My Aunt Lola had a stroke and became disabled (she had dementia and unable to take care of herself). She moved down from NY to Maryland to live with her daughter. Rewind 30 years....I was raised Catholic and was afraid to go to mediums as the church stated not to go to mediums. I then saw a priest on the cover of Newsday (part 2) stating a medium named Shelley   can help to heal you if you are grieving the loss of someone. He stated she is a medium and the 'real thing'. I thought to myself, if a priest is saying it, I'm going to go see her! I was very depressed as my mom died when I was 13 and I desperately wanted to connect with her. I went to Shelley   (who by the way is John Edward's mentor - he is a medium who had a tv show 'Crossing Over'). Shelley gave me the best reading ever, and I felt so much happier after seeing her. I then told my Aunt Lola that I wanted her to go. She said no because she didn't believe in mediums. I decided I was going to take her there as a surprise because I wanted her relatives to come through to her. I wrote out a deposit check for $50 and sent it to Shelley 's secretary. Two weeks went by and I didn't hear from the secretary. But I did have a dream about my dead Grandmother (Lola's mother) and thought she is trying to tell me something, so I called Shelley 's secretary to find out why I haven't heard from her to schedule an appointment with Shelley. The secretary told me,'I'm so sorry to tell you that Shelley died'. I hung up the phone, threw my hands up to the sky and said, 'Shelley, the $50 deposit is all yours!'. Fast forward 30 years to when my aunt is living with her daughter in Maryland. I live in NY and told my family we need to go visit her on July 4....I don't know why, I just knew we had to see her. Although she had dementia, she knew who we were and was able to carry on conversations. She was sitting in her recliner lift chair, and we were hugging each other and so glad to see each other. There were about 10 folding chairs in a circle around her recliner lift chair. I was sitting across from her...she started closing her eyes and saying, 'I'm going away, I'm going away'. She then opened her eyes and her affect changed like she was a little kid on a playground and looked at me with eyes wide open, a huge smile on her face and loudly stated 'Shelley '! My eyes popped wide open and I asked her why she said that?!! She stated, 'I don't know' and went back to a flat affect. Again, she started dozing off, stating she was going away, opened her eyes and excitedly exclaimed 'Shelly ' again!! Again, she went back to a flat affect, I asked her why she said that and she stated she didn't know. My husband doesn't believe in mediums, but did state, 'that was weird'! Five days later she passed. I happened to have a reading with a medium (Brenda) the day she died. I told Brenda what happened...I have been to her before and know when she connects to the other side...she is on the up and up. Brenda connected to Shelley and stated, 'Shelley is saying you have no idea what it's like on the other side. It is so beautiful and fun and like a playground.' My aunt's affect was like she was on a playground when she yelled 'Shelley '. Then Brenda told me, 'Shelley says, she usually doesn't enter someone's consciousness when they are alive, but Shelley wanted to do it for you because she owed you.' I said, 'what did she owe me?'. Brenda replied, 'the $50 deposit you never got back!'.

On another note, my mom died when she was 40 years old. She was in the funeral parlor and my father told me to get her earrings so they can put them on her. Her earrings were always in a small crystal dish on her bathroom counter. I went into the bathroom and the dish was empty, there was nothing in it. I stared and stared and couldn't figure out where they went. I told my father and he said not to worry about it because we had to go to the funeral parlor. The house was empty, we went to the funeral parlor and then came home. I went back to the bathroom and there were the earrings in the crystal dish! My mom wanted me to have them!

On another note, I was driving in my car for 2 weeks and strongly felt my mom's presence. I actually turned toward the passenger seat and stated, 'Mom, what are you doing here?'. I proceeded to get into a car accident a few minutes later. I was out of work for 6 months and recovered, but knew my mom was protecting me.

Also, another time I was single and driving to the beach....got into the parking lot and spoke out loud to my mom stating, 'I'm ready to get married, please help me find someone'. That was the only time I ever asked her for anything. I parked the car, brought my chair on the beach and sat down. My husband to be was on the beach! We met that day....so we thought. Turns out one month prior to meeting on the beach, we were both at the same house party on Long Island (we both lived in New Jersey at the time). What are the odds that we were at the same house party on Long Island?!! I felt like my mom was trying to set us up then...we actually passed each other....as I was walking in, he was walking out. I was with a date named Billy. We were at Tony's house who is my husband's best friend. My husband David called his best friend Tony the next day and asked him why he set Billy up with me...why didn't he set me up with him? Tony stated he didn't set Billy and I up. All I can think is my mom was trying to set us up at the house party....it didn't work, so she set us up on the beach!!

Was this experience difficult to express in words?     No

Did you ONLY sense an awareness of presence of the deceased without actually seeing, hearing, feeling or smelling them?      Yes

Did you hear the deceased or hear something associated with the deceased?          No

Did you feel a touch or experience any physical contact from the deceased?         No

Did you see the deceased?       No

Did you smell a distinct smell, scent, fragrance or odor associated with the deceased? No

How long did the experience last?      na

Was the beginning and end of the experience gradual or more sudden?       na

Could you sense the emotions or mood of the deceased?          No

Did the deceased give you information you did not previously know?  na

How do you currently view the reality of your experience?          Experience was definitely real

          Please explain why you view the reality of your experience as real or not real:   I know these experiences happened and I'm not exaggerating any of it.

          Was the experience dream like in any way?  No

Describe in detail your feelings/emotions during the experience:  All experiences...loved it...I knew exactly what was going on!

Was there any emotional healing in any way following the experience? Yes

I was so depressed after my mom died as I was 13. I went to Shelley when I was 30 and I told Shelley she healed me as I probably should have been in therapy all those years....it was like therapy to me as the reading was so accurate and healing.

What was the best and worst part of your experience?          All good

Has your life changed specifically as a result of your experience? No     

Did you have any changes of attitudes or beliefs following the experience?      No   

   Did the experience give you any spiritual understandings such as life, death, afterlife, God, etc.?  Yes    It confirmed that there is life after death.

Death Compacts are when two or more living people promise among themselves that whoever dies first will try to contact the other(s).  Have you ever made such a compact?    No

What emotions did you feel during the experience?          So happy that I'm being watched over and protected

Was the experience witnessed or experienced by others?          Yes

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Did you have any sense of altered space or time?  No

Did you have a sense of knowing, special knowledge, universal order and/or purpose?         No

Did you become aware of future events?      No

Did you have any psychic, paranormal or other special gifts following the experience that you did not have prior to the experience?      No

Did you experience a separation of your consciousness from your body?   No

Did you meet or see any other beings other than the deceased?   No

Did you see a light?        No

Did any part of your experience seem to occur in a place other than the location described above?     No

Have you shared this experience with others?         Yes    Not everyone believes me but I don't care lol because I know the truth about the other side!