Before I begin Martha’s part of the channeling transcript, I’d like to share with you a dream I had last night. It was so vivid and real, I thought it was all true. Erik appeared to me in the flesh, all excited with wonderful news. God had given him a second chance. He saw just how wonderful Erik was as a spirit and realized the impetuous impulse to pull the trigger had been a boyish mistake. I hugged him and cried for hours. It was the first time since his death that I shed tears of joy. When I went to work, I shared the good news to everyone and delighted in their stunned expressions. Yet I wondered what had happened to the body buried in that beautiful satin-lined casket 6 feet underground. I clasped his fingertips in my hands and they felt cold. Parts of his body looked like they had decayed, but he assured me that this would all heal in time and that he’d be restored to full health quickly. But alas, I woke up yet again to my new cold reality. It had all been a cruel dream. Erik is dead. For me, he died all over again this morning. I will never feel his warm, scrawny little body in my aching arms again. Today is a sad day for me.
Martha’s Questions
I’d like to connect with my grandmother. She willed herself to live until I had my daughter in 2007. After she held her, she went back to the nursing home and slipped in to a coma and died. I want to tell her thank you for visiting my children and laughing with them in their rooms and that we hear her and just love that she is here. I also want to know if she is with my grandfather, her mate for over 50 years. And if so, why doesn’t he visit us too? I miss him so much, but just don’t feel him around us like she is. If I could just have one dream to see them two together again and to be able to hug them would be more than enough for now.
Her name:
Ruby, 97 from Austell/Waxhaw, N.C.
His name:
Crawford (A.C.), 82 from Austell, N.C.
My info:
Martha, 28, also from Waxhaw
Channeling Transcript
Me: Now, the next one—how ya’ll both doing? You holding up okay?
Erik and Jamie: Uh huh.
Me: Good, okay. This comes from Martha. She’s 28 and lives in Waxhaw, North Carolina. She wants news from her grandmother, Ruby. Apparently Ruby willed herself to live just long enough for Martha to have her daughter. After she held her, she returned to the nursing home, slipped into a coma and died. Martha wants to thank her grandmother for visiting her children and laughing with them in their rooms. They hear her and love that she’s there visiting. She also wants to know if she’s with her husband, Martha’s grandfather, Crawford. They were married for some 50 years. If they are together, Martha would like to know why he doesn’t visit them too! (Jamie is laughing hard while I continue. Obviously, she has heard something funny.) She says she misses him so much but just doesn’t feel his presence. Oh, and Ruby was 97 and Crawford was 82.
Erik: Ruby says, “Crawford doesn’t have enough maaagic!” She drawls the word out, “maaaagic.” (Erik says this as though Ruby is speaking with a southern accent, teasing Crawford.)
I laugh.
Erik: So that’s why she doesn’t communicate with everybody. The grandmother has this very light energy that makes you just wanna giggle when ever she’s around.
Me: Oh yeah?
Erik: She’s the type who’ll clean up and put everything away, and then you don’t know where it is.
Me: That’s what you do to me! (To Jamie): I have my schedule on my iPhone, but because I’m so OCD, I also have my to-do’s for the day written on an index card. They go missing all the time and turn up in the oddest places. (To Erik): Is that you, Erik?
Jamie laughs
Erik (laughing): Yep, that’s me! It’s so fun, Mom. You don’t need to be that anal.
Me: You little rascal!
Jamie and Erik both laugh loudly!
Me: Okay, let’s see. So he doesn’t visit…does he try to visit? Does he just not have powerful enough energy or what is it?
Jamie: Correct. He doesn’t have the means to follow through with it. He’s still healing himself and taking care of himself.
Me: But he’s with the grandma, right?
Jamie: Yes, he’s with the grandmother, but he has a hard time lowering his vibration to communicate to other famiy members who are alive.
Me: Oh! Okay!
Erik: He still hears all the prayers and thanks that they give.
Me: Okay. And she just wishes she could have one dream to see them together again and to hug them. That would be more than enough for Martha now.
Erik: Okay, she says she’ll do her best to get Crawford to come into the dream with her. Ruby’s laughing. She says sometimes the kitchen smells like burnt food.
Me (laughing): Oh no!
Erik: She’s wondering if maybe Martha didn’t end up with her cooking skills.
Me: Oh no!
Jamie (laughing): Burnt food!
Me: Anything else that Ruby or Crawford want to say?
Erik: Ruby just wants to say in big capital letters, HOW MUCH SHE LOVES HER AND HER GRANDBABIES! She says more are to come!
Martha’s Response
Thank you! Wow, I wasn’t expecting this at all. So far, this has been…not surprising, but comforting. She loved to tease, and loved to make others laugh. She was a school teacher for over 40 years and was a pro at lightening the mood. She was also very Southern, so when you said “maaaagic,” I hear her southern drawl in the tease. Also, I know you knew she was my grandmother…but I didn’t tell you that she always referred to even her great-grandchildren as her “grandbabies.” Sometimes people would correct her and it would throw her off. But, no, they are her grandbabies to her! I’m glad to know my grandfather is with her. I’m OK not hearing from him as long as I know he’s happy and is with her. That’s what I worried most about. They were soulmates. Of course, I’d love to meet him in my dream, but I’m happy he’s with her. I am SO looking forward to this transcript.
(And for the record, it is my husband who leaves the stove on in the kitchen all the time! I’ll be telling her this! LOL!)
Thank you and love to you too!!
Martha
My Response
Yep the way Erik said “magic” was with a drawl. It also sounded like she has a very playful relationship with her husband. Not sure this was the case when they were here on the earthly plane. But she definitely is a character!
xo
Elisa
Martha’s Response
She did, but my grandfather was more playful. She was the youngest of 14 (!) and teasing and playfulness was just a way of life, but she could be shy around strangers. My grandfather fit like a piece to her puzzle. They teased and loved and teased and loved. She got along great with children because she could make them smile. Sometimes, when I would take her out and about as she got older, she would want to just sit and smile at everyone that walked by. She would say that she just wanted to see how many people she could get to smile back at her. She was just like that. I miss them so much, but I know they’re here. I’ll let you know if my grandfather visits me in my dream.
By the way, my husband never believed in an afterlife. He (unlike me) is not spiritual and is a big time skeptic, but I forwarded him the email you sent me and he’s already wow’d. He said he can’t wait until he can read the transcript too! He also reminded me that I burnt the rice two weeks ago, then the pizza the next day. 🙂
Thank you, Elisa. You and your sweet Erik are a blessing.
There’s something else- I had an experience I wanted to share with you from when I was at the beach last weekend. I didn’t know if I should share it, since it was just something small…but sometimes the small things are the sweetest. On Saturday night, I stood outside on the balcony with my baby girl, Fiona, and wasn’t thinking about death, Erik, the blog, or anything like that. I just thought of the ocean and how healing the sound of water is. As I stood out there and watched the waves, a pigeon…not a seagull, a bright white pigeon….came gliding in over us. It was windsurfing in the breeze. It was having fun, with confidence. And the first and only thing that I heard at that moment was me saying with my heart, “Hi Erik. I know you, and I know you know me. Thanks for letting me experience your spirit. Have fun, kiddo.” I smiled and my baby just stared at this beautiful pigeon. She reached out her hand and “waved” out of excitement, clapped, then looked up at me. It was such a beautiful moment; a photo or video wouldn’t be able to record it. I held Fi closer to me and just watched. The pigeon never went more than 20 feet away, just soaring back and forth for about 3 more minutes until it swooshed back towards us and went up and I never saw it again. I had a smile on my face the entire time.
Hugs,
Martha
Martha’s Email Today
I was laid off on Friday. I was obviously very bummed and had a million thoughts going through my head the whole way home from work. I tried not to get down and depressed, but it was hard. One of the last things my former boss said to me was, “Look on the bright side- at least you can spend more time with you children.” I thought to myself, “Sure, easy for you to say when you still have your bills paid for.” When I got home, I started cleaning and doing random house chores before I went to pick up the kids from daycare and school. As I was picking up things, I saw a card upside down at the end of the hallway. I thought that was peculiar since I hadn’t noticed it before, but figured one of the kids found an old card of theirs in their room. I picked it up and it was a sweet card with a picture of a sunset and a quote on the front that said, “A happy family is but an earlier heaven.” I had never seen this before. I opened it to see who where it came from and it was addressed to ME! And it was signed by my grandmother, who passed away over 3 years ago (the one I told you about!). And in the card, between my name and hers, she wrote, “Love on those babies for me.” I have chills thinking about it. It was her shaky handwriting (she was 97 when she passed), and it referenced babies, plural, but she passed right after my second child was born and was unable to write anything for a couple weeks before she was born. I believe she was telling me that I need to appreciate this extra time I have with my children, like my boss said. It helps the burn of unemployment tremendously when I know that this time is not wasted and it actually an invaluable investment.
The other “message” she gave me happened on Thursday night of last week. I was sitting on the couch, doing some schoolwork online when my phone vibrated. I looked at it and it appeared that a text message had come through but the phone number was listed as “Unknown” and the message in the text was “beside.” At the same time the message came through I had a tingly “goosebump” feeling that I’ve seen you mention in your blog. This has never happened to me before, so I’m going to describe it to be sure that it is the same thing you have experienced. It wasn’t a “brr” kind of goosebump. My body wasn’t cold and at that point, I wasn’t spooked. It was the side of my torso, going up and down my waist and the inside of my arm when it rests against the side of the body. It was tingly, radiating, and active. That’s the best way I know how to describe it. So, that happened at the same time that a message saying “beside” came up, and I believe it was someone (probably my grandmother) trying to tell me that they were with me.
My Response
That’s it! That’s the goosebumps! For me, it builds to a point where it’s almost uncomfortable, but not quite. Yay, Ruby came through!!! She’s got the maaaagic! And about your being laid off, it’s probably for a good reason. I bet a new chapter is opening up for you. Remember, the Universe is perfect!
xo
Elisa
