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1:41

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1:43

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1:45

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to give all of you a better understanding of

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how I communicate with spirit. Hey

2:00

guys, welcome to this week's episode of Hey Spirit.

2:04

Today's reading

2:06

with Jennifer is such a

2:08

beautiful gift of paying it

2:10

forward or doing something for

2:12

someone else. Jennifer apparently,

2:14

a friend of hers, won the

2:16

reading. I donated a reading for

2:18

a charity and the

2:20

person that won knew how

2:23

much Jennifer needed

2:25

and wanted this experience and gifted

2:28

it to her. To

2:30

me, that is such

2:33

a beautiful act of kindness. I

2:38

know you're going to listen to this

2:40

after the holidays are over, but what

2:42

a beautiful gift of thanks Jennifer's

2:45

family gave her. I hope you

2:48

all enjoy this week's episode of Hey Spirit. Welcome

2:52

to Hey Spirit. Thank you. It's so

2:55

lovely to meet you. Yes, too.

2:57

So I always ask how someone

2:59

gets on the podcast. We

3:01

had a fundraiser for a

3:03

friend who has cancer and

3:06

Courtney Mullen gave the podcast reading for

3:10

a raffle. Oh, how nice. And

3:14

I wanted to win it so bad. I

3:16

did not win it, but my friend's

3:18

mom won it and she knew how bad I

3:21

wanted it and she gave it to me.

3:23

What? It was so, yeah, it

3:25

was so sweet. Oh my God, this is

3:27

so special. Yeah, it was wonderful. See,

3:30

there really are amazing people

3:33

out there. Oh, she is.

3:36

We're all out here doing great things and

3:38

doing God's work in different ways, right? Yes.

3:41

Oh, so this is so special.

3:43

Yeah, it was great. Yeah, that's

3:46

amazing. So you're from Long Island? Yes.

3:49

Take this. Well,

3:51

I grew up in Hixville. I

3:55

now live in Farmingdale, but originally

3:57

Hixville. Okay,

4:00

wait did you graduate Oh

4:03

91 oh, all right. All right.

4:05

Keep it to you. Oh You

4:11

might have no my son, oh no, no,

4:13

no you you graduated my son was born in 90 Yes,

4:16

I wasn't too far off. I graduated in 85. Oh,

4:19

okay. Yeah Well,

4:21

it's lovely to meet you. Oh nice to meet

4:23

you, too I'm very excited to share

4:26

my gift with you today So I want to

4:28

thank you in advance for trusting me with the

4:30

souls of your departed loved ones if you have

4:32

any questions Jennifer, please do not be afraid to

4:34

speak to me. It's your session. It's entirely up

4:36

to you I just like spirits. Did you like

4:38

a lot of the work sometimes? So

4:42

I invite you to the most amazing and

4:44

beautiful messages from your loved ones today Oh,

4:46

yeah So how I see

4:48

spirit is through like shadows and silhouettes But

4:50

they make me feel the emotion upon that you

4:52

shared with them So the first soul that's stepping for you

4:55

to have quite a bit of souls that are present Unfortunately,

4:57

yes, I was just gonna say unfortunately,

5:00

so there is a mother energy that

5:02

steps forward. So is your mom deported?

5:05

Yeah, so know that your mom

5:07

is the first one to step forward now is

5:09

your mom gone for some time? Cuz she went

5:11

oh my god, look how beautiful she looks like.

5:14

Oh, she's she's so beautiful

5:16

It's been so long about

5:18

eight years Have on eight

5:22

Yeah So validating for

5:24

you that your mom says even though

5:26

it seems like yesterday But it's been

5:29

like almost and in the same token

5:31

a lifetime She says

5:33

I want you to know that I haven't missed out

5:35

on anything She

5:38

says I also want you to know that I

5:41

am so incredibly proud of The

5:44

woman that you've become She

5:47

says it hasn't been easy for you. I Don't

5:50

know if you missed your mom's departure Or

5:54

if you were there, but she wasn't able

5:56

to communicate. Yeah, I was there. Okay,

5:59

but was she not able to communicate? No. Okay.

6:01

Yes, it was. So know that she

6:03

says, I heard everything that you said.

6:06

So when a soul shows me, like the holding

6:08

of the hands and the whispering of the ear,

6:11

that's my civil for nothing was left unsaid. And

6:14

she says, I want my daughter to know that she did

6:16

not miss my

6:18

departure. So

6:21

know that even

6:24

though you were there and she was

6:26

not able to respond, know that she

6:28

heard everything. She said,

6:30

especially after you sat with me after I

6:32

died. Is

6:35

that correct? Yeah. So

6:38

know that your mom knows that you sat with

6:40

her and that you did not leave her side.

6:43

Now who lost the child? Do

6:46

you know someone that lost a child or

6:49

a miscarriage or termination? Okay.

6:54

How do you connect with the cousin that died? I

6:58

don't have many cousins. Okay. I said cousin

7:00

because your mom showed me my symbol for

7:02

siblings. Yeah.

7:04

My brother, my brother. Your

7:08

brother passed away. Yeah. Okay.

7:11

So know that your brother is with your mom because

7:13

your mom said, my daughter wants to know if the

7:15

child is with me. I don't

7:18

know why she chose to say, you know,

7:20

sometimes they'll say, Oh, whose brother passed? Right.

7:22

So know that it is your mom's way

7:24

of validating. She said, tell my daughter that

7:27

I have the child with me. Okay.

7:30

And then your brother looked at me and goes, I'm

7:32

not a child. I'm a grown man to me. But

7:36

I guess to your mom, she

7:38

was always his baby. Yeah. Now

7:41

who passed from the chest or was

7:43

there something with the throat or choking?

7:46

My brother had, went

7:48

into cardiac arrest. Okay. Because did

7:50

you see how, when your mom

7:53

said, had we lose the child,

7:55

I had trouble breathing and then I

7:57

started like coughing, like, but for real, no

7:59

reason. Your brother makes

8:01

me feel like he died, but he came back,

8:03

but then died, but he died instantly.

8:06

So I don't know what that means. I

8:08

feel like he totally contradicted it, but it

8:11

was like he showed me he died instantly, but

8:14

I came back, but then I died

8:16

again. Yeah,

8:20

it was during COVID. He

8:22

had sepsis, and then he

8:24

went into cardiac arrest, so nobody could

8:27

really see him during that time in

8:29

the hospital. So, you know,

8:31

that was kind of what

8:33

happened. So now

8:35

I understand why your

8:37

mom said, referring

8:40

as the child. Do you understand that? Because

8:42

your mom passed prior to your brother, correct?

8:46

So know that your mother's soul was

8:48

there for your brother. No,

8:51

because your brother is like, I

8:53

don't even know what happened. He's

8:55

like, I was sick. Your brother

8:57

had a funny way of words.

8:59

He goes, and I felt really

9:01

shitty, Teresa. He says,

9:04

but I never thought that I was going to die. Yeah.

9:09

He says, so I do not want

9:11

you nor anyone else. I'm going to

9:13

say this. Your mom

9:15

was totally protective of you because

9:19

I don't know if this

9:23

was something where you'd be afraid if

9:25

your brother didn't come through or

9:27

what he would say, what he wouldn't say.

9:29

Do you understand that? Because your mom brought

9:31

me back to this whole thing of show

9:34

me again where someone wasn't there when someone

9:36

died. So

9:38

know that your

9:40

mom says your brother was not alone

9:43

when he died. Know that

9:45

my soul was there to greet him. And

9:49

then she said to me, which a

9:51

soul has never said, your

9:53

brother laid me in the bed and made

9:56

me feel like your mom came to him

9:58

and said, don't be afraid. I've

10:03

never seen that before. It

10:06

is so beautiful. And I apologize

10:08

for saying it in that way, but I've

10:11

never seen anything like that before. And

10:14

I watched your mom's soul sit with

10:16

your brother, and she

10:18

said, It's

10:21

okay. Don't be afraid.

10:23

Come with me. Because

10:27

your brother made me feel like even though

10:30

he was sick and he went septic, he

10:33

made me feel like there was this chance,

10:36

and we thought that he was going to be okay. Is

10:39

that correct? We didn't

10:41

expect him to pass away.

10:44

Right. Okay. We thought he'd be, you

10:46

know, I mean, we knew he

10:48

was not really healthy for

10:50

a while, but he didn't like to

10:52

go to doctor, so. Yeah, but that's exactly

10:54

what your brother just said, because he's like,

10:57

No, no one really thought that I was going to die.

11:00

It was almost like once he had

11:02

this experience, it

11:04

was almost like he went to this cardiac arrest,

11:07

and it was like your mom was there and was like, Don't

11:09

be afraid. Just come with me. And

11:12

then your brother looked at me and he said, Because I

11:14

was not going to be the same. If

11:16

I say that. True. Yes.

11:20

He says, And you know, Jen,

11:23

did he call you Jen? Yeah. Your

11:25

brother's like, Jen, you

11:27

know that I always said, If I

11:29

could not live my life, the

11:34

fullest, I

11:36

would not want to live. Well.

11:41

So I don't know what happened when he or

11:44

how he went septic,

11:48

but he made me feel like he

11:51

would not have recovered

11:53

and would have

11:55

been the same. Yeah.

11:58

He wasn't. He was pretty

12:00

sick. OK. So he

12:03

says, I am sorry that the

12:05

way that I died left

12:07

you with some

12:10

burden. And

12:13

whatever that is, he should have taken better

12:15

care of himself. He should have went to

12:17

the doctor sooner. Shouldn't have put things off.

12:20

Do you understand that? Yes. He

12:22

says, I take responsibility for that.

12:26

Now, was your brother married? Was your brother

12:28

have a family? Well,

12:30

he made me feel like, please

12:32

thank the family. So your family

12:35

was like his family. Is that

12:37

correct? Right. So know

12:39

that he wants to thank them for

12:41

all of their prayers and

12:44

for all of the phone calls. Because

12:46

he lays me in a bed and I can hear

12:48

him talking to me. So

12:53

know that whether or not that's what

12:55

you did, if you called, you were

12:58

able to speak to him, FaceTime him

13:00

whatever it is. Is that correct? Yeah.

13:02

We called. Your

13:04

brother also showed me something with

13:06

his legs. So was he diabetic

13:09

or did he have something with

13:11

his legs? Well, he never

13:14

went to the doctor. But we

13:17

always thought that he had diabetes. And

13:19

we always told him, you have to

13:21

go get healthy. And his legs were

13:23

always bothering him. Always. You

13:26

know how he got me to say that he

13:28

was diabetic? He showed and I don't even know

13:30

if this is a right symbol. So I don't

13:32

need any emails if this is not correct. Because

13:34

I'm not a nurse. But he showed

13:37

me like his leg and my legs went numb,

13:39

which is my thing before that he had like

13:41

some type of disability or leg pain. Couldn't

13:43

get around well or swelling.

13:46

But then he showed me

13:48

his leg was like purple.

13:51

That's how he got me to say it. Yeah. So

13:54

he says, this is what I

13:57

want you to know, that I take

13:59

responsibility. I've

14:02

never seen this before, but

14:06

I feel like your brother's a character and I

14:09

love sharing when I've never seen something before

14:11

because it validates the strength of the soul.

14:15

Do you find empty

14:19

candy wrappers or

14:22

like empty wrappers

14:25

or empty like sweet things like

14:27

you don't know who ate it?

14:31

I probably blame it on my kids, but

14:34

I don't know. I mean, I, okay, I've

14:36

never seen this before, but

14:39

he's taking responsibility for it. Don't

14:42

even ask me how this could be done,

14:45

but literally I asked your brother to validate

14:47

it. He showed me a

14:49

Hershey kiss and then when I looked

14:51

back, it was just a rolls up wrapper and

14:54

I was like, okay, what am I

14:56

supposed to do with that? Right? So

14:58

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15:04

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is your dad also departed as well?

17:45

Yes. So no your dad he heard

17:47

all the laughing and all of a

17:49

sudden I see the father coming

17:51

and he goes, so what's going on up

17:53

there? What's going on? Your mom goes, oh

17:55

here comes trouble. Oh

17:57

yeah that's good. So

18:01

to validate that all of the souls

18:03

are together. I

18:05

don't know how to say this, but your mom

18:07

made me feel like that when she died, did

18:13

you say don't worry, I'll take care of

18:17

my brother? Yeah,

18:20

my brother relied a lot on my

18:22

mom. He didn't

18:25

have a family. He

18:27

basically took care of him. I

18:31

think that was always on her mind. She

18:34

didn't want to leave me and my

18:36

sister to take care of my brother.

18:39

And you said don't worry, we'll

18:41

take care of him. So

18:44

I love how this moment happened. Your

18:47

parents stepped forward. When your dad

18:49

stepped forward in this moment and then your mom sang.

18:52

They want to thank you for

18:55

doing everything that you did for him. Because

19:00

I feel like not that his

19:02

death was harder on him than you,

19:05

it was harder on everyone in the

19:07

family. Even

19:10

your children. Your

19:13

sister, her family. But

19:16

it was like your brother in

19:18

that moment felt that he lost

19:20

everything. Yeah. So

19:23

know that your parents want to thank you for

19:27

the way that you cared for him. And

19:29

I think that this is also important because of the way

19:31

that your brother had me say I take

19:34

responsibility for my passing. I don't want them to think

19:36

that they could have or should have done anything more

19:38

for them.

19:41

And your parents thanking you for that. For

19:45

giving him that gift of still being

19:47

able to feel part of a

19:49

family. Yeah.

19:53

Now your dad tells me that

19:55

you like sent him around you. So

19:59

do you like. smell things that remind you of

20:01

your dad? I

20:04

mean I was 13 when he passed away so

20:06

you know I was kind of young I don't

20:09

I mean I remember a bunch

20:12

but I don't remember a lot. Is

20:14

there something that you might smell that like you're like oh

20:16

what kind of oh that reminds me of my dad or

20:19

a sense? Sometimes

20:21

like certain like colognes or something but

20:23

perfect. And there's no reason why you

20:26

would smell it know that that's your

20:28

dad know that that is his soul

20:30

reminding you that he hasn't left you.

20:33

Did you name one of your children after your dad?

20:35

Form of a name or a middle name? Yeah

20:37

my son I used the

20:40

middle name after my dad. To

20:43

validate that your dad knows of the children

20:45

watches over the family and knows that you

20:47

named the child after him and

20:50

validating that he knows of the woman that you've

20:52

become. How

20:55

do you connect with plaid I don't know if

20:57

your dad wore plaid shirts or

21:00

plaid pajamas? Yeah

21:02

he had um he I mean he did wear

21:04

plaid I think he had a plaid robe that

21:06

I remember. Okay. A little bit yeah. I don't

21:08

know why he chose the validant like my dad

21:11

doesn't really wear plaid but he showed it to

21:13

me like red and black and he showed it

21:15

to me like that's why I said pajamas. So

21:18

yeah I remember he had a

21:20

plaid robe. Oh yeah. Yeah

21:23

before your mom passed did

21:25

she used to talk about

21:28

seeing your dad or feeling

21:30

him? She would just joke sometimes she'd

21:33

just be like uh you know

21:35

he's waiting he kept you know I've

21:38

been here long enough. Just

21:40

little joke. Because your

21:42

mom said to me please tell my daughter that

21:44

I wasn't crazy. So

21:46

know that when your mom would say

21:49

that know that she

21:51

would really see your dad feel

21:54

your dad. She

21:57

said and he would tell me

21:59

not now we're not ready

22:01

for you. Yeah, but

22:05

she would always joke that she was a,

22:08

you know, a ruler and

22:10

he was a little bit more easy going. Did

22:15

your mom complain about being cold prior to

22:17

her departure or did she knit or crochet?

22:19

Or both? She

22:21

didn't knit or crochet but she was always cold.

22:23

When a soul holds up and knit a blanket,

22:25

it's much simpler that they knitted or crocheted but

22:27

when they placed it to the side it means

22:30

that they're not cold anymore. Your

22:32

dad actually keeps saying also the

22:35

girls took such incredible care of

22:37

their mom and

22:40

I said, okay, I said, can you validate that and

22:42

then your mom, that's when she took the blanket and

22:44

placed it to the side. So

22:46

know that she's not cold anymore, know that

22:48

from the moment that the soul left the physical

22:51

body she left behind every and any disability

22:53

under ailment, she did not take it with

22:55

her on the other side. Who

22:58

isn't speaking in the family? Well,

23:01

we have another brother and

23:05

he doesn't talk to me and my sister

23:07

anymore. So

23:09

know that your parents

23:11

know about that and

23:14

supporting the way that

23:16

you feel or choices and decisions but

23:20

your brother chimes in

23:22

and goes, it's not

23:24

them, it's him. Is that

23:27

correct? Yeah. So know

23:31

as difficult as that is

23:34

where you don't speak

23:36

to your brother or he

23:38

doesn't speak to you, for some reason

23:40

it was important that your

23:43

parents knew that they knew what

23:45

had happened and

23:47

that they support and understand

23:50

your position, whatever it

23:52

may be. Fair enough? Yeah. But then

23:54

your mom's like, but they tried.

23:57

You don't understand, they tried. They

24:00

don't even understand. Is

24:02

that correct? Yeah.

24:05

So know that your parents, it's not that

24:07

they ever thought that this would happen, but

24:09

I think it's important for

24:11

your parents to feel that it's so important

24:14

that you know that they know what

24:16

has happened and how

24:18

it all went down. This is your mom.

24:21

She's like, I just don't understand because it's

24:23

almost like mind blowing. Like how could this

24:25

be? I don't understand. Yeah. And

24:28

we're not asking for anything. Yeah. We

24:32

just want you in a life. So

24:36

your mom says, I understand and

24:39

support the decisions of why you

24:41

had to kind of let that

24:43

go. Okay.

24:46

Now, I don't think that's something that you thought that your

24:48

mom would know about, right? Or

24:51

at least your dad. No, I mean, yeah, my

24:53

dad wouldn't now. So

24:56

know that he

24:59

knows. And

25:03

then your mom looked at me and she said, because you

25:05

know, Teresa, she says you never want to see your children

25:07

not speak. She says, and I never

25:09

thought it would have gone on this long or

25:12

would have really turned out this way. She

25:16

says, but that was beyond our control. Whose

25:22

anniversary is it? Your mom just handed you

25:24

red roses. Red roses is my symbol of

25:26

love and devotion. It's also a

25:28

symbol of anniversary. Yeah. My, it's

25:31

my sister and her husband's anniversary today.

25:34

What? Yeah. No, I'm not.

25:36

Yeah. You're

25:39

so calm, cool and collected, Jennifer. That's

25:41

so know that. Well,

25:45

my sister will freak out. Can I

25:47

tell her? Know that this is their

25:49

way of acknowledging your sister and her

25:51

husband and sending their love. And

25:54

I think that it's really important, Jennifer,

25:56

because of what they were just talking

25:59

about how you

26:01

and your sister are still close.

26:04

We're very close. And

26:07

how you've managed to get

26:09

through such really difficult times.

26:14

Yeah. And then this is

26:16

your daddy goes, the other reason

26:18

too is Teresa, he goes because if when

26:20

Jennifer tells her sister that

26:22

this happened, they're gonna go, well, what did mommy and

26:24

dad, what'd they have to say to me? Did they

26:26

say anything to me? So

26:29

it's almost like your dad's making me feel like, oh, I'm

26:31

doing you a favor. Yeah. I

26:34

had this emotion or feeling like your dad

26:36

was like a little unsure of this. Wasn't

26:40

sure, you know, and

26:42

it's almost like he had to like make sure

26:44

like he could trust me. Does that make sense?

26:46

Or would that sound like your dad's personality? Yeah,

26:49

I mean, my dad was, he was

26:52

a character. He's like, no offense,

26:54

Teresa, no offense, but I want to make

26:56

sure that you're gonna articulate the way that

26:58

I need it. And I was like, okay,

27:00

what is it that you need to say?

27:03

And he says, you know, it's

27:05

hard when your child had

27:07

to live longer without you, when

27:10

they did with you. He

27:13

says, where do I begin? He

27:17

says, but I don't want my

27:19

daughter to feel bad. Well,

27:22

I'll use the word guilty, but you know,

27:24

it's just that negative emotion of feeling that

27:27

because she doesn't remember, or

27:30

even sometimes she has to

27:32

rely on other people's memories

27:34

or stories about me, he

27:37

goes, I don't want her to

27:39

feel bad about that. He

27:41

says, she holds me dear

27:44

in her heart, forever

27:47

and for always. He says,

27:49

so that means the world to me. Then

27:52

he made me feel like you, maybe

27:55

this was when you were younger, like

27:57

what you visualize would have been. have

28:00

your dad growing up,

28:03

walking you down the aisle. Well,

28:06

he says, I want you to know that I

28:08

did give you away that day when you got

28:10

married. Because he

28:12

shows me a bouquet with a picture

28:15

in it and wrapped in a hanky.

28:17

That's just my symbol for that you

28:19

carried something of your dad's with

28:21

you the day that you got

28:23

married. Is that correct? I

28:25

don't care if you had a picture. Yeah,

28:29

well, we did

28:31

like a instead of

28:33

like favors, we did a donation. Perfect.

28:37

So no, your dad wants to thank you for that

28:39

and that he knows about it, but more importantly, he

28:41

gave you away that day and

28:44

has not missed out on anything. And

28:46

I know that that doesn't take away

28:48

any of the pain and the sorrow

28:51

and the grief, but hopefully

28:53

knowing now making it a little

28:55

bit easier when you have

28:58

all these milestones now, even with

29:00

your children, that you know that

29:02

they're there. Yeah. Now

29:05

I'm gonna ask you this, did somebody

29:07

used to talk about, let's hypothetically say

29:09

your mom would be like, oh, I

29:11

saw a red cardinal, that's that. Whenever

29:15

we see cardinals, we always say,

29:17

it's my mom and my dad. This is what you

29:19

want mom to say. Your mom would

29:21

say that, but then when your mom passed, then

29:23

you saw two cardinals. Is that correct? Yeah, a

29:26

lot of times, yeah, I do. Know

29:28

that that is a true sign from

29:30

them. What it is, is it's not

29:33

that they're the cardinals. Right. It's

29:35

their energy that gets you their souls

29:37

to notice it. So

29:40

know that that's real. Now,

29:42

was there a blue jay then you see or another

29:45

kind of bird with the cardinal? Sometimes

29:47

we see blue jays. No,

29:49

your brother's going, that's me. Uh-huh. Your

29:53

brother literally looked at me and goes, I like the color

29:56

red. But

29:58

like, I feel like he would like, he wanted. The and

30:00

out on his own does that make sense

30:02

War So know that would ever it is.

30:04

It's like the easy to cardinals and a

30:07

sparrow or to cardinals and a blue Jake.

30:09

Know that that your brother know that that's

30:11

a sign that they are all together on

30:13

the other side. Walk. Out

30:21

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30:23

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30:52

Can I do this To you know? someone

30:54

that was the spouse? Said

30:58

on. My. Own laws are

31:00

both passed away within a day in and

31:03

tell them. That

31:06

I don't have that with i

31:08

am you Like someone pounds tragically.

31:12

I. Know my my best friends on my

31:14

best friend's father father was war and

31:16

I'll I'll grow up with them out

31:18

with both of them. Tragically,

31:21

you. Have. A heart attack

31:23

in the end they never expected. He

31:26

was very healthy when has all say

31:28

to me. Tragically.

31:30

Sometimes it's an accident. He and

31:33

he we have this perfectly healthy

31:35

man. Yeah, And then. Flop.

31:38

And God forgive me for saying this. Subset.

31:41

Of Attacks. Yeah.

31:46

That's changing. Yeah it's not than

31:48

I did see your in was I see your inlaws

31:50

what they looked to me like on know it's him

31:52

it's him. right? So know

31:54

that he's stepping forward.

31:57

And acknowledging. That. His

31:59

so. An

32:03

eye open for in. Fact.

32:06

He did. Omaha to Cancun. Your brother

32:08

Mike. Mccann. I know again going

32:11

to die. For. No.

32:13

Clue know and then he turned

32:16

to your brother goes know cause

32:18

you to take areas. Like

32:21

were like that bantering back And what with

32:23

each other? Yeah, I feel that it's important

32:26

any and he says, but it validates. He

32:28

says that we could not have prevented my

32:30

departure. He says

32:32

I did everything. And

32:34

took care of myself impeccably. Who

32:38

got. He. says. Knowing.

32:41

That my soul is. A

32:44

knowing that we are all. Together. On.

32:47

The other side. Do connect

32:49

with change like quarters are

32:51

times. When. Whenever I see

32:53

a penny I always say penny from have

32:55

been perfect but know that they come from

32:57

your inlaws as well. Good!

33:00

Your father was step forward. he's support

33:03

a correct yeah he said to me

33:05

goes my son's never gonna believe that.

33:09

I got right. I got like heard that

33:11

before he goes. now he does. I'm telling

33:13

a he thinks she's crazy. Meaning.

33:15

You Jennifer. Your

33:18

father in law says please tell my

33:20

son that I wish I told him

33:22

more how proud I was at him.

33:26

And more importantly, how much I love him. He

33:29

like he's. An. Amazing

33:32

Dad. Cause

33:35

he shows me and listen. Whether this

33:37

is when the kids were much younger

33:39

or whatever it, if he shows me

33:42

he's down on the for the kids,

33:44

the climb and oliver on yeah, that's

33:46

my symbol for of that kid's dad

33:48

is acknowledging of knowing. The. Father

33:50

and man that he's become. More.

33:55

And then I watched your mother in law.

33:57

You mother and most part is. well correct.

33:59

Yeah started like. In her eyes

34:01

with here than a set of roy

34:03

said why you crying she says it's

34:05

of happiness and joy. She

34:08

says you only. Have and

34:10

wish for the best for your children. That's

34:12

all you ever watch. She

34:15

says and. He

34:18

says all the time and maybe you

34:20

even say this Jennifer as well. Losing both

34:22

of you parents and now your brother.

34:25

We have all of these blessing.

34:28

And then. Why?

34:32

Are we say we have guarding job. Market

34:35

them. Know that they're

34:37

watching over. Know.

34:39

That their souls are loving, guiding,

34:41

protecting but also living life to.

34:43

You're right, they made me feel

34:46

like up exactly what you needed.

34:48

Validated today. More.

34:51

I read a lot of people. And.

34:54

I'm going to say this to you and

34:56

I don't know why a think one of

34:58

the hardest thing. Is channeling

35:00

Muslims as a child? But.

35:05

Enough moment. They're

35:08

making me feel how prefer cold

35:10

and hard it is for me

35:12

to channel all of your love.

35:16

Parents. Inlaws a brother.

35:20

And how. They

35:23

need to remind you that even

35:26

though you have a beautiful family

35:28

here, You're. Not Alone. Couple.

35:32

Hundred. And

35:37

I say why? It's so hard because

35:39

I probably shouldn't share this. But. I.

35:43

Still live right next door to my parents.

35:45

I very black. The. Still

35:47

have My parents were with me. And.

35:49

I don't pay. Any of that for

35:52

granted. Not one single day. And.

35:56

The home console. just reading

35:58

that helps me. For.

36:01

What whatever reason, whether if I kind of

36:03

let my guard down a little bit too

36:05

much, way let them in. But.

36:07

I just wanted to share with you that. My.

36:10

Heart Who. Rebate for you. That.

36:13

You had to grow up. The cat your dad. And

36:17

I hope. That.

36:19

These messages that they gave you today

36:21

give you that comfort and peace and

36:23

restored t of that. They are filled

36:26

with you that they have unless you

36:28

want a militant. The thing that I

36:30

know it's ten. What?

36:32

A gift. Of.

36:35

Your. Family reminding

36:37

you. And thanking you

36:39

for carrying out the family tradition. And

36:44

how hard it is. But.

36:47

Knowing that their memory will never be

36:49

forgotten because of that? Because of you.

36:51

And your sister. And

36:54

your brother says please continue

36:56

to celebrate. With

36:58

their favorite dish that he wanted you to make.

37:02

He like my Am my Cd.

37:06

I mean sometimes I went to the semifinal who

37:08

is a sad or mine on my sister here

37:10

now and. And. He was

37:12

secretly telling me that don't Tell her. But

37:16

he loves it. He's bringing that up and saying

37:18

don't forget to make my favorite dish. So

37:22

know when we do those little thing I

37:24

thought would go on on them. That.

37:26

Were to do the memory alive through

37:29

the things that they love. It doesn't

37:31

have to be you like a big

37:33

fund raiser are having a foundation to

37:35

battle every day. Same. Way.

37:38

Of bringing their name up, making

37:40

the Cd and reminding everyone. How

37:42

he would tease you. And

37:45

tell you secretly on the side that

37:47

he was with better now we've found

37:49

me Goes: yeah he was great he

37:51

goes now my other still have our

37:53

but he told me that my mother

37:55

probably I love that. I love that

37:57

but I love that this happened feel.

38:00

at this moment and

38:02

what a beautiful gift that your family has given

38:04

you. And I want to thank you for trusting

38:06

me with the souls of your departed loved ones.

38:09

Thank you. Oh,

38:11

how special that someone actually gave you this.

38:15

Yes, it was amazing.

38:19

How amazing is that? Yeah, she just,

38:21

she knew I wanted it so bad.

38:23

Oh my God. That she said I

38:25

want you to have it. But plus

38:27

I can't do all that technology stuff.

38:31

She goes, so I can't handle that. You can handle

38:33

it. Oh, how

38:35

amazing. Yeah. That's

38:37

so sweet. Yeah, she's great.

38:40

Very sweet. Yeah.

38:43

Well, thank you again, Jennifer. Thank you so

38:45

much. My

38:52

name is Jennifer Renison and I'm

38:54

from Farmingdale, New York. So I

38:56

got on Hey Spirit because we

38:58

had a fundraiser for one

39:00

of our very good friends. One of the

39:03

raffles was a reading with Teresa. I

39:05

wanted to win it so bad. I did not win it,

39:07

but my very good friend's mom won

39:09

it and she knew how bad I wanted it. So she

39:11

gave it to me, which

39:13

was very sweet. So I really wanted

39:16

to hear from my mom and she

39:18

was the first one that came through. So

39:20

I was really happy about that. She's

39:23

just a very calming presence. I felt

39:26

like I didn't get as

39:28

upset as I thought I would because she's just

39:31

very calm. And I think she just makes

39:34

you feel calm and after, you

39:36

know, and she's funny

39:38

too. So that kind of helps. It

39:42

helps a lot. Teresa, the one thing

39:44

she said was she asked if my

39:46

brother had diabetes and he

39:49

was never diagnosed with diabetes. Although

39:52

we always thought he had diabetes

39:54

because of just certain things. And

39:56

she had mentioned his legs and

39:58

his. legs were

40:00

always bothering him. And that was

40:03

pretty crazy that she had mentioned

40:05

the legs and diabetes. And

40:07

she actually knew that it was

40:09

my sister and brother-in-law's anniversary today.

40:13

That was pretty cool that, uh, you

40:15

know, obviously my, my parents had probably

40:17

said that and, um, you

40:19

know, she wouldn't know

40:21

that how, how would Theresa know it's my

40:24

sister's anniversary today. So that was,

40:26

that was really cool. I

40:29

didn't really know what to expect with

40:31

the reading. I was hoping that my

40:33

mom, dad and brother came through and

40:36

they did. So I was very

40:38

happy about that. I was looking

40:40

forward to this for a while. You know, I

40:42

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40:45

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