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Authors: Barbara Parks
Tags: supernatural, Body; Mind & Spirit, on vacation, personal journey of gradually accepting and embracing the clairvoyant gifts that allow her to see spirits. She shares dramatic and heartwarming stories of interacting with spirits who turn up everywhere: at home, Traumatized by vicious poltergeist attacks that lasted five years, she receives a miraculous visit from him. This joyous experience marks her first step toward healing—and opening up to spirit world.In the Presence of Spirits chronicles Barbara’s uplifting, Barbara Parks never imagined that her deep-rooted fear of ghosts would disappear. A momentous turning point occurs when, still mourning the sudden death of a beloved friend, these amazing true tales are convincing reminders that our loved ones are never far away., and accompanying her patients. From the departed uncle that protects Barbara’s young children from grave injury to the child spirits who bring comfort to their parents
struck by the thought of I wonder if Gary’s ever been to my work?
Once the thought occurred to me I just couldn’t let it go,
so I jumped into my car and drove to the surgery. My recep-
tionist, Sue located Gary’s file within minutes. As I held it in my hands my heart was beating wildly, and I began to understand why he was reaching out to me.
Although Gary had been to my clinic several times as
a teenager, I had never met him personally. He had been
attended to by one of my staff members rather than myself.
But still, the link was there; he was using whatever means he
could to get through to his family.
I took the file home with me, grateful to have something
tangible to work with. It was heartening to have something
concrete that I could use to help link us together.
As I flicked through Gary’s notes to see where he’d lived, I
was taken aback to see that his house was just around the cor-
ner from mine. When I typed his address into Google maps,
I was stunned by what I saw. Gary had lived only six hundred
meters away, his house virtually in line with my own. No won-
der he had gravitated to me!
Since Gary had been vying for my attention from the
moment he first came to my house with Matilda, I called her
to ask what she thought we should do. Gary had been moving
things in my house and had appeared to me as both an orb and
an apparition. He had been shaking my bed and waking me at
night. Although the bed shaking had been unnerving, I knew
Gary 39
that Gary wasn’t trying to frighten me. He was just desperate
to let his family know that he had survived his bodily death.
As you can imagine, having mediumistic abilities can place
you in some fairly compromising situations, and this was cer-
tainly the case with Gary. If a spirit goes to great lengths to make themselves known to me, I feel I owe it to them to find
out what they want and help them. I know that if I were in a
situation like Gary’s, I would seize whatever means I could to try and comfort my family. I knew that Gary wasn’t trying to
frighten me; I could sympathise with his predicament.
The problem lies in the fact that approaching someone
with the claim of being in contact with their deceased loved
one, can be met with all manner of responses. It’s impossible to gauge whether the revelation will be welcomed or rejected.
As a medium, this situation can make you very vulnerable.
There is the chance that you will be dredging up pain-
ful memories, or perhaps be dismissed as a fraud or a crank.
There is a lot to be fearful of when preparing to disclose this type of information.
Although Matilda and Callum were no longer dating, they
had maintained their relationship as friends. I asked Matilda
if she would consider broaching the subject with him. I just
couldn’t think of any other way to initiate contact with Gary’s family.
Although Matilda was worried about how Callum would
react to being told his brother was hanging out at the local
podiatrist’s house, she reasoned that she had no choice but to tell him. After all the effort Gary had gone to in order to make himself known to me, it wouldn’t have been fair for his visits to go unacknowledged. It took Matilda a couple of weeks to
summon up the courage to call Callum.
40 Gary
When my phone woke me at one in the morning, I
expected the worst. As Matilda’s name flashed urgently on the
touch screen, my first thought was that she was calling me in
a panic because Gary had paid her a visit. Why else would she be calling me in the middle of the night? I fleetingly wondered whether Gary had been shaking her bed.
“Barbie,” she said excitedly.”I’ve done it … I’ve told Cal-
lum!”
Relief washed over me as Matilda continued chattering at
a mile a minute.
“I told him everything. From that first day we met when
Gary was sitting next to me, to how he was shaking your bed.
I told him that Gary wants him to know he’s OK
Once the thought occurred to me I just couldn’t let it go,
so I jumped into my car and drove to the surgery. My recep-
tionist, Sue located Gary’s file within minutes. As I held it in my hands my heart was beating wildly, and I began to understand why he was reaching out to me.
Although Gary had been to my clinic several times as
a teenager, I had never met him personally. He had been
attended to by one of my staff members rather than myself.
But still, the link was there; he was using whatever means he
could to get through to his family.
I took the file home with me, grateful to have something
tangible to work with. It was heartening to have something
concrete that I could use to help link us together.
As I flicked through Gary’s notes to see where he’d lived, I
was taken aback to see that his house was just around the cor-
ner from mine. When I typed his address into Google maps,
I was stunned by what I saw. Gary had lived only six hundred
meters away, his house virtually in line with my own. No won-
der he had gravitated to me!
Since Gary had been vying for my attention from the
moment he first came to my house with Matilda, I called her
to ask what she thought we should do. Gary had been moving
things in my house and had appeared to me as both an orb and
an apparition. He had been shaking my bed and waking me at
night. Although the bed shaking had been unnerving, I knew
Gary 39
that Gary wasn’t trying to frighten me. He was just desperate
to let his family know that he had survived his bodily death.
As you can imagine, having mediumistic abilities can place
you in some fairly compromising situations, and this was cer-
tainly the case with Gary. If a spirit goes to great lengths to make themselves known to me, I feel I owe it to them to find
out what they want and help them. I know that if I were in a
situation like Gary’s, I would seize whatever means I could to try and comfort my family. I knew that Gary wasn’t trying to
frighten me; I could sympathise with his predicament.
The problem lies in the fact that approaching someone
with the claim of being in contact with their deceased loved
one, can be met with all manner of responses. It’s impossible to gauge whether the revelation will be welcomed or rejected.
As a medium, this situation can make you very vulnerable.
There is the chance that you will be dredging up pain-
ful memories, or perhaps be dismissed as a fraud or a crank.
There is a lot to be fearful of when preparing to disclose this type of information.
Although Matilda and Callum were no longer dating, they
had maintained their relationship as friends. I asked Matilda
if she would consider broaching the subject with him. I just
couldn’t think of any other way to initiate contact with Gary’s family.
Although Matilda was worried about how Callum would
react to being told his brother was hanging out at the local
podiatrist’s house, she reasoned that she had no choice but to tell him. After all the effort Gary had gone to in order to make himself known to me, it wouldn’t have been fair for his visits to go unacknowledged. It took Matilda a couple of weeks to
summon up the courage to call Callum.
40 Gary
When my phone woke me at one in the morning, I
expected the worst. As Matilda’s name flashed urgently on the
touch screen, my first thought was that she was calling me in
a panic because Gary had paid her a visit. Why else would she be calling me in the middle of the night? I fleetingly wondered whether Gary had been shaking her bed.
“Barbie,” she said excitedly.”I’ve done it … I’ve told Cal-
lum!”
Relief washed over me as Matilda continued chattering at
a mile a minute.
“I told him everything. From that first day we met when
Gary was sitting next to me, to how he was shaking your bed.
I told him that Gary wants him to know he’s OK
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