touched my arm or my and when they went by. 670 00:44:35,400 --> 00:44:39,000 Speaker 1: And but the other side were people that I knew. 671 00:44:39,200 --> 00:44:45,560 Speaker 1: My mom and dad were there, my uncle, everybody I 672 00:44:45,680 --> 00:44:49,759 Speaker 1: knew that was dead was there, and they passed and 673 00:44:49,800 --> 00:44:53,680 Speaker 1: did the same thing. She described this as more of 674 00:44:53,680 --> 00:44:58,080 Speaker 1: an event that she would believe almost happened. She knew 675 00:44:58,120 --> 00:45:01,279 Speaker 1: that it didn't. She didn't believe happened because she woke 676 00:45:01,360 --> 00:45:04,359 Speaker 1: up and she was at home, but she said it 677 00:45:04,480 --> 00:45:08,720 Speaker 1: was as if she were in a different place. Boy, 678 00:45:08,800 --> 00:45:14,200 Speaker 1: I remember seeing every piece of their face, and I 679 00:45:14,200 --> 00:45:16,760 Speaker 1: mean I know that was my mom dead, and uncle 680 00:45:16,800 --> 00:45:20,879 Speaker 1: and my brother in law. That dream and her successive 681 00:45:20,960 --> 00:45:27,880 Speaker 1: dreams and experiences made her feel comforted. I felt good. 682 00:45:28,560 --> 00:45:32,879 Speaker 1: I felt good to see some people and the other 683 00:45:32,880 --> 00:45:36,160 Speaker 1: ones didn't bother me either. I have seen my mother 684 00:45:37,400 --> 00:45:40,719 Speaker 1: recently or I can't say that my mother and I 685 00:45:40,800 --> 00:45:45,160 Speaker 1: got along all those years, but we made up for 686 00:45:45,320 --> 00:45:48,200 Speaker 1: it at you end. And she would say, she said 687 00:45:48,239 --> 00:45:52,200 Speaker 1: to me, I'm not crazy too, and I said, I 688 00:45:52,239 --> 00:45:55,799 Speaker 1: don't think you are not. It's okay. One I told 689 00:45:55,840 --> 00:45:59,600 Speaker 1: my family that I was happy about it, and that's 690 00:45:59,600 --> 00:46:03,320 Speaker 1: what they asked. How does it make you feel well? 691 00:46:03,680 --> 00:46:07,200 Speaker 1: I feel good about it. I feel the comfort and 692 00:46:07,239 --> 00:46:10,799 Speaker 1: the piece that some of these experiences brought to her 693 00:46:11,000 --> 00:46:16,600 Speaker 1: gave her exactly what she needed to pass on. For me, 694 00:46:17,760 --> 00:46:25,080 Speaker 1: it affirmed that you're not alone when you die. Next 695 00:46:25,160 --> 00:46:28,480 Speaker 1: you're going to hear a story from a man talking 696 00:46:28,520 --> 00:46:32,960 Speaker 1: about being with his wife before she passed she started 697 00:46:33,040 --> 00:46:39,319 Speaker 1: like chanton, I'm going home, I'm going home, over and 698 00:46:39,400 --> 00:46:45,360 Speaker 1: over and over again. And that's kept up almost all afternoon. 699 00:46:46,360 --> 00:46:49,919 Speaker 1: I'd give her, give her a drink or something, bring 700 00:46:49,960 --> 00:46:52,120 Speaker 1: her bed up, and as I brought her bed up, 701 00:46:52,200 --> 00:46:54,880 Speaker 1: her head would go up and still stare at the ceiling, 702 00:46:54,920 --> 00:47:00,600 Speaker 1: real eye about I'll say, right around three o'clock, I 703 00:47:00,680 --> 00:47:03,160 Speaker 1: said to her, what are you staring at so hard 704 00:47:03,239 --> 00:47:06,959 Speaker 1: up there? She says, it's the angels. They're coming down 705 00:47:07,000 --> 00:47:10,680 Speaker 1: to take me home to heaven. And those were the 706 00:47:10,800 --> 00:47:14,520 Speaker 1: last words that I haven't heard her speak. She was 707 00:47:14,800 --> 00:47:19,400 Speaker 1: total content. She had been fighting cancer for about thirteen 708 00:47:19,480 --> 00:47:23,040 Speaker 1: years prior to net there, and I knew that now 709 00:47:23,160 --> 00:47:27,759 Speaker 1: she was at totally She's done. It was the end, 710 00:47:27,840 --> 00:47:33,279 Speaker 1: and she realized that she was happy that she was going. 711 00:47:33,719 --> 00:47:37,160 Speaker 1: It put me at ease, also knowing that it's been 712 00:47:38,160 --> 00:47:42,960 Speaker 1: hard at times to agree with her loss, but knowing 713 00:47:43,560 --> 00:47:47,320 Speaker 1: how she died, what mood she was in one she died, 714 00:47:47,920 --> 00:47:52,839 Speaker 1: has put me at great ease over at Really now 715 00:47:53,920 --> 00:47:57,880 Speaker 1: you know often about that experience, Yes, oh yes, I 716 00:47:57,920 --> 00:48:02,960 Speaker 1: think it out there a lot. And still how I 717 00:48:03,000 --> 00:48:06,360 Speaker 1: can hear her chanting over and over and over again. 718 00:48:07,000 --> 00:48:09,880 Speaker 1: It's made me feel at ease knowing that she was 719 00:48:09,960 --> 00:48:14,160 Speaker 1: at totally at ease when she died. It wasn't that 720 00:48:14,280 --> 00:48:16,880 Speaker 1: she was suffering or anything. She was happy that she 721 00:48:17,120 --> 00:48:20,520 Speaker 1: was going and the angels were coming to get her. 722 00:48:20,600 --> 00:48:23,760 Speaker 1: Definitely as as an ease as far as my grieving 723 00:48:23,920 --> 00:48:27,680 Speaker 1: or over her loss, knowing that, hey, that she was 724 00:48:27,760 --> 00:48:30,880 Speaker 1: at ease when she died. Who do I wanted me 725 00:48:31,080 --> 00:48:34,920 Speaker 1: well her waiting for me up at the gate, you know, 726 00:48:34,960 --> 00:48:37,919 Speaker 1: and she's the love of my life and I want 727 00:48:37,960 --> 00:48:42,200 Speaker 1: to get be back with her. Is there anything else 728 00:48:42,239 --> 00:48:45,279 Speaker 1: you would like medical professionals to take care of people 729 00:48:45,400 --> 00:48:49,080 Speaker 1: are dying, to know about these experiences. I think it's 730 00:48:50,480 --> 00:48:53,800 Speaker 1: very It's a field that really should be looked into 731 00:48:54,280 --> 00:48:58,520 Speaker 1: deeply that it's it's something that affects everybody. If it 732 00:48:58,560 --> 00:49:05,200 Speaker 1: affects everybody different, the person that's losing somebody at effects 733 00:49:05,239 --> 00:49:10,040 Speaker 1: as well as the person that goes and what their 734 00:49:10,120 --> 00:49:14,239 Speaker 1: feelings are at the time has a great effect on 735 00:49:14,600 --> 00:49:19,120 Speaker 1: the survivor, so as to speak, and to know that 736 00:49:19,200 --> 00:49:25,759 Speaker 1: they went out happy in a good moon, not suffering. Hey, 737 00:49:26,480 --> 00:49:29,759 Speaker 1: That's that's the main thing. No matter how much we 738 00:49:29,800 --> 00:49:32,160 Speaker 1: believe in the afterlife, I think these stories are so 739 00:49:32,280 --> 00:49:36,400 Speaker 1: comforting that towards the end we are greeted there there 740 00:49:36,440 --> 00:49:39,759 Speaker 1: even our pets, and there's so much love. So let's 741 00:49:39,760 --> 00:49:43,319 Speaker 1: hear one more story. So there was a lot of 742 00:49:43,360 --> 00:49:47,440 Speaker 1: talk about I had a dream less night and Gary 743 00:49:47,680 --> 00:49:50,680 Speaker 1: was there, or Gary came to visit me, or we 744 00:49:50,719 --> 00:49:53,399 Speaker 1: had dinner together, and she got to the point where 745 00:49:53,440 --> 00:49:56,640 Speaker 1: she didn't even talk about it in terms of dreams. 746 00:49:57,360 --> 00:50:00,400 Speaker 1: She talked about I had dinner with your dad and 747 00:50:00,440 --> 00:50:06,600 Speaker 1: Gary last night. That was not every day, um, but 748 00:50:06,840 --> 00:50:10,400 Speaker 1: probably two or three times a week within the last 749 00:50:10,520 --> 00:50:15,640 Speaker 1: year six months, pretty frequent, and she was very animated 750 00:50:15,719 --> 00:50:19,399 Speaker 1: about it. I'm very happy, And she didn't even talk 751 00:50:19,440 --> 00:50:23,080 Speaker 1: about them as dreams. To her, there were there was 752 00:50:23,160 --> 00:50:28,360 Speaker 1: something that happened last night. So they made me feel 753 00:50:28,360 --> 00:50:32,280 Speaker 1: wonderful because as I was getting off the elevator and thinking, 754 00:50:33,280 --> 00:50:36,360 Speaker 1: I'm wondering what we're going to talk about today, because 755 00:50:37,400 --> 00:50:41,000 Speaker 1: sometimes she didn't remember what they did during the day 756 00:50:41,080 --> 00:50:44,920 Speaker 1: while I was at work, or maybe who else was there, 757 00:50:44,960 --> 00:50:52,320 Speaker 1: but she always remembered her dream or vision or whatever 758 00:50:52,360 --> 00:50:55,759 Speaker 1: she hit and what I saw her that day. I 759 00:50:55,840 --> 00:50:58,919 Speaker 1: was like, Mom, why did you go outside? You never 760 00:50:59,000 --> 00:51:02,560 Speaker 1: go outside? You know, you know, um, somebody supposed to 761 00:51:02,640 --> 00:51:06,920 Speaker 1: go with you. And she looked at me like, well, 762 00:51:07,840 --> 00:51:10,280 Speaker 1: I was going to meet your father. And I staid, 763 00:51:11,440 --> 00:51:14,400 Speaker 1: well where were you going? How are you going to 764 00:51:14,440 --> 00:51:18,839 Speaker 1: get there? And she just kind of looked around. Well, 765 00:51:18,880 --> 00:51:22,160 Speaker 1: that wasn't the issue. The issue was that she was 766 00:51:22,200 --> 00:51:26,400 Speaker 1: going to meet him. So then I didn't know what 767 00:51:26,480 --> 00:51:28,319 Speaker 1: to say at that point, and I said, well where 768 00:51:28,360 --> 00:51:32,200 Speaker 1: were you going? And she said, well, we were going 769 00:51:32,239 --> 00:51:36,560 Speaker 1: to Niagara Falls to get married. Life was different for 770 00:51:36,600 --> 00:51:40,000 Speaker 1: her those last couple of months because she had like 771 00:51:40,160 --> 00:51:44,840 Speaker 1: something to talk about, something to look forward to, and um, 772 00:51:45,239 --> 00:51:53,440 Speaker 1: those dreams were pepping her up. We're making her happy, 773 00:51:53,440 --> 00:51:58,600 Speaker 1: We're making her almost look forward to go to sleep, um, 774 00:51:58,719 --> 00:52:04,000 Speaker 1: which I think it's great. Seeing that and being a 775 00:52:04,040 --> 00:52:09,600 Speaker 1: part of that is a gift, and um, it's a 776 00:52:09,640 --> 00:52:13,080 Speaker 1: gift for me, and I think it's a gift that 777 00:52:13,200 --> 00:52:17,920 Speaker 1: should be shared. There's so many really profound words from 778 00:52:18,000 --> 00:52:21,600 Speaker 1: the Dying for the living and about the living, and 779 00:52:21,640 --> 00:52:27,040 Speaker 1: I'm realizing with this particular episode that although I like 780 00:52:27,200 --> 00:52:30,320 Speaker 1: to share with you my stories and things that i've found, 781 00:52:30,920 --> 00:52:34,240 Speaker 1: it's essential for me to share other people's stories as well. 782 00:52:34,600 --> 00:52:37,000 Speaker 1: So I promise I'll be looking for more of those 783 00:52:37,040 --> 00:52:40,520 Speaker 1: and sharing them with you. Check out Dr Christopher Kerr's 784 00:52:40,520 --> 00:52:43,200 Speaker 1: book Life Is But a Dream. And then there's a 785 00:52:43,239 --> 00:52:46,040 Speaker 1: brand new book that has just come out called At 786 00:52:46,120 --> 00:52:50,880 Speaker 1: Heaven's Door by William J. Peters, and it's about the 787 00:52:51,040 --> 00:52:56,920 Speaker 1: shared death experience, what people witness when they're loved ones pass. 788 00:52:57,440 --> 00:53:00,520 Speaker 1: We'll talk about that at a future episode. I want 789 00:53:00,560 --> 00:53:03,319 Speaker 1: to remind you our home base is we Don't Die 790 00:53:03,680 --> 00:53:06,799 Speaker 1: dot com. Join our Facebook group and let us know 791 00:53:06,880 --> 00:53:11,800 Speaker 1: if you have any stories of dreams or visions. Also, 792 00:53:12,040 --> 00:53:15,239 Speaker 1: you can attend one of our free Sunday gatherings or 793 00:53:15,400 --> 00:53:19,520 Speaker 1: take a course with us online. I'm Sanders Champlain. In 794 00:53:19,560 --> 00:53:23,200 Speaker 1: a big thank you for listening to Shades of the 795 00:53:23,239 --> 00:53:26,240 Speaker 1: Afterlife on the I Heart Radio and Coast to Coast, 796 00:53:26,280 --> 00:53:41,600 Speaker 1: a m paranormal podcast network. And if you like this 797 00:53:41,680 --> 00:53:44,399 Speaker 1: episode of Shades of the Afterlife, wait until you hear 798 00:53:44,440 --> 00:53:46,759 Speaker 1: the next one. Thank you for listening to the I 799 00:53:46,880 --> 00:53:49,880 Speaker 1: Heart Radio and Coast to Coast, a AM paranormal podcast 800 00:53:49,960 --> 00:53:50,440 Speaker 1: network