For the Birds!

Posted on September 23, 2008

I don’t know that much about birds, consequently I always get a little nervous when I go to Rescues or Sanctuaries, like in this case when there are only birds to talk to.

I should not have worried. All of them did brilliantly and they sent me the most accurate and specific pictures I have ever had.

Take for instance the bird who told me Dad was in the kitchen cooking and he would get to try every single ingredient in the meal he was preparing. . . Imagine my surprise when, as I am translating this picture, the Mom told me Dad is the ONLY one who cooks at home and indeed this little parrot does try everything!

Of course, lots of them were pulling their hair but that’s where the similarities ended. All of them for different reasons and those needed to be explained in detailed to the humans.

I had birds who were lovingly close to one human until they decided to start loving someone else better. (No, I can’t change their minds).

I had a couple who only loved their human and could not see themselves separated from them.

Had a talk with the spirit of one who accurately described the emotional state of her owner.

And finally I had a 70 year old Macau who requested some help holding up his head after a series of seizures had left him with a very crooked head.

I had an amazing day and as always the animals surprised me with their wisdom and love for their humans.

I am talking to you!

Posted on September 11, 2008

I have been extremely busy this week and on top of that I had problems with my Website and I was trying to juggle as much as I could while also putting the finishing touches on my fifth book before it goes to print next week.

That why I didn’t pay attention when a 17 year old cat came popping up in my mind every few hours. I knew the cat was not well and had spoken to the cat’s human a few times. But I was busy and wouldn’t pay attention to her.

You see, even though I see thousand of clients every year, when someone is ready to pass into spirit or they have something important they want to say to me, they ‘call me’.

I remember an incident with another client of mine. A pug who was deaf and blind but seemingly OK last time I had spoke with him. His human was going to go on vacation and it was my job to describe to him what was going to happen and how many days she would be gone. I knew she had come back from her trip the day before I went to sleep.

I usually sleep very soundly at night and have lots of dreams, some of them I remember but sadly some of them I do not. That night I was awaken suddenly. It was this pug talking in my ear. I became fully awake as my eyes open fast and I looked at the bright green light of the clock in front of me giving me the time of 3.07 in the early morning. I figure I would just close my eyes and turn around to go back to sleep. But this pug had a different idea. He kept telling me he didn’t know where he was or what was happening. He told me he was disoriented and didn’t know what to do. I recognize him immediately and almost in a haze told him that I would talk with him in the morning but that at that moment I didn’t have the presence of mind to be able to communicate with him. I fell asleep right away.

In the morning as soon as I went to my computer I found an e-mail from my client telling me her pug had a grand mall (a seizure that lasts for a long time) and that she had gotten up at 2.30 in the morning and taken him to the emergency hospital where he was put to sleep by 3.00 AM. Since I consider her more a friend than a client I immediate told her about what had happened to me and we decided to do a follow up consultation for him to find out if he was OK and if he had found his way. He has.

But she was a friend and someone I had no problem telling her about her pug coming to me instead of her because he knew I would communicate his feelings to his human.

This time the cat that was interrupting my day was from a client who I barely knew. How could I call the client to tell her, her cat wants to talk to her? That would be unprofessional! She will think that all I wanted was to get paid. I debated with myself what to do and finally decided that if I didn’t hear from my client by the next morning, that I would call her.

My voice mail was blinking on my work phone as I approached the desk the next morning and you don’t have to guess that the owner of the cat had left me a message regarding her cat’s outlook on life.

I called her back, yes, it is time for her to go. . .since yesterday. She has been trying to reach me, she has been telling me it’s time. The human was ready and arrangements were made to take her to the Vet. During the car ride there the cat knew this was to be her last ride, no meows, no howls, no scratching as it was her norm. She knew her suffering days were over and she was ready for it.

I love what I do, it’s my Life Assigment, but I never want people to think that I am calling them because I want to get paid for a consultation. What would you have done?

Too late to help

Posted on September 4, 2008

Someone e-mailed me from Mexico requesting an emergency consultation. I agreed immediately and was waiting for a picture of the horse in question so that we could talk on the phone regarding what to do and how close he was to saying goodbye to his humans. He was only 6 years old but became very ill with a highly contagious disease.

The next day she e-mailed me saying her horse was so sick, that the veterinarian was called in the afternoon but the young horse died before the Vet could get to him. Mom was besides herself. She had done everything she could and still he was gone. Her Mare, the young horse’s mother was also sad and depressed since she could not be allowed next to her son, because he was so contagious.

She mentioned she was hard of hearing and would rather do a consultation by email instead of a phone call.

I told her I knew exactly how she felt because I too have lost 55% of hearing on one ear and %80 on the other. And also said it was amazing how the Universe is able to pair people that have something in common at a time when they need to feel understood.

She told me that people usually do not understand the stress that she feels at the end of the day because she needs to be constantly allert, trying to read people’s lips, watch for their hand movement, pay special attention if they walk behind her,  and ask if she mis-understands a question.

Of course, I knew all this because I do the same things and have been doing them for many years. Still neither of us are bitter or concerned about this defect at all. We both felt this has helped us be introspective, to rejoyce in the silence and to find new ways and new opportunities of communication.

She got me thinking about one of my dogs. Princess is more than 15 years old. She can hardly see anymore being able to perceive only shadows during the day. But if the sun is shinning in her face she can no longer see anything and stops in one spot until I come close to get her or stand in front of her, blocking the sunlight. She can no longer hear me, the only sound she still hears is the banging of pots and pans, or the clanking of silverware, then she runs away thinking something is out to get her.

I realized lately she has lost her sense of smell too. I am not a big fun of treats but do give her one treat every morning after she goes out for her ‘business’. Since she can no longer see the treat, I have to put it right in front of her on the floor.  Her head goes to the left and then the right of the treat, until something tells her the piece of chicken jerky is located right in the middle. Her movements keep going back and forth until her nose is right on top of it. Then she sticks out her tongue and tries to pick it up. Not always successfully though. That little piece of jerky gets moved around a couple of feet before she is able to pick it up.

If we only have the hearing to worry about, I can only imagine how difficult things might be for my little Princess. I am in awe of her for what she does and how she manages to enjoy life to the fullest when she is not sleeping. She is truly a teacher and I give her thanks every day for allowing me to learn how to get old but still be graceful.

My client and I will talk soon by email where we will be able to share many things through our writting. This time neither of us will need to worry about hearing each other.

Saying Goodbye

Posted on August 20, 2008

It is difficult saying goodbye to a friend you had for a long time. Most people do not want to think about the time when they will have to say goodbye to their dog or cat even if they are seniors or displaying some health problems. I understand this. They often come to me with a lot of questions about how they can make them happier, healthier or stronger. Eventually they get around to ask their pet the most important questions. Questions like: Are you ready to leave? Are you in a lot of pain? How will I know when it’s time?

But what happens when a healthy and strong one year old dog drowns in your pool. You were gone only for an hour and upon your return the happy go lucky tail wagging, tongue licking, big teddy bear is not at the door. You call and he doesn’t show up. You go looking for him in all the rooms in the house, nothing. Then you step outside and see something floating in the pool. You can’t bear to look, you don’t want to know and at the same time you must hurry there. Maybe there’s time, maybe there is still something you can do.

Soon you realized there is nothing left for you to do but to hug the lifeless body and kiss it goodnigt knowing you will be unable to sleep soundly again for a long time, missing his snoring at night and his happy tail and wet nose in the morning.

But life goes on and you do have another pet still there to care for and comfort because pets do mourn too.

This is just a sad day in the life of an Animal Communicator where we get to hear from the humans heartaches much more than from the animal that passed away. They will come to comfort them but it won’t be enough. They will continue to mourn him until they stop punishing themselves.

Today life became a lot tougher for a couple of my friends.

My First Post - or is it blog?

Posted on June 7, 2008

I am new to this. Not sure if I want to do it always but somehow today is a very important numerology date because is 6-7-8, so I thought it would be a good thing for me to start something new.

As an Animal Communicator I see a lot of clients and every single one of them is different. Today was no exception. I saw D and S today and they wanted to talk to their deceased pet Joc. He came in right away and had a very tough but gentle attitude about him. He said that he was always the tough one, and they were not. He was very proud of his parents and showed me a picture of them standing next to his grave weeping. He also said he could see his picture and how they took such good care of his resting place. Joc said he was very happy to see he was so loved.

He said the love he had for both of them was exactly equal and he didn’t love one more than the other. Then he showed me a heart cut in three equal parts, but his part was the one in the middle making me see that he loved both his parents just as much. He also said they’ve been together before, the three of them, in another lifetime but one was a woman.

For the first time a spirit described to me how he was able to be ‘around’ both his parents at the same time. So, he showed me how the cells separate (as if they were multiplying) and they make an exact replica of the energy so that him (or more specifically the energy that was him) separates into two equal parts when his parents are away from each other to follow them and be with them during the time of mourning. When they are back together, the energy simply joins again to become just one beam of light. He has been doing this since he passed just to make sure his essence follows both of them during their day.

It was a beautiful consultation and his humans got a lot of validations. I felt honor to have been a part of so much love from both sides.

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