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Image of a Daisy by Joshua Leiby
 
I just wanted to share a story with you about how mediumship changed my life. I was 16 years old and had just woke up to start a new day. My brother and I met my father outside to leave for school. My 8 year old sister dashed out to stop us from leaving and said, "Dad, Mom's breathing funny!" My heart stopped and my intuition hit my stomach like a ton of bricks. The 3 of us followed my sister upstairs with a sense of urgency. As we stood in the doorway of my parents bedroom my Father approached the bed where my Mother lie. He sat down next to her and gently called her name, "Charlotte, honey? Char? Charlotte. Honey, wake up! Char!" My sister stood in the doorway and sobbed as my younger brother held her. My Father froze and I rushed in to attempt CPR. As the oldest, I just instinctively took over when my Father fell into a state of paralysis brought on by shock. After what felt like thirty minutes, the ambulance showed up and revived her heart enough to admit her to the intensive care unit at the local hospital. She lie for some time in a deep coma. Two weeks later my amazing Mother and best friend was laid to rest.
 
Flash forward several months later- I was watching Oprah and saw James Van Praagh working as a psychic medium. Skeptical, but open to the idea, I analyzed how he communicated. I noticed he worked a lot with symbology and so I decided that I would select a symbol that for me, would be undeniable proof that I was in communication with my Mother. I mentally called to my Mother and asked her to please provide am image of a daisy as a symbol to the first medium I would visit. Through a series of "coincidences"-some would say synchronicity- I was introduced to our local Spiritualist church where I met with my first medium. Pamela knew nothing about me, with the exception of my first name. She asked for my Mother's name so that she could tune into her vibration, kind of like a radio antenna. I said, "Charlotte". She replied,"When you say her name I see a backyard scene with 3 children swinging on a swing set. Your Mother is hanging clothes on a clothes-line and she turns to me and says 'the thing she misses most about the Earth are the daisies'.
 
The funny thing is that I really wasn't shocked. On some level I intuitively knew that my Mom would be able to make this happen. It was certainly comforting and created a sense of openness in me that led me to seek my own ability to communicate. I realized through reading and digesting the teachings of many spiritual teachers, that the signs are everywhere and that we don't have to be a gifted medium to be open to receiving messages from our loved ones and guides. As an example of this communication, I was 19 and working in a bookstore when I happened upon a "message" from Mom. She must have known that I was missing her deeply and needed a lift. I was straightening some books on the clearance rack in the foyer when I noticed a book with a bright yellow cover sitting at the end of the shelf by itself. I grabbed the book and saw the title in bold white letters, 'If I Had My Life To Live Over I Would Pick More Daisies'. Later I was driving down a four lane, one-way street and had two white cars pass by me at the same time, on opposite sides. Both vehicles had vanity plates. The plate on the vehicle to my left read, "CHAR" (which was my Father's nickname for my Mother). The plate to my right read, "SKYWATCHER".
 
My Mother's favorite song was one made famous by Judy Collins, 'Both Sides Now'. I love the lyrics and these lines in particular stand out to me years later: "I've looked at clouds from both sides now, from up and down and still somehow, it's cloud's illusions I recall. I really don't now clouds at all." My Mother loved Monarch butterflies. I was 16 years old and rode my bike 5 miles to the national cemetery where she was buried, to play this song for her. As I sat there on my blanket crying softly the most beautiful Monarch Butterfly landed on her gravestone and slowly fluttered it's wings. My Mother was with me that day and is always with me, guiding my path through life. She is my "Skywatcher" and is watching me from the other side of life where we hope the view is a little clearer. The gift of mediumship really is a gift of healing. It helped to reinvigorate that childlike wonder in me. It freed me from the fear that death is the final curtain. Receiving communications through a medium validates what I believe we already intuitively know, life does go on and death is only a cloud's illusion.
 
Sincerely,
Joshua Leiby
 

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