1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:03,480 Speaker 1: And you're here. Thanks for choosing the iHeartRadio and Coast 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:07,480 Speaker 1: to Coast AM Paranormal podcast network. Your quest for podcasts 3 00:00:07,480 --> 00:00:11,200 Speaker 1: of the paranormal, supernatural, and the unexplained ends here. We 4 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:13,720 Speaker 1: invite you to enjoy all our shows we have on 5 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:16,560 Speaker 1: this network, and right now, let's start with Chase of 6 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:23,200 Speaker 1: the after Life with Sandra Shamplain. Welcome to our podcast. 7 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:27,000 Speaker 1: Please be aware the thoughts and opinions expressed by the 8 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:30,400 Speaker 1: host are their thoughts and opinions only and do not 9 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:36,440 Speaker 1: reflect those of iHeartMedia, iHeartRadio, Coast to Coast AM, employees 10 00:00:36,479 --> 00:00:40,640 Speaker 1: of Premiere Networks, or their sponsors and associates. We would 11 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:43,440 Speaker 1: like to encourage you to do your own research and 12 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:52,599 Speaker 1: discover the subject matter for yourself. Hi, I'm Sandra Champlain. 13 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 1: For over twenty five years, I've been on a journey 14 00:00:56,440 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 1: to prove the existence of life after death. Each episode 15 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:04,360 Speaker 1: will discuss the reasons we now know that our loved 16 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:09,600 Speaker 1: ones have survived physical debt, and so will we. Welcome 17 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:13,640 Speaker 1: to Shades of the Afterlife. They say, whoever they are, 18 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:19,600 Speaker 1: that our cells completely regenerate themselves in seven years time. 19 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:23,560 Speaker 1: So seven years ago you are a completely different person 20 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:27,480 Speaker 1: than you are today. But what is so bizarre is 21 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:33,960 Speaker 1: how and where our memories are stored. Hopefully, someday, probably 22 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:37,400 Speaker 1: when we cross over, we'll figure out how it all works. 23 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 1: But for right now, I just find it fascinating that 24 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 1: things that happen so long ago can be stored somewhere 25 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:48,960 Speaker 1: within our anatomy and can be triggered when you least 26 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:52,880 Speaker 1: expect them. This morning I opened my email and I 27 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:57,520 Speaker 1: am on the mailing list for private investigator Bob Olsen. 28 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 1: If you've been listening to the show for a while, 29 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:04,920 Speaker 1: you may remember episode forty four with him. He is 30 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:09,240 Speaker 1: a private investigator who made his life into studying about 31 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:13,639 Speaker 1: the afterlife, so he has Afterlife TV. He's got a podcast. 32 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 1: If you like my stuff, you most definitely like his 33 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 1: as well. But the email starts off, I'll read this 34 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:23,840 Speaker 1: to you, he says. Early in my journey investigating what 35 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:28,040 Speaker 1: happens when we die, I wondered if the deceased attend 36 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:32,120 Speaker 1: their own funerals, and if they do, for what purpose. 37 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:35,040 Speaker 1: What I learned is that there are two reasons they 38 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 1: make an appearance, neither being to see how many people 39 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:42,720 Speaker 1: showed up, or if we purchased the trendiest casket or 40 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:46,480 Speaker 1: earned for them. People in spirit attend their own funerals 41 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:50,680 Speaker 1: and memorial services because they feel the love that those 42 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 1: in attendance radiate for them. Since the most powerful force 43 00:02:55,360 --> 00:03:00,200 Speaker 1: in the universe's love, it increases a spirit's vibration to 44 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:05,240 Speaker 1: feel the love being expressed at such services, which helps 45 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:09,360 Speaker 1: them with their own evolvement. We all love to be 46 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:13,640 Speaker 1: loved even after our passing, so funeral services are the 47 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:18,840 Speaker 1: perfect opportunity to express our love for the recently deceased 48 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:22,240 Speaker 1: before settling back into the distractions of our day to 49 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:26,799 Speaker 1: day life. The fact that our deceased loved ones are 50 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:30,639 Speaker 1: with us whenever we think of them, and their funeral 51 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:36,360 Speaker 1: services are no exception to this. Thus, sharing happy memories 52 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:40,440 Speaker 1: of them at any time is a wonderful way to 53 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 1: memorialize their life. So that's what I read, and all 54 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 1: of a sudden there were a slew of memories that 55 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:54,760 Speaker 1: came forth. One is being at my dad's funeral. I 56 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 1: think I was still in a state of shock. What 57 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:04,320 Speaker 1: I do remember clearly is not being sad. I was 58 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:08,080 Speaker 1: sitting in a pew with my mom and I could 59 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:11,840 Speaker 1: see my dad standing at the end of the pew, 60 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:17,920 Speaker 1: looking healthy, looking alive, and so many people came up 61 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:21,920 Speaker 1: to me to give their condolences, which of course I appreciated. 62 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:25,000 Speaker 1: But there was just this knowing the Dad's still here, 63 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:28,680 Speaker 1: because there he is. So it was nice to have 64 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:33,560 Speaker 1: that memory today that I actually could see him. It 65 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:37,520 Speaker 1: was in my mind's eye, but it seemed like reality. 66 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:40,920 Speaker 1: Now I had another time this happened, and I don't 67 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:43,919 Speaker 1: think i've shared this on the show before. A gal 68 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:49,080 Speaker 1: that I know her husband had passed, and unfortunately her 69 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:53,400 Speaker 1: husband's father had passed just a couple of days before, 70 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:58,279 Speaker 1: so they decided to do a joint funeral. It was 71 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:02,119 Speaker 1: a very small church. I was sitting in a pew 72 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:06,839 Speaker 1: with my friend, and next to the priest where the 73 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:11,560 Speaker 1: two cremation earns were, I could see my friend Andy, 74 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:17,680 Speaker 1: who's deceased, standing there, young, healthy, well happy and now 75 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:21,520 Speaker 1: I didn't know Andy in his younger days, but in 76 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:24,800 Speaker 1: my mind's eye, there he was. I could tell exactly 77 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:28,800 Speaker 1: what he was wearing, and I felt comforted. Next to 78 00:05:28,839 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 1: Andy was another gentleman. I'd never seen him before, but 79 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:36,599 Speaker 1: he was as clear as anything I can see right 80 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:40,080 Speaker 1: now in my line of vision, looking healthy, looking well. 81 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:44,039 Speaker 1: I thought to myself, that must be the father. The 82 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:49,560 Speaker 1: next room, they hosted a reception after the funeral, and 83 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:54,440 Speaker 1: on a table there were many pictures of Andy and 84 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:58,359 Speaker 1: his children, and as I kept looking, there was the 85 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:01,239 Speaker 1: other man that I had first scene in my mind's eye, 86 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:07,280 Speaker 1: and that ended up being Andy's father. Absolutely mind blowing 87 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:11,040 Speaker 1: to see somebody in your mind's eye and then see 88 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:14,080 Speaker 1: them in a picture. And this leads me to yet 89 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:17,960 Speaker 1: another story where this happened. I was on a bus 90 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:22,160 Speaker 1: ride to the airport. The woman I was sitting next 91 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:26,599 Speaker 1: to was off to a funeral of a friend. The 92 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:29,200 Speaker 1: more we talked, I found out where she was going 93 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:33,680 Speaker 1: in Florida, and in my mind there was a picture 94 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:38,559 Speaker 1: of a young priest. By the end of the bus ride, 95 00:06:38,839 --> 00:06:42,840 Speaker 1: when we got off to go into Boston's airport. There, 96 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:45,880 Speaker 1: she decided to show me a picture of her friend. 97 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:50,320 Speaker 1: It was an older picture, but it was the same priest. 98 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:55,279 Speaker 1: How about that? Huh? What we think is our imagination 99 00:06:55,839 --> 00:06:59,320 Speaker 1: may not be. And as I've said before, the spirit 100 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:04,080 Speaker 1: world uses our mind and uses our imagination to get 101 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:08,680 Speaker 1: through another story for you. I had been on a cruise, 102 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 1: a singles cruise, and a woman named Arlene was my roommate. 103 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 1: We had a great time together. She was a bit 104 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:21,120 Speaker 1: older than me, but young at heart. I remember some 105 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:24,160 Speaker 1: island we stopped at and we went to the beach. 106 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:27,080 Speaker 1: Now the night before, I have to be honest, we 107 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:30,760 Speaker 1: had too many glasses of champagne and their champagne bar. 108 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:34,640 Speaker 1: So we were both feeling a bit hungover, and one 109 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:38,480 Speaker 1: conversation led to another, and somehow we got on the 110 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:42,440 Speaker 1: conversation of life after death. So I told her some 111 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:47,360 Speaker 1: of my earliest experiences and when I took that medium 112 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:51,080 Speaker 1: class that I told you about earlier, and how I 113 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:55,800 Speaker 1: knew all about my partner's grandfather, what his name was, 114 00:07:55,880 --> 00:07:57,760 Speaker 1: what he did for a living, and you know, that 115 00:07:57,880 --> 00:08:01,360 Speaker 1: was my first experience of just shot myself that I 116 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:05,680 Speaker 1: could know facts about someone who's no longer living, you know. 117 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:08,880 Speaker 1: And that opened the door for me. So she said, well, 118 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:13,200 Speaker 1: try it with me. I'm not someone who has developed 119 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:18,360 Speaker 1: any sense of mediumship, although I've taken several classes. Now, Oh, 120 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:20,760 Speaker 1: I didn't want to do it, And I said, oh, Arlene, 121 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:23,320 Speaker 1: even if I could do it, I said, I'm so hungover, 122 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:26,440 Speaker 1: like it's the last thing I feel like. She says, 123 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:31,160 Speaker 1: come on, Sandra, if it works, great. If it doesn't, 124 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:35,080 Speaker 1: who cares? So I said, okay, And this is what 125 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 1: I've learned. You need to be willing to be wrong 126 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:41,080 Speaker 1: to be right. You need to be able to trust 127 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:46,480 Speaker 1: and use your imagination. So I told her I've got 128 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:50,680 Speaker 1: four names that just came into my mind. She says, 129 00:08:50,679 --> 00:08:56,880 Speaker 1: what are they? I said, Anthony, Mary, Arthur, and then 130 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:59,360 Speaker 1: this last name was kind of a weird one, but 131 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 1: it was like Meggie, Maggie, you know. I just couldn't 132 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:07,560 Speaker 1: get it. And her eyes just filled up with tears. 133 00:09:07,559 --> 00:09:12,440 Speaker 1: She said, my grandfather's names were Anthony and Arthur. And 134 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:19,000 Speaker 1: she says my grandmother's names were Marie and Madge, very 135 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 1: close to the Meggae or Maggie that I was trying 136 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:26,240 Speaker 1: to say. So she says, what else do you see? 137 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:31,119 Speaker 1: And I saw in my mind's eye a most handsome, 138 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:37,920 Speaker 1: tanned man with brown hair and beautiful blue eyes. And 139 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:40,760 Speaker 1: I said, I'm feeling like this guy's name is Rick 140 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:47,000 Speaker 1: or Ricky, and he keeps showing me a beautiful gold 141 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:51,080 Speaker 1: watch and she says, oh. She says, I can't help 142 00:09:51,080 --> 00:09:54,680 Speaker 1: you there. She says, that must be your imagination. She says, 143 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:58,040 Speaker 1: I don't know anybody like that. I said, okay, and 144 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:01,319 Speaker 1: I just let it go. When the cruise was over 145 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:05,520 Speaker 1: a few days later, of course, we exchanged phone numbers. 146 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:10,679 Speaker 1: She called me she hadn't thought of anybody deceased by 147 00:10:10,679 --> 00:10:14,240 Speaker 1: the name of Rick or Ricky, but she did have 148 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:20,840 Speaker 1: a friend named Ricky who was alive, or so she thought. 149 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:25,920 Speaker 1: What she didn't know is he passed away while we 150 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:31,000 Speaker 1: were on that cruise. She didn't know to think of him, because, 151 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:34,679 Speaker 1: like I said, in her mind, he was still alive. 152 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:40,960 Speaker 1: She said, he loved the beach. He always had a tan, 153 00:10:41,960 --> 00:10:45,440 Speaker 1: He had that dark brown hair and those beautiful blue eyes. 154 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:49,640 Speaker 1: And she said, I gave him the gift of a 155 00:10:49,720 --> 00:10:54,800 Speaker 1: gold watch for his birthday. It still moves me to 156 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:58,280 Speaker 1: tell you that story because it's so easy for our 157 00:10:58,400 --> 00:11:03,719 Speaker 1: human mind to think things are just our imagination, or 158 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:07,480 Speaker 1: we forget some of the miraculous things that have happened 159 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:11,000 Speaker 1: to us in our life. If you were on our 160 00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:15,520 Speaker 1: Sunday gathering a couple weeks ago, I talked about how 161 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:22,240 Speaker 1: our minds normalize things. You probably have some great things 162 00:11:22,240 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 1: that have happened in your life. Maybe it's meeting your partner, 163 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:32,200 Speaker 1: your spouse, maybe it's the birth of children, or holding 164 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:36,560 Speaker 1: your grandchildren in your arms for the first time. Maybe 165 00:11:36,559 --> 00:11:42,679 Speaker 1: it's getting a diploma, or graduating from somewhere, or accomplishing 166 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:46,600 Speaker 1: something that people said is impossible. We all have had 167 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:50,480 Speaker 1: special moments, and as great as they are, what does 168 00:11:50,520 --> 00:11:53,640 Speaker 1: our mind do with them? It takes things that are 169 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:57,800 Speaker 1: really big deals and just turns them into no big deal. 170 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:03,520 Speaker 1: You'll find, if you haven't found this already, that in 171 00:12:03,559 --> 00:12:07,920 Speaker 1: regards to the afterlife, you may have gotten signs, you 172 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:12,920 Speaker 1: may have been inspired, you might have witnessed something really special, 173 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:17,160 Speaker 1: you might have had some psychic moment, and the mind 174 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:21,120 Speaker 1: will just turn it into no big deal and go 175 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:25,240 Speaker 1: right back to feeling guilty about the past or being 176 00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:29,160 Speaker 1: worried about the future. It's part of being human, my friend. 177 00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:34,559 Speaker 1: So I applaud you for listening right now, because keeping 178 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:38,679 Speaker 1: a book by your bed on the afterlife or something positive, 179 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:42,800 Speaker 1: or listening to a podcast, those are the kind of 180 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:47,120 Speaker 1: things that keep you plugged in to this greater reality 181 00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:50,240 Speaker 1: that there's more to life than meets the eye, and 182 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:54,120 Speaker 1: there's more to you than you know. So we're going 183 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:56,080 Speaker 1: to take a quick break and I'll be back with 184 00:12:56,240 --> 00:13:00,360 Speaker 1: some afterlife stories. You're listening to Shades of the Wife 185 00:13:00,559 --> 00:13:06,520 Speaker 1: on the iHeartRadio and Coast to Coast AM Paranormal Podcast Network. 186 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:28,240 Speaker 1: Welcome back to Shades of the Afterlife. I'm Sandra Champlain. 187 00:13:28,679 --> 00:13:31,680 Speaker 1: We're going to do some story time today and the first, 188 00:13:31,880 --> 00:13:34,120 Speaker 1: just very short story, is that I was talking to 189 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:37,880 Speaker 1: a fellow earlier today and he said that when his 190 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:41,040 Speaker 1: deceased mother comes to visit. He said, there's actually a 191 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:45,240 Speaker 1: temperature change that he and his wife feel and they 192 00:13:45,320 --> 00:13:49,480 Speaker 1: both just get overcome with the feeling of love. He says. 193 00:13:49,559 --> 00:13:51,960 Speaker 1: The dog acts a little crazy and looks off to 194 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:54,600 Speaker 1: the corner of the room, but that's how they know 195 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:58,400 Speaker 1: that the mother is around. I know, for me, when 196 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:01,240 Speaker 1: I could be thinking about anything, all of a sudden, 197 00:14:01,280 --> 00:14:03,679 Speaker 1: if I get a picture or thought or memory of 198 00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:07,320 Speaker 1: my dad, that's to me him saying I'm right here. 199 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:12,080 Speaker 1: This story comes from Jody explaining death to a young 200 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:16,319 Speaker 1: child is never easy. When my brother suffered a massive 201 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:20,560 Speaker 1: coronary while riding the Metro to work and died suddenly, 202 00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:23,760 Speaker 1: I struggled with what to say to my young son 203 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:28,640 Speaker 1: about his uncle. Bobby Spencer thought the sun rose and 204 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:33,400 Speaker 1: set around superheroes like Spider Man, till the day Uncle 205 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 1: Bobby hoisted him up on his shoulders in one swoop 206 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:40,160 Speaker 1: and carried him through the streets of Washington, d C. 207 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:45,280 Speaker 1: High above the crowd. That day, Uncle Bobby, not Spider Man, 208 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:49,440 Speaker 1: was the strongest man in the universe. When I explained 209 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:54,040 Speaker 1: that Uncle Bobby's heart just stopped working, Spencer thought for 210 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:57,080 Speaker 1: a moment and then said, gee, I wish we could 211 00:14:57,080 --> 00:15:01,080 Speaker 1: have gotten him a heart like Iron Man's. Me too, 212 00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:04,800 Speaker 1: I sighed as I fought back tears and hugged Spencer. 213 00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:09,160 Speaker 1: I kept the message in as simple terms as possible, 214 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:13,720 Speaker 1: and after our talk, Spencer said, so, Uncle Bobby is 215 00:15:13,760 --> 00:15:17,800 Speaker 1: in heaven, yes, and he'll still watch over all of 216 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:21,640 Speaker 1: us and take care of us just like always. Okay, 217 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:25,400 Speaker 1: Spencer said with a reassured smile as he hopped off 218 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:28,320 Speaker 1: the couch and went about his eight year old day. 219 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:32,360 Speaker 1: At that moment, I wished my own heart could have 220 00:15:32,440 --> 00:15:36,360 Speaker 1: been as easily comforted. But I knew that my only 221 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:39,560 Speaker 1: brother was gone forever, and there were things I would 222 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:43,160 Speaker 1: never be able to tell him, like how I measured 223 00:15:43,280 --> 00:15:48,200 Speaker 1: every boy I dated against Bobby's character, or how when 224 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:50,520 Speaker 1: he taught me how to ride a bike. He also 225 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:53,640 Speaker 1: taught me how to pick myself up after I fell. 226 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:57,920 Speaker 1: I would never again hear his voice on my birthday 227 00:15:58,080 --> 00:16:00,560 Speaker 1: when he would call me and for that brief moment 228 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:03,840 Speaker 1: make me feel like he had nothing more important to 229 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:07,120 Speaker 1: do than talk with his baby sister. How would he 230 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:11,800 Speaker 1: ever know now how much I loved and adored him. No, 231 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:15,640 Speaker 1: my sadness was not as quickly comforted with a simple 232 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:19,120 Speaker 1: knowledge that my brother was in heaven. A few weeks later, 233 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:23,480 Speaker 1: we were in church, kneeling in silent prayer before Mass, 234 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:27,960 Speaker 1: when Spencer started giggling. When I looked his way to 235 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:32,040 Speaker 1: give him the standard mom stern time to be quiet 236 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:35,320 Speaker 1: and stop playing with your brother. Look, I noticed he 237 00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:39,440 Speaker 1: was staring up at a corner of the church. What 238 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:44,520 Speaker 1: are you looking at? I whispered, Uncle Bobby. He whispered back, 239 00:16:45,040 --> 00:16:50,680 Speaker 1: matter of factly, his gaze never leaving the spot. He says, 240 00:16:50,840 --> 00:16:54,760 Speaker 1: to tell you hi. To say I was surprised or 241 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:59,440 Speaker 1: shocked by his response would not be true. Spencer has 242 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:03,080 Speaker 1: all he's been a special boy, and truthfully, this is 243 00:17:03,200 --> 00:17:07,640 Speaker 1: not the first dead person with whom he's conversed. When 244 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:10,640 Speaker 1: he was just three years old, he proudly announced at 245 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:15,560 Speaker 1: my niece's wedding. That Rara, a beloved family friend who 246 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:19,480 Speaker 1: had passed away a few months before, was standing next 247 00:17:19,480 --> 00:17:23,520 Speaker 1: to the bride. So on this day I simply whispered back, 248 00:17:24,040 --> 00:17:28,120 Speaker 1: tell Uncle Bobby, mom says high and that we miss 249 00:17:28,119 --> 00:17:31,800 Speaker 1: and love him. He said, he knows all that. Mom. 250 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:35,960 Speaker 1: He said to tell you he loves all of Yunes, 251 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:40,600 Speaker 1: and it's pretty warm here. The pretty warm comment was 252 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:44,000 Speaker 1: one thing, but the Yunes gave me the real pause. 253 00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:49,120 Speaker 1: That's a Western Pennsylvania term that my family uses for 254 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:53,200 Speaker 1: you all, but I quit using upon moving to Wisconsin 255 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:58,560 Speaker 1: fifteen years earlier. Oh, Spencer quickly added, I mean it's 256 00:17:58,600 --> 00:18:03,480 Speaker 1: pretty and warm here. I immediately smiled and shook my head. 257 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:08,200 Speaker 1: Thanks for clarifying a your location, Bob, I said to myself. 258 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:11,760 Speaker 1: Spencer continued to giggle, and when I asked why he 259 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:15,879 Speaker 1: was laughing, he said, Mom, it's uncle Bobby. You know 260 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:19,400 Speaker 1: he always makes me laugh. I could not argue with that. 261 00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:25,200 Speaker 1: Bobby's laughter was infectious. His trademark smirk was so permanently 262 00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:29,119 Speaker 1: fixed on his face that even the funeral director could 263 00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:33,320 Speaker 1: not make him look sad. This little exchange in church 264 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:36,240 Speaker 1: brought me back to my own youth and the many 265 00:18:36,320 --> 00:18:39,360 Speaker 1: stern looks I got from my mom as a result 266 00:18:39,359 --> 00:18:42,399 Speaker 1: of my brother's sense of humor, which was apparently still 267 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:47,080 Speaker 1: contagious even in death. Did Uncle Bobby like comic books, 268 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:50,080 Speaker 1: Spencer asked me one day as we drove to his 269 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:54,879 Speaker 1: favorite place in the world, Galaxy Comics on Clark Street. Yep, 270 00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:57,879 Speaker 1: he liked Archie comics and Mad Lips when he was 271 00:18:57,880 --> 00:19:01,080 Speaker 1: a kid, and we watched the old Batman series on 272 00:19:01,160 --> 00:19:05,280 Speaker 1: television each week. Cool, Spencer said, feeling his bond to 273 00:19:05,359 --> 00:19:09,320 Speaker 1: his uncle Bobby was still intact. On December twenty sixth, 274 00:19:09,520 --> 00:19:12,880 Speaker 1: two thousand and twelve, the last book in the Spider 275 00:19:12,920 --> 00:19:19,400 Speaker 1: Man comic book series, number seven hundred, was released. Galaxy 276 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:22,919 Speaker 1: is a block from my office, and I intended to 277 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:25,760 Speaker 1: go during my lunch hour to pick it up for Spencer, 278 00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:28,879 Speaker 1: but work got in the way. It was after five 279 00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:32,040 Speaker 1: when I finally arrived at the store. I looked on 280 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:34,639 Speaker 1: the shelf, but I did not see anything with the 281 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:37,520 Speaker 1: number seven hundred on it. It was then that I 282 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:41,240 Speaker 1: learned from the laughing store clerk that they had sold 283 00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:44,840 Speaker 1: out within thirty minutes of opening the store. He told 284 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:47,920 Speaker 1: me to tell Spencer not to be too disappointed, as 285 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:51,720 Speaker 1: the new Superior series would be starting soon. I went 286 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:55,280 Speaker 1: back to the shelf, intending to find something else to 287 00:19:55,280 --> 00:19:59,840 Speaker 1: hold him over until then, when something caught my eye. 288 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:02,520 Speaker 1: I picked it up and asked the clerk, is this 289 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:07,640 Speaker 1: the one he wanted? Stunned, the clerk replied, that's impossible. 290 00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:11,439 Speaker 1: I know I sold the last one early this morning. 291 00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:15,600 Speaker 1: I have no idea where this came from. For a 292 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:19,800 Speaker 1: brief moment, I thought I heard the distinct, hearty chuckle 293 00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:24,000 Speaker 1: of my brother behind me, and then I smiled, don't worry, 294 00:20:24,119 --> 00:20:26,639 Speaker 1: I said to the clerk, I know where it came from. 295 00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:32,040 Speaker 1: Here's another one by Christianna. How's the basement looking, Pop asked, 296 00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:35,520 Speaker 1: after moving in with his son Steve. I got used 297 00:20:35,520 --> 00:20:39,920 Speaker 1: to these phone calls whenever a rainstorm hit. Our house 298 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:44,640 Speaker 1: stood next to a river, which sometimes overflowed and seeped 299 00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:48,280 Speaker 1: into our basement. During one heavy storm, we had at 300 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:51,000 Speaker 1: least a foot of water in the basement, and the 301 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:54,800 Speaker 1: boys stayed up all night pumping out the water. From 302 00:20:54,840 --> 00:20:58,800 Speaker 1: then on, Pop was on high alert whenever the forecast 303 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:02,480 Speaker 1: predicted rain. So to calm his worries, I took the 304 00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:05,520 Speaker 1: phone with me as I went down the stairs to 305 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:09,520 Speaker 1: check again. Pretty much dry, only a little water creeping in. 306 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:12,239 Speaker 1: I told him, O, k let me know if it 307 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:15,480 Speaker 1: gets worse and you guys need a hand. That storm 308 00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:20,359 Speaker 1: passed eventually, as did most since Steve put in a 309 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:25,480 Speaker 1: heavy duty sump pump, but Pop was still constantly fretting 310 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:29,040 Speaker 1: over it and us. Then it was our turn to 311 00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:32,320 Speaker 1: fret over Pop. Over the course of a year, he 312 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:36,760 Speaker 1: went further and further into a dark, depressed place. Steve 313 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:41,439 Speaker 1: tried to help him, Mom tried too, friends tried, but 314 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:44,600 Speaker 1: on a Friday morning in May two thousand and eleven, 315 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:48,520 Speaker 1: Pop took his own life. He was only sixty two. 316 00:21:49,520 --> 00:21:53,720 Speaker 1: Steve lost his father, his business partner, and his best friend. 317 00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:58,480 Speaker 1: More than two years later, feelings of guilt, abandonment, and 318 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:02,840 Speaker 1: rejection still troubled him, and he missed Pop every single day. 319 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:07,479 Speaker 1: They had worked together, running their car repair business together 320 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:14,479 Speaker 1: and gas station. When they weren't talking shop, they'd talk cars, motorcycles, music. 321 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:19,560 Speaker 1: We hung out with Pop and Mom most weekends, having dinner, 322 00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:24,080 Speaker 1: seeing a show, going to a concert. Steve learned to 323 00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:27,200 Speaker 1: live without Pop, but there was still such a void. 324 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:30,920 Speaker 1: While he didn't cry as much, I think I did 325 00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:34,159 Speaker 1: enough for the both of us. I cried over the 326 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:38,240 Speaker 1: good memories with Pop and the future memories he wouldn't 327 00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:43,280 Speaker 1: be a part of future thanksgivings, Fourth of July, picnics, 328 00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:48,080 Speaker 1: our wedding, and our future child's lives. And I even 329 00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:52,080 Speaker 1: got teary during storms thinking how he would always call. 330 00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:57,040 Speaker 1: Then something happened that made us realize Pop hadn't left 331 00:22:57,119 --> 00:22:59,840 Speaker 1: us for good. About a year and a half after 332 00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:04,800 Speaker 1: Pop died, Hurricane Sandy hit our part of Connecticut with 333 00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:08,760 Speaker 1: strong winds and heavy rain. We fared well and only 334 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:13,080 Speaker 1: lost power for four days. During that time, we fortunately 335 00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:16,800 Speaker 1: had a diesel powered generator to run a few important 336 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:22,119 Speaker 1: appliances like the refrigerator and the basement sump pump, Thanks 337 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:25,600 Speaker 1: of course, to an earlier purchase by Pop. We stored 338 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:29,640 Speaker 1: two extra containers of diesel in the sunroom. They stunk 339 00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:32,840 Speaker 1: up the room. We kept the door closed so the 340 00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:36,000 Speaker 1: smell wouldn't spread to the rest of our house. I 341 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:38,919 Speaker 1: had popped in and out of the sunroom once or twice, 342 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:43,040 Speaker 1: and the smell of fuel always hit me. One morning, 343 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:46,320 Speaker 1: Steve went into the sunroom to check something, and he 344 00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:50,960 Speaker 1: called me over worried that something had spilled, leaked, or fallen. 345 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:53,760 Speaker 1: I dropped what I was doing and went to help him. 346 00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:57,040 Speaker 1: I saw Steve standing in the middle of the room 347 00:23:57,640 --> 00:24:02,920 Speaker 1: and everything looked normal. Smell that he asked, I did. 348 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:08,280 Speaker 1: Standing right next to the containers, I smelled the familiar 349 00:24:08,359 --> 00:24:14,359 Speaker 1: scent of British sterling, not diesel. Stunned, I looked at Steve. 350 00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:18,679 Speaker 1: He had a sad smile. I sniffed around more, just 351 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:23,760 Speaker 1: to be sure, and stated the obvious it's Pop's cologne. 352 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:29,520 Speaker 1: The scent was distinct, crisp, and powerful, so much that 353 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:33,119 Speaker 1: I looked around, half expecting to see Pop somewhere in 354 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:37,080 Speaker 1: the room. The only sign of him, though, remained the cologne. 355 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:41,960 Speaker 1: Steve and I stood there, calm and silent. Hey Pop, 356 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:46,639 Speaker 1: I said. Eventually. I stood a bit longer, absorbing the moment. 357 00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:49,080 Speaker 1: Then I gave Steve a kiss on the cheek and 358 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:52,679 Speaker 1: went back to my morning routine, giving him some alone time. 359 00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:56,720 Speaker 1: He hung back for a few more minutes, quiet. When 360 00:24:56,720 --> 00:24:58,879 Speaker 1: he came into the kitchen, he looked more at ease. 361 00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:01,920 Speaker 1: Nice of Pop to come by and check on us, 362 00:25:02,359 --> 00:25:06,600 Speaker 1: I said, half joking. Steve smiled and realized it was true. 363 00:25:07,119 --> 00:25:11,080 Speaker 1: Pop wasn't up there as in some kind of indeterminate spirit. 364 00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:15,280 Speaker 1: As I had always considered everyone who passed his spirit 365 00:25:15,359 --> 00:25:18,760 Speaker 1: truly lived on. I bet he checked the basement too. 366 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:24,280 Speaker 1: We'll be right back with more heartwarming stories from the afterlife. 367 00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:28,480 Speaker 1: You're listening to Shades of the Afterlife on the iHeartRadio 368 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:52,680 Speaker 1: and Coast to Coast, a paranormal podcast network. Welcome back 369 00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:56,840 Speaker 1: to Shades of the Afterlife. I'm Sanders Champlain. As interesting 370 00:25:56,920 --> 00:26:01,600 Speaker 1: and heartwarming as these stories are of signs of people's 371 00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:05,000 Speaker 1: loved ones who are deceased, I know personally as I 372 00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:09,080 Speaker 1: read them to you, it's igniting some grief within me. 373 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:12,720 Speaker 1: Any one of us who have loved and lost a 374 00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:16,240 Speaker 1: loved one know that pain of grief. I know we 375 00:26:16,359 --> 00:26:20,919 Speaker 1: all experience it to different extremes right now. Some of 376 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:23,800 Speaker 1: us are newly bereaved, some of us it's been a 377 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:27,640 Speaker 1: few years. I don't care how long it's been. All 378 00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:30,959 Speaker 1: we need sometimes is to watch a commercial for a 379 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:35,399 Speaker 1: greeting card, or maybe hear one of these stories about 380 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:39,480 Speaker 1: a father that's no longer walking this earth, and the 381 00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:44,920 Speaker 1: memories come back. Memories are good, and I just ask 382 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:50,400 Speaker 1: you to ride the wave of grief. What you resist persists, 383 00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:56,840 Speaker 1: and the more we've loved, the more grief hurts. These 384 00:26:56,840 --> 00:27:01,040 Speaker 1: stories are not meant to trigger grief, but what if 385 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:04,280 Speaker 1: we look at them listening for putting your life into 386 00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:07,800 Speaker 1: the story. Have you received a sign from a loved one? 387 00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:13,040 Speaker 1: Or are you hearing these stories because there may be 388 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:16,520 Speaker 1: a sign on the horizon for you. It's nice to 389 00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:21,800 Speaker 1: know the different ways the spirit world gives us signs. 390 00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:25,040 Speaker 1: We are going to continue on right now with a 391 00:27:25,119 --> 00:27:29,960 Speaker 1: story from Jillian. I was a lively child with an 392 00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:34,600 Speaker 1: inquisitive mind. I wasn't rebellious or bad. I just always 393 00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:38,120 Speaker 1: wanted to know what was in this corner or around 394 00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:42,760 Speaker 1: that bend, always talking and asking questions, going where I 395 00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:45,720 Speaker 1: wasn't supposed to go, or doing what I wasn't supposed 396 00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:49,919 Speaker 1: to do. I often incurred the disapproval of my father, 397 00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:54,760 Speaker 1: who would probably have preferred a more sedate young daughter 398 00:27:55,400 --> 00:28:00,119 Speaker 1: than the scratched and dirty tomboy that I was. At 399 00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:03,920 Speaker 1: the same time, I was always eager to please. In school, 400 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:07,520 Speaker 1: I was bright and motivated. My grades were good, and 401 00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:11,840 Speaker 1: apart from remarks about me talking too much, my reports 402 00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:16,879 Speaker 1: were generally positive. My father, however, never seemed to notice 403 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:20,639 Speaker 1: any of my achievements. No matter how hard I tried 404 00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:24,119 Speaker 1: and how much praise I received from my teachers, My 405 00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:30,040 Speaker 1: father's response to my academic success was minimal. On the 406 00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:34,919 Speaker 1: other hand, my misdemeanors were never unnoticed. By the time 407 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:38,800 Speaker 1: I was in my teens, my mischievous behavior had been 408 00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:43,120 Speaker 1: replaced by my stubborn opinions. My father and I clashed 409 00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:47,840 Speaker 1: over everything from politics to what I should wear. In 410 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:51,840 Speaker 1: my egocentric sixteen year old brain, he was out of 411 00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:56,840 Speaker 1: date and ill informed, old fashioned, and stuck in middle 412 00:28:56,840 --> 00:29:01,760 Speaker 1: aged thinking. I still excelled at school, and he continued 413 00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:06,120 Speaker 1: to ignore my efforts. As I grew into adulthood, I 414 00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:11,480 Speaker 1: realized a few things. First, if I wanted success, particularly 415 00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:14,160 Speaker 1: in higher learning, I was going to have to do 416 00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:17,360 Speaker 1: it for my own satisfaction and not to please my father. 417 00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:22,040 Speaker 1: The latter I knew was impossible. In addition, I began 418 00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:25,520 Speaker 1: to understand that my father, who had to leave school 419 00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:28,200 Speaker 1: to work in a factory at the age of fourteen, 420 00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:33,400 Speaker 1: was probably intimidated by my level of education and maybe 421 00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:37,760 Speaker 1: even ashamed of his own shortcomings in that regard. This 422 00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:41,960 Speaker 1: was a revelation to me. I never considered my father uneducated, 423 00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:45,280 Speaker 1: or beneath me. He was always able to hold his 424 00:29:45,320 --> 00:29:48,880 Speaker 1: own in a good argument, political or otherwise, and I 425 00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:53,520 Speaker 1: respected his views. Nevertheless, I could see how he might feel. 426 00:29:54,320 --> 00:29:57,960 Speaker 1: Years passed, and although it took me almost three decades, 427 00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:02,160 Speaker 1: I eventually got my college degree. My father seemed a 428 00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:06,200 Speaker 1: tiny bit pleased. Perhaps I was making some progress with him. 429 00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:11,080 Speaker 1: I went on to graduate school and received a master's degree. Again, 430 00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:14,040 Speaker 1: there was a little bit of attention from him. Then 431 00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:17,680 Speaker 1: I went on to study for a PhD. And then 432 00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:21,880 Speaker 1: my father died. He had been chronically ill for some years, 433 00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:25,880 Speaker 1: but his death was still very sudden. A massive heart 434 00:30:25,920 --> 00:30:29,360 Speaker 1: attack in the middle of the night saved him from 435 00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:33,440 Speaker 1: the lingering death of the slower moving cancer that had 436 00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:38,160 Speaker 1: invaded his body a decade earlier. My mother followed my 437 00:30:38,320 --> 00:30:42,800 Speaker 1: father into the hereafter just three years later. So neither 438 00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:46,120 Speaker 1: of them were there the day I received my PhD. 439 00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:50,560 Speaker 1: Nor did they witness this successful career I carved out 440 00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:54,480 Speaker 1: for myself. They were not aware either of the devastating 441 00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:59,880 Speaker 1: skiing accident that interrupted that career, seriously injured my neck 442 00:31:00,120 --> 00:31:03,520 Speaker 1: and left me with a closed head brain injury that 443 00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:07,080 Speaker 1: laid me low for several years. And they certainly did 444 00:31:07,080 --> 00:31:10,560 Speaker 1: not know that that event was a catalyst for me 445 00:31:11,040 --> 00:31:15,240 Speaker 1: discovering my calling as an intuitive and an energy worker 446 00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:19,360 Speaker 1: and working in a new career in a very different world. 447 00:31:20,120 --> 00:31:23,800 Speaker 1: Or maybe they did know a few years after my accident, 448 00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:28,320 Speaker 1: when I was tentatively stepping out of the metaphysical closet 449 00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:32,880 Speaker 1: as a raiki practitioner, offering to others the wonderful benefits 450 00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:36,640 Speaker 1: of energy healing that I had discovered while recovering from 451 00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:40,400 Speaker 1: my injuries, I rented my first office. It was an 452 00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:43,520 Speaker 1: old house that had been converted into a healing center. 453 00:31:44,280 --> 00:31:47,760 Speaker 1: My office was small, but perfect for me. I enjoyed 454 00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:51,560 Speaker 1: moving my belongings in and arranging in a calm and 455 00:31:51,720 --> 00:31:55,800 Speaker 1: serene place for both my clients and meat to work on. 456 00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:58,920 Speaker 1: One visit to the office to put the final touches 457 00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:02,520 Speaker 1: on the decorating and arranging, I opened the door and 458 00:32:02,640 --> 00:32:08,000 Speaker 1: was greeted by an overwhelming, stinky smell of cigarette smoke. 459 00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:11,920 Speaker 1: I was shocked. I didn't smoke. No one in the 460 00:32:11,920 --> 00:32:16,840 Speaker 1: building smoked. Smoking was not allowed. No one had been 461 00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:19,640 Speaker 1: in the room since the previous time I was there. 462 00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:24,040 Speaker 1: I aired out the room, and although mystified, I put 463 00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:27,880 Speaker 1: the incident out of my mind. The next time I visited, 464 00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:31,920 Speaker 1: the same thing happened. I called the owner of the building. 465 00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:36,280 Speaker 1: She couldn't explain the phenomena. We even discussed what the 466 00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:40,360 Speaker 1: house might have looked like before its conversion, and what 467 00:32:40,560 --> 00:32:44,880 Speaker 1: function my room had, was it the kitchen in case 468 00:32:44,920 --> 00:32:49,720 Speaker 1: that might help explain the smell that was going on. Nothing, however, 469 00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:53,240 Speaker 1: made any sense. It took a few days to dawn 470 00:32:53,280 --> 00:32:57,120 Speaker 1: on me, but then I knew my father was a 471 00:32:57,240 --> 00:33:01,920 Speaker 1: smoker until ten years before he died. He even worked 472 00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:07,480 Speaker 1: for forty years in the tobacco industry. In my childhood memories, 473 00:33:07,560 --> 00:33:11,640 Speaker 1: he always had a cigarette in his hand. It was 474 00:33:11,720 --> 00:33:17,200 Speaker 1: so obvious. I believe my father approved of my new life, 475 00:33:17,480 --> 00:33:21,960 Speaker 1: and furthermore, he was finally letting me know. I finally 476 00:33:22,040 --> 00:33:25,480 Speaker 1: had the recognition I had craved all those years before, 477 00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:29,680 Speaker 1: and I knew that not only did my father support 478 00:33:29,720 --> 00:33:33,720 Speaker 1: my calling, he was encouraging me to keep on that path. 479 00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:39,640 Speaker 1: I was moved and touched since that time. On several occasions, 480 00:33:40,040 --> 00:33:44,320 Speaker 1: as I progressed with my career, added new modalities, and 481 00:33:44,440 --> 00:33:48,640 Speaker 1: taken fresh risks, my father has expressed his approval in 482 00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:53,400 Speaker 1: the exact same way the cigarette smoke smell always happens 483 00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:57,800 Speaker 1: in places where no one smokes or is smoking, and 484 00:33:57,960 --> 00:34:01,920 Speaker 1: it is very strong. A few years ago, my son 485 00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:05,080 Speaker 1: and I were walking our dogs. We were talking about 486 00:34:05,160 --> 00:34:09,600 Speaker 1: my father. My son and he were very close, especially 487 00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:12,439 Speaker 1: when my son was young. I mentioned to my son 488 00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:16,240 Speaker 1: for the first time that I sometimes smelled cigarette smoke 489 00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:19,640 Speaker 1: when no one was smoking, and I thought that meant 490 00:34:19,680 --> 00:34:23,480 Speaker 1: my father was around. My son, an army veteran and 491 00:34:23,560 --> 00:34:26,520 Speaker 1: a welder by trade, with a pretty down to earth 492 00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:29,160 Speaker 1: approach to life and a sensible head on his shoulders, 493 00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:34,120 Speaker 1: paused for a brief moment and then responded in a 494 00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:38,680 Speaker 1: matter of fact way, Yes, so do I. Dads are 495 00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:42,400 Speaker 1: very special to us, aren't they to most of us? Anyways, 496 00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:45,839 Speaker 1: you know, when I grew up, I was Daddy's little girl. 497 00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:50,080 Speaker 1: He taught me how to fly airplanes. We went on 498 00:34:50,680 --> 00:34:56,360 Speaker 1: little mini motorcycle trips together. He was my buddy. Unfortunately, 499 00:34:56,920 --> 00:35:01,080 Speaker 1: the day came when I was a teenager and life 500 00:35:01,120 --> 00:35:05,839 Speaker 1: took over. After graduating from high school and then graduating 501 00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:10,120 Speaker 1: from college, I ended up working in the hotel and 502 00:35:10,239 --> 00:35:14,279 Speaker 1: restaurant industry, And for anyone who knows that industry, it 503 00:35:14,440 --> 00:35:19,440 Speaker 1: is sixty to eighty hour work weeks. As much as 504 00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:25,400 Speaker 1: I loved my dad, over that time, our relationship became 505 00:35:25,680 --> 00:35:29,839 Speaker 1: rather distant. It became one where we talked a few 506 00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:33,000 Speaker 1: times a year on the phone. There would be the 507 00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:36,360 Speaker 1: birthday card that I would get or the birthday card 508 00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:39,799 Speaker 1: I would send to him, but that close bond was 509 00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:44,520 Speaker 1: not there, not until I found out that he had 510 00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:50,440 Speaker 1: cancer back and me as the only single kid relocated 511 00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:55,360 Speaker 1: to be with my dad. Although the tension and the 512 00:35:55,480 --> 00:36:00,960 Speaker 1: pressure and the anticipatory grief, yes, so you can experience 513 00:36:01,040 --> 00:36:04,960 Speaker 1: grief before someone dies, that all kicked in and I 514 00:36:05,040 --> 00:36:08,080 Speaker 1: didn't know it then, but all of that was the 515 00:36:08,160 --> 00:36:14,800 Speaker 1: reason that my relationships suffered with my siblings. When we grieve, 516 00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:18,680 Speaker 1: we become a different person. If you are going through 517 00:36:18,760 --> 00:36:23,480 Speaker 1: grief right now, please be gentle on yourself. Our whole 518 00:36:23,640 --> 00:36:28,640 Speaker 1: brain chemistry changes when we grieve, and you probably don't 519 00:36:28,640 --> 00:36:31,640 Speaker 1: know this, but our tears when we grieve are a 520 00:36:31,960 --> 00:36:36,799 Speaker 1: completely different makeup of our normal tears. If you're here 521 00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:39,640 Speaker 1: for the first time, or you just need a reminder, 522 00:36:40,360 --> 00:36:44,400 Speaker 1: my chapter ten of my book We Don't Die, The 523 00:36:44,520 --> 00:36:49,879 Speaker 1: skeptics Discovery of Life after Death is all the information 524 00:36:49,920 --> 00:36:53,640 Speaker 1: about grief. Why we grieve why it has to hurt 525 00:36:53,680 --> 00:36:57,640 Speaker 1: so bad, and what we can do to help move 526 00:36:57,840 --> 00:37:03,160 Speaker 1: through it so that we don't hit rock bottom emotionally, 527 00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:08,719 Speaker 1: so that relationships don't come apart, and we know the 528 00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:13,439 Speaker 1: best way to heal. I'm thankful because those last few 529 00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:17,959 Speaker 1: months being with my dad, we became closer than ever 530 00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:22,640 Speaker 1: and I had the courage to tell him my afterlife stories. 531 00:37:23,400 --> 00:37:26,160 Speaker 1: He made me promise that I would write a book 532 00:37:26,560 --> 00:37:30,359 Speaker 1: and that I would tell people. So that's why I 533 00:37:30,360 --> 00:37:34,200 Speaker 1: am here with you now. It is, of course time 534 00:37:34,200 --> 00:37:37,200 Speaker 1: for our next break, so let's do that and we'll 535 00:37:37,239 --> 00:37:40,920 Speaker 1: be back with another story. You're listening to Shades of 536 00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:45,400 Speaker 1: the Afterlife on the iHeartRadio and Coast to Coast AM 537 00:37:45,400 --> 00:38:08,279 Speaker 1: Paranormal Podcast Network. Welcome back to Shades of the Afterlife. 538 00:38:08,280 --> 00:38:12,560 Speaker 1: I'm Sandra Champlain. Remember the first story we heard and 539 00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:16,719 Speaker 1: it started out with a basement being flooded. Well, that 540 00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:22,040 Speaker 1: reminded me years ago in my house we had a 541 00:38:22,239 --> 00:38:27,720 Speaker 1: terrible storm outside and our basement flooded. I was living 542 00:38:27,719 --> 00:38:31,520 Speaker 1: with my anti Donna at the time, in an old house. 543 00:38:32,280 --> 00:38:34,959 Speaker 1: We had a foot of water, then two feet of water, 544 00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:40,640 Speaker 1: and it continually rose. The sump pump we had was broken, 545 00:38:41,080 --> 00:38:45,640 Speaker 1: and I had tried to do everything possible to fix it. 546 00:38:45,640 --> 00:38:49,080 Speaker 1: It was late at night. I didn't know if I 547 00:38:49,120 --> 00:38:53,799 Speaker 1: should call the fire department the police. I didn't know 548 00:38:53,840 --> 00:38:57,560 Speaker 1: what to do. My aunt was of the opinion we 549 00:38:57,640 --> 00:39:00,600 Speaker 1: can fix it in the morning. But in my heart, 550 00:39:00,719 --> 00:39:04,080 Speaker 1: I'm thinking we're going to lose a lot of things 551 00:39:04,080 --> 00:39:07,960 Speaker 1: that are stored down there. I tried to sleep, but 552 00:39:08,160 --> 00:39:14,279 Speaker 1: in my mind I heard, very loudly, you can fix it. 553 00:39:14,960 --> 00:39:17,160 Speaker 1: I tried to put this voice out of my head 554 00:39:17,400 --> 00:39:21,240 Speaker 1: because I knew the sump pump was broken. I tried 555 00:39:21,320 --> 00:39:24,560 Speaker 1: many times and I couldn't fix it, and there was 556 00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:29,760 Speaker 1: the voice again, you can fix it. It kept replaying 557 00:39:29,960 --> 00:39:34,200 Speaker 1: in my mind so loud that I went downstairs and 558 00:39:34,400 --> 00:39:40,240 Speaker 1: into the basement with my pajamazon in icy cold water. 559 00:39:40,880 --> 00:39:44,080 Speaker 1: I made my way to the corner of the basement. 560 00:39:44,920 --> 00:39:49,520 Speaker 1: I pulled the sump pump out. I fiddled with it. 561 00:39:49,960 --> 00:39:52,960 Speaker 1: I don't even know what I did. I plugged it 562 00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:57,160 Speaker 1: in and it started to work. By the next morning, 563 00:39:57,840 --> 00:40:01,400 Speaker 1: most of the water was out of the basement and 564 00:40:01,480 --> 00:40:05,759 Speaker 1: we didn't lose but a few things. That voice was 565 00:40:05,960 --> 00:40:08,880 Speaker 1: so loud. I don't know if it was a loved 566 00:40:08,920 --> 00:40:13,200 Speaker 1: one or a guardian angel. But to me, a miracle 567 00:40:13,480 --> 00:40:18,160 Speaker 1: occurred that night. This next story reminds me of that 568 00:40:18,400 --> 00:40:22,160 Speaker 1: very same thing. This is a story by Sally. She 569 00:40:22,239 --> 00:40:28,560 Speaker 1: says color Rawdons are so accustomed to unpredictable wind occurrens 570 00:40:28,560 --> 00:40:33,239 Speaker 1: sweeping over the rocky mountains, bringing rain, snow, or sunshine, 571 00:40:33,719 --> 00:40:36,920 Speaker 1: that we often joke to visitors, if you don't like 572 00:40:37,040 --> 00:40:40,520 Speaker 1: the weather, just stick around for ten minutes and watch 573 00:40:40,520 --> 00:40:44,879 Speaker 1: a change. Happy to reside in our beautiful state, I 574 00:40:44,960 --> 00:40:48,640 Speaker 1: drank in the beauty of the rocky mountains, silhouetted against 575 00:40:48,680 --> 00:40:52,280 Speaker 1: a cloudless blue sky, as I drove to a nearby 576 00:40:52,400 --> 00:40:57,920 Speaker 1: shopping mall. During breakfast, my husband Jim mentioned that since 577 00:40:57,960 --> 00:41:01,800 Speaker 1: it was such a nice day, he might clean leaves 578 00:41:01,880 --> 00:41:05,520 Speaker 1: from our roof gutters and check the chimney bricks while 579 00:41:05,520 --> 00:41:09,000 Speaker 1: I was gone. I reached them all and went inside. 580 00:41:09,719 --> 00:41:13,759 Speaker 1: After browsing through stores and making some purchases, I was 581 00:41:13,800 --> 00:41:21,200 Speaker 1: surprised when I heard a masculine voice say, Sally, go home. Startled, 582 00:41:21,239 --> 00:41:23,880 Speaker 1: I looked around, but saw it no man near me. 583 00:41:24,600 --> 00:41:27,839 Speaker 1: I was still too early for the morning rush, so 584 00:41:27,880 --> 00:41:32,439 Speaker 1: there wasn't a large throng of shoppers. Puzzled, I left 585 00:41:32,480 --> 00:41:36,759 Speaker 1: the store and entered another shop. Soon I heard the 586 00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:44,240 Speaker 1: same voice repeat that same message, Sally go home. Thinking 587 00:41:44,239 --> 00:41:47,880 Speaker 1: a friend might be hiding and playing a practical joke, 588 00:41:48,520 --> 00:41:52,359 Speaker 1: I searched the area nearby, but there were no men 589 00:41:52,440 --> 00:41:56,960 Speaker 1: in sight. Unnerved, I took a deep breath and told 590 00:41:57,040 --> 00:42:02,160 Speaker 1: myself that healthy people do not hear voices, do they? 591 00:42:03,239 --> 00:42:07,000 Speaker 1: It was possible that the voice I heard was, in reality, 592 00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:11,600 Speaker 1: my subconscious mind warning me that some predator lurked to 593 00:42:11,640 --> 00:42:15,640 Speaker 1: them all, seeking an easy prey to rob. When I 594 00:42:15,680 --> 00:42:20,640 Speaker 1: heard Sally go home for the third time, I remembered 595 00:42:20,680 --> 00:42:25,239 Speaker 1: a Jewish friend telling me that angel and messenger were 596 00:42:25,239 --> 00:42:30,080 Speaker 1: the same word in the Hebrew language. Whether that voice 597 00:42:30,120 --> 00:42:34,480 Speaker 1: belonged to my angel or to my subconscious didn't seem 598 00:42:34,640 --> 00:42:38,840 Speaker 1: as important as the message. I hurried towards the parking lot, 599 00:42:39,520 --> 00:42:43,640 Speaker 1: saying a silent prayer. Dear God, thank you for surrounding 600 00:42:43,680 --> 00:42:48,960 Speaker 1: me with your white protective shield of love, so my heart, mind, body, 601 00:42:49,040 --> 00:42:54,120 Speaker 1: and soul are attuned to your positive forces. I looked 602 00:42:54,120 --> 00:42:57,120 Speaker 1: around as I hurried to my car to make sure 603 00:42:57,360 --> 00:43:01,080 Speaker 1: no one was stalking me. I unlocked the door, shoved 604 00:43:01,080 --> 00:43:05,840 Speaker 1: my packages, on the passenger seat and scooted inside. After 605 00:43:05,920 --> 00:43:10,000 Speaker 1: locking the door, I drove away, constantly checking my rear 606 00:43:10,120 --> 00:43:13,759 Speaker 1: view mirror to make sure I wasn't being followed. I 607 00:43:13,880 --> 00:43:19,240 Speaker 1: drove home. Heavy clouds and gusty winds replaced the beautiful 608 00:43:19,280 --> 00:43:22,560 Speaker 1: blue sky that I had admired only an hour earlier. 609 00:43:23,080 --> 00:43:26,319 Speaker 1: Since I was accustomed to these short wind bursts, I 610 00:43:26,440 --> 00:43:31,320 Speaker 1: adjusted my speed and arrived back in my neighborhood safely. 611 00:43:32,160 --> 00:43:35,600 Speaker 1: All the way home, I wondered about that message, But 612 00:43:35,680 --> 00:43:39,720 Speaker 1: as soon as I turned the corner to my street 613 00:43:39,760 --> 00:43:44,359 Speaker 1: and saw my husband, Jim, clinging to the chimney and 614 00:43:44,600 --> 00:43:49,080 Speaker 1: his ladder lying on the ground, I realized why the 615 00:43:49,200 --> 00:43:53,720 Speaker 1: voice urged me to return home. Thank God, you're back, 616 00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:58,040 Speaker 1: Jim called. I parked the car, picked up the ladder, 617 00:43:58,800 --> 00:44:02,840 Speaker 1: leaned it against the house, and steadied it while Jim 618 00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:08,560 Speaker 1: climbed several flights down. Smiling, I looked toward heaven and 619 00:44:08,680 --> 00:44:12,720 Speaker 1: I thanked that voice. We have time for another story, 620 00:44:13,080 --> 00:44:18,120 Speaker 1: so this one is from RISA. Grant was tall and lean, 621 00:44:18,640 --> 00:44:22,400 Speaker 1: with dark bangs that hung in his dark blue eyes. 622 00:44:23,120 --> 00:44:25,759 Speaker 1: He was the kind of guy other guys like to 623 00:44:25,800 --> 00:44:29,040 Speaker 1: hang out with, and the girls had big crushes on. 624 00:44:29,680 --> 00:44:32,840 Speaker 1: He had a goofy smile. He was the boy that 625 00:44:32,960 --> 00:44:37,120 Speaker 1: I loved in high school. The outstanding thing about Grant 626 00:44:37,320 --> 00:44:41,680 Speaker 1: was his kindness. His answer to queries about career plans 627 00:44:41,760 --> 00:44:44,560 Speaker 1: was always the catcher in the rye I want to 628 00:44:44,560 --> 00:44:48,000 Speaker 1: stop children from falling over the edge. Though he was 629 00:44:48,040 --> 00:44:52,800 Speaker 1: no pushover, you could tell Grant anything. Your darkest secret 630 00:44:53,040 --> 00:44:57,000 Speaker 1: would be met with understanding and a hug. I knew 631 00:44:57,040 --> 00:45:00,440 Speaker 1: we'd eventually marry to me. The group of girls he 632 00:45:00,560 --> 00:45:04,719 Speaker 1: dated or no obstacle. I knew he'd realize how sincere 633 00:45:04,960 --> 00:45:08,560 Speaker 1: my love was for him. I was a cutie too. 634 00:45:08,920 --> 00:45:12,160 Speaker 1: I wasn't spending all my weekends dateless. I was a 635 00:45:12,280 --> 00:45:16,200 Speaker 1: romantic but a pragmatic teen. I figured we were both 636 00:45:16,239 --> 00:45:20,840 Speaker 1: just sewing our wild oats. Grant was always there for 637 00:45:20,920 --> 00:45:24,640 Speaker 1: me when I became very ill. He was my sole visitor. 638 00:45:25,280 --> 00:45:29,279 Speaker 1: He held my hand and spoke comfortingly when even my 639 00:45:29,360 --> 00:45:34,560 Speaker 1: best girlfriends abandoned my unpleasant symptoms. Grant and I continued 640 00:45:34,600 --> 00:45:38,920 Speaker 1: seeing each other after high school, growing even closer. We 641 00:45:39,040 --> 00:45:42,800 Speaker 1: had a special routine. We both loved roaming our rural 642 00:45:42,840 --> 00:45:46,560 Speaker 1: community on warm summer nights so as not to awaken 643 00:45:46,640 --> 00:45:50,760 Speaker 1: my mother. Grant would gently tap on my bedroom window. 644 00:45:51,360 --> 00:45:55,200 Speaker 1: I climb out and I joined him. We walked and talked. 645 00:45:55,680 --> 00:45:59,880 Speaker 1: We laid down on the grass, fragrant dirt between rose 646 00:46:00,120 --> 00:46:05,240 Speaker 1: of green hay grass. Given Grant's incredible care for people, 647 00:46:05,760 --> 00:46:10,719 Speaker 1: how he met his death isn't surprising. In his early twenties, 648 00:46:10,920 --> 00:46:14,400 Speaker 1: he fell victim to a fire trying to rescue friends. 649 00:46:15,080 --> 00:46:19,040 Speaker 1: They got out, Grant was found curled up just past 650 00:46:19,080 --> 00:46:24,120 Speaker 1: the stairs. He sacrificed his life, a thwarted version of 651 00:46:24,239 --> 00:46:27,839 Speaker 1: Catcher in the Rye. At his funeral, a group of 652 00:46:27,840 --> 00:46:32,600 Speaker 1: his old friends, including myself, questioned the new friends who 653 00:46:32,680 --> 00:46:37,000 Speaker 1: had survived. We were further devastated when it became clear 654 00:46:37,560 --> 00:46:42,800 Speaker 1: they simply left Grant behind to die. I was inconsolable 655 00:46:43,239 --> 00:46:47,520 Speaker 1: at his funeral. I couldn't stop my ragged sobbing. I 656 00:46:47,640 --> 00:46:51,279 Speaker 1: dropped two roses into Grant's grave, a red one for 657 00:46:51,400 --> 00:46:55,160 Speaker 1: passion and a white one for true love. The wake 658 00:46:55,400 --> 00:46:59,000 Speaker 1: was held at his sister's farm. My friends found me 659 00:46:59,080 --> 00:47:03,600 Speaker 1: climbing in to a shallow grave. I dug for myself 660 00:47:03,640 --> 00:47:07,360 Speaker 1: in a plowed field. I didn't exactly want to die, 661 00:47:07,880 --> 00:47:11,000 Speaker 1: I just wanted to be where Grant was if he 662 00:47:11,080 --> 00:47:13,799 Speaker 1: was in the dirt, I'd be in the dirt. I 663 00:47:13,840 --> 00:47:18,880 Speaker 1: do believe. I temporarily lost my mind. Three days later, 664 00:47:18,920 --> 00:47:22,400 Speaker 1: I was no closer to peace. I cried myself horse 665 00:47:23,160 --> 00:47:25,920 Speaker 1: all day and into the night. I was gripped with 666 00:47:26,000 --> 00:47:30,040 Speaker 1: sadness that felt like it would never end. My belly 667 00:47:30,120 --> 00:47:34,359 Speaker 1: and my chest hurt. My throat was raw. The third night, 668 00:47:34,520 --> 00:47:38,680 Speaker 1: I finally fell into a fitful sleep. At around three 669 00:47:38,680 --> 00:47:42,920 Speaker 1: in the morning, I awoke with a startle. The dogs 670 00:47:42,960 --> 00:47:47,840 Speaker 1: were growling by my bedroom window, the fur raised along 671 00:47:47,880 --> 00:47:53,279 Speaker 1: their spine. I heard a gentle tap, tap tap. It 672 00:47:53,400 --> 00:47:58,640 Speaker 1: sounded exactly like Grant's fingers. I sat up, frozen in bed. 673 00:47:59,120 --> 00:48:02,440 Speaker 1: As it was a hot night. My window was slightly raised. 674 00:48:03,200 --> 00:48:07,680 Speaker 1: Who is it, I asked, my voice quivering. A soft, 675 00:48:07,840 --> 00:48:12,280 Speaker 1: emerald green mist floated in through the opening. The dogs 676 00:48:12,320 --> 00:48:16,680 Speaker 1: continued to growl. As the mist enveloped me. I felt 677 00:48:16,760 --> 00:48:22,520 Speaker 1: warmth and love. I heard Grant's voice clearly and firmly. 678 00:48:23,040 --> 00:48:27,000 Speaker 1: His voice was in my ear. He said, I'll see 679 00:48:27,040 --> 00:48:32,640 Speaker 1: you again. That was all I'll see you again. My 680 00:48:32,800 --> 00:48:36,640 Speaker 1: desperate pain ceased. I felt a glow in my heart 681 00:48:36,680 --> 00:48:40,160 Speaker 1: and fell easily back to sleep. My dreams were gentle, 682 00:48:40,880 --> 00:48:44,520 Speaker 1: though my peaceful feelings lingered. The next morning, I wondered 683 00:48:44,800 --> 00:48:48,480 Speaker 1: was it a dream? Then my mother asked, what was 684 00:48:48,520 --> 00:48:51,640 Speaker 1: all that commotion in your room last night. I've never 685 00:48:51,680 --> 00:48:54,720 Speaker 1: heard the dogs like that in the house. I knew 686 00:48:55,320 --> 00:48:58,560 Speaker 1: it was Grant for me. It's really nice to hear 687 00:48:58,600 --> 00:49:02,120 Speaker 1: these stories because I get to feel like I'm not crazy. 688 00:49:02,680 --> 00:49:05,240 Speaker 1: Well I'm a little bit crazy, but there are different 689 00:49:05,239 --> 00:49:08,839 Speaker 1: ways our loved ones can get through. I know there 690 00:49:08,840 --> 00:49:11,200 Speaker 1: are times we want them to come through and we 691 00:49:11,280 --> 00:49:14,399 Speaker 1: want to sign and we don't feel like we're getting them. 692 00:49:15,080 --> 00:49:17,960 Speaker 1: I think from their point of view, they can see us. 693 00:49:18,200 --> 00:49:21,200 Speaker 1: They are with us. There's no time in the afterlife, 694 00:49:21,560 --> 00:49:24,760 Speaker 1: so they know we're going to be together very very soon. 695 00:49:25,680 --> 00:49:29,520 Speaker 1: Whether you've received signs or not, I really hope you've 696 00:49:29,520 --> 00:49:34,719 Speaker 1: listened to my episode one fifteen and gone on that 697 00:49:35,000 --> 00:49:39,120 Speaker 1: visual journey to reconnect with your loved ones. They really 698 00:49:39,160 --> 00:49:43,479 Speaker 1: are around, they are alive, they're healthy, their whole they're 699 00:49:43,480 --> 00:49:46,880 Speaker 1: watching over us. They can hear us, but it takes 700 00:49:46,880 --> 00:49:50,560 Speaker 1: a quiet mind from us and being able to use 701 00:49:50,600 --> 00:49:55,280 Speaker 1: our imagination and trust those wonderful things that are coming 702 00:49:55,320 --> 00:49:59,120 Speaker 1: through as a reminder our home basis we Don't Die 703 00:49:59,120 --> 00:50:02,240 Speaker 1: dot com. Make your way over to the store, find 704 00:50:02,320 --> 00:50:06,800 Speaker 1: my audiobook, use coupon code free if you are suffering 705 00:50:07,040 --> 00:50:11,920 Speaker 1: with grief, fast forward to chapter ten. Okay. In closing, 706 00:50:12,360 --> 00:50:16,560 Speaker 1: I'm Sandra Champlain. Thank you for listening to Shades of 707 00:50:16,600 --> 00:50:20,800 Speaker 1: the Afterlife on the iHeartRadio and Coast to Coast AM 708 00:50:20,800 --> 00:50:27,920 Speaker 1: Paranormal Podcast Network. Thanks for listening to the iHeartRadio and 709 00:50:27,960 --> 00:50:30,959 Speaker 1: Coast to Coast A and Paranormal Podcast Network. Make sure 710 00:50:30,960 --> 00:50:34,080 Speaker 1: and check out all our shows on the iHeartRadio app 711 00:50:34,360 --> 00:50:41,400 Speaker 1: or by going to iHeartRadio dot com.