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Alice looked around when she heard someone call out,‘Nora’. Nora was an attractive young woman wearing warmups and a ball cap. She was a student at the dance school. Somehow Alice got up the nerve to ask her to a movie.
Nora and Alice were partners for nearly fifty years. Unable to legally marry, they were, however, able to adopt and raise three girls. And at last count there were 11 grandkids. Nora died at their home last August, surrounded by her loving family.
“A Conversation” by Jesse Austin
One night, recently, Alice was sitting on her screened back porch. It was a typical coastal night, with wisps of fog, and the stars coming and going. Finally her grandmother cleared her throat. Alice looked around, pleased. Somehow in these last years Alice hadn’t been able to
see her grandmother, but she still could hear her voice, sense her thoughts and enjoy her tremendous love.
“Nora is safe,” she told Alice.
It was a long visit. Her little grandmother spoke of Alice’s grandkids, especially the boy having trouble at school. “Don’t worry. He is headstrong, but he will be all right. I am watching him.”
“What is it like there, grandma?” Alice asked, wondering out loud about death.
“Wonderful,” she answered. “You can go
anywhere you want in an instant. You can fly, visit loved ones, change and rearrange events from your last life. Colors are vivid. Love, learning and heroic feelings are the norm.”
“Thank you,” Alice said into the night air, musing.
Alice is happy enough these days. Her
little business, as she has always called her mediumship work, is always full up. She has delicious catnaps often, but she always manages to rouse herself when the grandkids are tearing around the house.
And likely death will be her next major personal event.
She knows that after her last breath she will find herself with her grandmother, and she will be comforted by her grandmother’s warm, clear voice, (as she was in her childhood), explaining, translating and expanding spirit.
Alice’s story explains perfectly why I, and others, talk to the dead. We are forever, even as our bodies age and pass away. Though some of us no longer inhabit a physical body, we can support and love each other through our journeys in the physical realm, and our loving relationships can remain a great comfort to us beyond the death
of the body. Talking with those who have passed on can connect us with the loving influence of our departed family members, and provide continuity and support through the generations.
Jesse Austin is a practicing psychic medium and a renowned storyteller. He lives in Humboldt County with wife Rita and cat Squeaky. He
is available for private phone readings. Or it can be arranged to have him travel to your area
for group sessions. To contact Jesse: Text or call: 503.929.8128
Email: jesseyesse@gmail.com
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