Aunt Anne's passing

My Aunt Anne died two days ago in Vancouver, British Columbia. I live in California. She is my Mom's sister. I don't remember being on earth without her and since she died at the age of 90 years old, that is more than true. As much as it grieved me, I helped her move on, or at least had the opportunity to talk with her about it spiritually, when she was sick and in the hospital. I left my body and went to her room. She was lying on her back. I held her hand and saw her face clearly. I felt she knew I was there. Days before that I sent a lot of spirits to her hospital bed to comfort her. I didn't want her to die, and wanted her to want to live too. She told her family that she wanted to live. The next day, while walking around my house, I felt her presence. She asked me what I would do about living, if I were her. I told her that I would not want to go back to the nursing home, where she lived. My aunt lived there for many years unable to see any more, broken hips twice, landing her the last time in a wheel chair. I knew that I did not want her back in that condition with the staff treating the elderly like they did not have feelings. I told her that it was time to move on. It was easy to say that when she was with me and her body was still on earth. It was very hard after she died to know that she had to leave us, even at the age of 90 years old. After she died, she came to me and said that I helped her move on and was saddened at first, but knew it could not be any other way. I got her help on the other side and know, from what she told me, that she is doing well, and will continue coming to see me, letting me know if she needs further help. I don't feel she will need more help and will do fine. No matter what happens we all feel her loss though.
My Mother, Sophie's family was a large one. My Grandmother, bless her, had nine children. They were all close in age. When my Mother died many years ago, my aunt told me that my she felt she lost a mother because that was the relationship they had. My Mother was only two years older than my aunt, and the fourth child, and the first female born. She took over all the responsibilities for child care at a very early age.
What amazes me is that while we are living our life, and counting our own birthdays, those who we don't see that often stay young in our minds. Even talking to my aunt on the phone and hearing her voice, I could not, or did not want to, picture her any other way than young.
Now she is on her new journey and I am grateful for it, because she is out of pain and into happiness. She, as others, will always remain in my heart.

My new book.

My new book is coming along slowly and surely. If you have any psychic experience stories for me, please write. And thank you to all of you who sent me their stories.

your stories for my new book

I am planning my next book and would love for you to be part of it.
As you know I meet a lot of people who tell me stories about their paranormal experiences. I would like to hear your story and put it in my book.
Also include what this experience taught you, did it change your life in any way, and if so how. And sign it as you would like to see it in the book, for instance: Irma, from Livermore, CA.
Please send your story to me at this address: irmaslage@gmail.com. If you know of anyone who has had experiences and would like to be part of my book, please have them forward their story at the same email address.
After receiving your story, I will get back to you as soon as I can.
Thank you.
Irma

Thoughts of my book, Phases of life after Death from a reader.

Debbie is someone who has been a friend of mine since 7th grade. We have remained friends and although we live 3000 miles apart find we have lots in common and enjoy our friendship and keeping in touch. This is what she wrote to me about my book and has given me permission to put it on my blog using her name.
"You mention people on the other side getting the job of spirit guide, to look after people they are assigned to. I have heard of this in other books.. Sylvia Brown, and I think Ruth Montgomery. Back when I was studying Jung, I learned about the psychopomp. That is Greek for Spirit Guide. There is mention of this in many places, in psychology, parapsychology, myth and literature.. Virgil and Beatrice acted as psychopomps to Dante in The Divine Comedy, leading him through Hell, Purgatory and Paradise.. You also mention people who have Alzheimer's spending most of their time out of body in the astral world. I have heard of this elsewhere as well. I have also heard that people sometimes leave their body while sleeping to go and communicate with folks in the astral world. If you suddenly feel a dropping sensation on waking, that is your coming back after an out of body experience.... Also, I have read elsewhere about kids not being able to see folks from the astral world after two years of age. I thought that it was because of their distance from their previous life in the astral world, but I guess it makes sense that it keeps them from communicating about it when they can speak clearly... Anyway, your writing is very much confirmed by other literature out there. You have mentioned in your book that people experience a life review after getting to the other side; that is commonly reported by people having near death experiences (NDEs)"

comfort through out your days on earth

I thought the prologue from the spirit world from my book, Phases of Life After Death, may bring a feeling of peace.
PROLOGUE FROM THE SPIRIT WORLD
We live in a world different from yours. We are all one, but yet we can see you and except for a handful of people per thousand we remain a mystery. When we wrote the stories you will read, you will find them written with kindness, and love, and understanding toward those who have these memories within their minds, but cannot tap into them. This is to give you these memories and to assure you that they, and we, exist.
We want you to read our experiences knowing that although you can't see us we are nonetheless with you. We experience all that you do. We feel all that you do, and we never stop visiting those that mean the most to us on earth. That includes sisters, brothers, parents, strangers who may have helped us along the way, or others that we know need our help. We are helpful to those we can help, and we are comforting to those we are unable to help.
We never lose our way to you. We are always included in your life. We know of your weddings, your births, your disasters, and yes, your deaths. We are included in your world because it is only our bodies that have left. Our body rests in it's own resting place, we rest in ours, with you, and never apart.
When you read these accounts as each of us portray them, one by one, chapter by chapter, we are trying to fulfill a need we have, and that is to allow you to visit our world as we visit yours everyday.
Read on while we are with you and give you support in your conquest of life, both on earth and from where I speak.

passing and holidays

Many of you may be familiar with the beginning of my book:
"When my mother Sophie died of a sudden heart attack in her Philadelphia, Pa. home, my own life seemed to end as well. This was not my first experience with death. There had been other deaths. The only grandparent I knew, my mother's mother was gone. Three of my mother's brothers were gone, plus a few close friends and people I worked with. I knew of death. I regarded it as the end of their learning experience on earth, and the end of our learning experience with them. I felt sad for their family and friends, but after a few days I would just get on with living. I will miss you. Good-bye." Of course, it wasn't like that with my Mom.
I have been speaking recently to people who either have faith in that there is an afterlife, or have had first hand experiences. Because of knowing about the other side, when they lose a loved one they are taken aback that sadness and a feeling of lost follows us, and the communication is not as they thought it would be. After their passing it is felt that our loved ones will be with us more, or contact us more. With the holidays coming it makes it harder. Please be patient with yourself and sadness, as our loved ones are still with us, however not in the same way. Know that with time things settle and we understand that the loss means new traditions and feelings that help. Our loved ones are not gone is good to know and also know that they have your love with them as you have their love with you. I always remember too that I will see my Mom and Dad again and they know that I am doing the best I can with all that has been given to me over the year.

Communication from our loved ones can be subtle.

So much happens in our life where we have interaction with our loved ones. that it is hard to know if it is really communication or if it comes from our own mind. It is just something that we know because we know our loved ones so well and know what is important to them to tell us after they are gone.
An example of this would be when a lady told me that her deseasd Mother never contacted her after she died and she was in her house cleaning it, getting it ready to sell. She was very upset about it because she felt that her Mother should have said something to her. She then went on to tell me how she went to the back door because she felt it was unlocked and her Mother was very fussy about unlocked doors being locked. She was wrong about that when she tried the handle and it was locked. She turned to walk away, but a feeling gripped her and she went back and pulled the handle toward her and the door opened up. She then knew that the lock was turned correctly, but the door was not pushed all the way into the frame. I then asked her how she thought that her Mother didn't speak to her when it was so obvious to me. She said that maybe she was looking for something else and didn't recognize it and then laughed.