I TURNED DOWN $1 MILLION
My husband Benjamin says I should go for it, but I refuse to take the bait. I’m talking about the challenge issued by the U.S.-based James Randi Educational Foundation –…
HORSE, OF COURSE!
When I gazed into the calm, round eyes of the auburn-coloured quarter-horse, I thought of all the people who ask me, “Do animals have souls?’ Miss Tanya snuffled as I…
A HOSPICE STORY
My husband, Benjamin, is writing a book on hospice and palliative care with the support of the Ontario Arts Council. For the past month, he’s been recording the stories of…
LEARNING FROM THE MASTER
As I settled into my seat in John Bassett Theatre in Metro Toronto Convention Centre, I smiled at the lady in the next seat, who had been gesturing to her…
SPIRIT KNOCKS
I’m always pleasantly amazed – and very grateful – when people share with me experiences they’ve had at events where I bring messages from spirit. I’m especially thankful when they…
HEAVEN SCENT
At a recent event where I took questions from the audience, an elderly woman asked me this: “Can a spirit visit a house and leave a scent?” I smiled, and…
SHAME ON YOU!!
My husband loves websites that offer free astrology readings. I don’t have the heart to tell him that the readings they email him every morning are designed to be one-size-fits-all,…
LIVE THROUGH IT
Marilyn wanted to hear from her daughter, Genevieve – “Jenny” to her friends. When we were on the telephone arranging time for our session, Marilyn told me Jenny had passed…
Tell Your Stories
There’s only one thing more important than knowing who we are – and that’s being aware of where we come from. I realized that recently, when I was giving messages…
WELCOMING COMFORT
As I began giving messages to the congregation of the Spiritualist church that I was serving, I felt the spirit of an elderly gentleman who wanted to touch in with…
You’re Never Too Young
I was certainly surprised to learn that the young man who’d asked me such an interesting question was only 17 years old. His curly auburn hair hung down to his…
TALK TO HIM
When Janice and her daughter, Marion, visited me, they came with a dozen questions about the afterlife. Mainly, they wanted to make sure Peter, Janice’s husband and Marion’s father, wasn’t…
NO ONE PASSES ALONE
Brenda, a family friend, called me from the hospital in tears. Marcus, her husband of thirty-two years, had died earlier that evening. His passing was not unexpected – his prostate…
NOT ALWAYS THE BULLSEYE
I’ve just finished the final edit of my book Compassionate Messenger: True Stores from a Psychic Medium (Dundurn Press), and while I’m excited about the October publication, I’m also a…
A TERRIBLE POWER
When Abigail telephoned me, she was understandably terrified. Choking out words through her tears, she told me that she was going to get breast cancer. The more she gave me…