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A bit about me!

As I said on the homepage, I have been interested in the paranormal for over 15 years. It was introduced to me by my beloved aunt, Jean, who passed away March 2005. She taught me about channeling, feeling a spirit's presence, crystals, etc. She lived in California, and I was out there with her for a brief time in 1991. Her friends, who also believed in the paranormal, came over one night. That was when I first learned about channeling a spirit. My aunt and her friends channeled Jean's spirit guide, Enid. I will never forget that experience EVER! It was so cool. My aunt literally became a different person. Enid was Irish and had lived, I believe, in the 1600s. I could tell she was a big woman by the way Jean's body would move. And I swore that my aunt's eye color changed, too, but that might have just been me seeing things due to the circumstances. :)

One other night, the group of friends came over with Carol. At the time, she was living in Oregon and just happened to be visiting. I'm not sure if she was a medium or what, but she was definitely a sensitive. When she first met me, she told me there was a lot of energy around me. She also felt if I truly wanted, I could do amazing things with it, but that was a bit deep for me at the time.

But it was the spirits themselves who intrigued me. I learned so much from Jean and I took it back home with me. And from that point on, I could always tell when a spirit was around. In fact, I swear the spirits knew this and loved to play around. One time after I had my first child, I kept having things happen, almost like pranks. Things would disappear then reappear, lights coming on and off. Well, for some reason, I called Jean. She started laughing. She said, "Tell Johnny I said hi." At first, I didn't understand, but then I remembered her telling me when I was in California about a spirit named Johnny who was a little jokester around Jean.

Since Johnny, I have had numerous experiences with spirits. There was Sarah (who I mention on the other paranormal phenomenon page), Johnny, the old guy in the cemetary, some spirit or spirits at the local Super 8 where I once worked, my best friend's twin sisters who died at birth, my best friend from high school who died in 2000, an unknown spirit at my two previous residences, the spirits in my house I live in now, and the list goes on and on and on.

My husband is the biggest skeptic ever! He doesn't believe in the paranormal at all. I just tell him he's in for a rude awakening when he dies! LOL! His skepticism does not stop me from my beliefs. I know that spirits exist. For a long time though, from about 2005 to early this year, I lost that belief a little bit. My dear aunt, Jean, died in March 2005. I really believed that I would have a visit from her of all people. I demanded it actually (don't ever do that). I mourned her immensely. I was very saddened by her passing. Maybe that is why I didn't have an experience...too emotional. I don't know. I became very pissed when she would not prove to me she was ok. I know, that was stupid. They are always with us. We just don't know it at times. When I would feel a presence during this time, I knew it wasn't her and I would ignore it. I made it clear I was not a believer anymore. And you know what? The spirits left me alone. I no longer could feel them and that bothered me. But something happened to me this year. I kept getting signs or messages. Every time I turned a channel, it was about ghosts or there was John Edwards or Lisa Williams staring back at me. When I would watch Ghost Whisperer, I could hear my aunt saying, "You know you still believe." She was right. And I knew she was there saying it. I feel her now and she does talk to me. I hear her now because I am listening. Something I didn't do since her death. She was my inspiration for this site.

This site is just my own personal remembrance of Jean. I want to carry on what she taught me.