When the Student is Ready, the Teacher Appears

dove

I have always been interested, fascinated and intrigued by things of the spirit -- near-death experiences, out-of-body adventures, ESP, psychics, spirit communication -- for I found them all totally fascinating. But I had no personal experience with any of them. Little did I know what an integral role some would play in my life and how they would make my life so meaningful and help me to feel so valued. The fact that my daughter had to die before I would have the knowingness to tap into these … [Read more...]

The Hospice Effect

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Our Featured Topic: The Value of Serving Others I had been thinking about becoming a hospice volunteer for a while. It would come as a passing thought that I would consider and then put aside. Little did I know how quickly and how clearly my decision would be made. Our hospice house is on the outskirts of town surrounded by farm fields and trees. It looks like a home - not a place of death. I had a tour shortly before it opened, but had no other contact with it, other than to read the … [Read more...]

Dreams connect me with my daughter

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Most of my dreams are elusive. I make every effort to remember them each morning, but I have little success. Fragments pop into my mind throughout my day reminding me that my dreams are present in some part of my consciousness. The most significant dreams I have had in my 55-plus years began about six months after the untimely death of my 22-year-old daughter, Liz. I would ask her repeatedly to please visit me in my dreams. I thought it was what I wanted. As it turns out, I did get the … [Read more...]

From tragedy to transformation — a mother’s story

doves

I have always been intrigued by various aspects of spirituality -- ESP, psychics, spirit communication. I found each of these totally fascinating, but I had absolutely no personal experience with any of them. Everything changed on September 20, 2003 when my 20-year old daughter, Elizabeth, died of smoke inhalation from a fire in her duplex just a few blocks from the University of Minnesota, where she had just begun her sophomore year. That day my life was turned upside down. My journey … [Read more...]