When I was doing research for my book, I was referred to a number of gifted psychics and mediums to possibly interview for the book.  Of course, before I interviewed them, I had to experience how they did their readings and learn how accurate the experience was for me.  I would tape these readings for future reference, but the readings weren’t going to be included in the book.  I also followed my own advice and said little when the reading began.  Here is one experience that I’d like to share with you.

As this particular reading began, the intuitive said that my mother — who had passed on several years ago — was happy that I named my daughter’s middle name after her.  This reading took place when my daughter was about 12 years old.  My mom’s name was Marie — and I named my daughter Lily Marie.  What’s amazing about this story is that my mom died about a year and a half before I even became pregnant — and mom and I never discussed anything about me having children or possible names for a child or anything like that.  In fact, I became pregnant in my early forties, and it was certainly not a given that I would even have a child at that late date.  So when the medium told me that my mom was so happy that I named my daughter’s middle name Marie after her, it was instant confirmation that my mom knew all about her granddaughter, even though Lily was conceived well after mom’s death.

What’s also astonishing is what came next.  The medium went on to say that my mom really loved how my daughter’s room was decorated, right down to the beautiful butterflies that were on the wall above her headboard, and the glow-in-the-dark stars on the ceiling that were above her bed and that shined all night.  I had goosebumps.  My husband and I had bought some glow-in-the-dark stars at our local science center and glued them on the  ceiling above Lily’s bed, and there were some lovely butterfly stickers on the wall above Lily’s headboard in her bedroom as well.  It’s as if my mother regularly visited my daughter — her granddaughter that she’d never physically met — even though mom had passed away nearly two years before Lily was born.

I felt a loving warmth wash over me — my mom, who had never technically “met” her granddaughter Lily, knew all about her, and was somehow visiting her and watching over us with love and appreciation.  I loved that my mom was well aware of Lily, and that she knew intimate details about her life and even about the decorations in her room!  It’s having intuitive readings like this that encourages me to share this amazing experience with others, because there’s nothing more valuable than realizing that we are connected to our loved ones even after our physical passing.  What a cause for celebration, and one that should be experienced by everyone!