Signs From the Other Side

i asked my dad for a sign and i got one

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Friends.

The other day I was talking to my dad. He passed away back in 2023 and I talk to him all the time. Sometimes I ask for help, sometimes I tell him I wish he was here.

This day, though?

I was on my way to the dentist and feeling a bit overwhelmed and anxious. I’m NOT a big fan of the dentist. Like, not AT. ALL. When I was younger I had a dentist who was drilling out a cavity and although he gave me novocaine, he didn’t give me enough - I could feel EVERYTHING.

Ugh.

I told him, “ow, that really hurts can I have some more novocaine” and he said, “I can’t stop now, just hang in there.”

Oh.

My.

God.

The pain I felt was unbearable. Torture. I remember crying the entire way home and vowing to NEVER go back to the dentist.

And, yes - I kept my word, HA! I didn’t go to the dentist for the next 8 years or so and by the time I went, boy oh boy - my teeth were a MESS. They had a good cleaning, more cavities filled (by a different dentist), and a ROOT CANAL. After that? I make sure to go every 6 months and these days my dentist tells me that he doesn’t have any work to do by the time I get in the chair - everything is always perfect because I brush 2 times a day, mouth wash 2 times a day, and floss once a day.

BUT.

I still have massive anxiety over the dentist. I start thinking about it days before, I usually postpone the appointment 2 or 3 times - I just hate it. Absolutely HATE it.

Anyways.

I was driving to the dentist and said out loud, “dad, I know you’re with us. But, how about a sign? Show us you’re here today by showing us a … blue jay.”

Now.

It had been SUPER cold in our area leading up to that day - days of a deep freeze of sorts. Warmer in the afternoons, sure, but in the teens in the early mornings. And so it had been quite a while since I saw any birds in the yard much less a blue jay.

“I know it’s a tough one dad, so someone wearing a Blue Jays hat or a shirt with a blue jay on it will do. I just really need to know you’re here, so show us one (me, mom, Dana, or Jordan).”

I went to the dentist and everything was fine and then on my way home I called my mom to see if she needed anything. We live about 30 minutes from her, but my dentist is super close to her house and so I wanted to see if she needed me to stop by or pick something up at the store.

She said she didn’t need anything and we talked for a few minutes while I drove home and then she said, “wow, there is the BIGGEST blue jay outside the kitchen window right now and the 3 cats are sitting on the counter staring at it and it’s just staring right back at them!”

I paused.

I got immediate goosebumps.

And then I said, “wow. You’re not going to believe this, but …” and I told her the story and she said, “dad is here, he wants us to know it.”

I’m reading a book by Laura Lynn Jackson who is one of the most well-known and gifted mediums in the world. The book is called “Signs” and it’s a book of stories like the one I just told you, but much, much, much more intense. She talked about various people she’s worked with and the signs they have received from their loved ones who have passed away.

In the book she says …

"Sometimes when we get signs from the Other Side, we dismiss them or let our logical minds talk us out of them. We don’t mention them to anyone because we’re afraid they’ll think we’re crazy. But deep down, we recognize that they are real.”

She goes on to say that our loved ones on the Other Side WANT TO let us know they are near, are trying to give us signs all the time, and enjoy when we ASK them for signs - the more challenging, the better.

And me?

I hear my dad’s favorite song on the radio all the time, his wind chimes will sometimes make music when there is no breeze; we see humming birds (one of his favorites) and butterflies (also one of his favorites). And so I know deep down inside that he’s near.

But.

This particular day?

On my way to the dentist?

(Which was also his dentist, by the way).

I just needed some extra reassurance; and within an hour I had it.

I share this story with you because I believe that we have guides and help on the Other Side of the veil. Perhaps you think I’m crazy, that’s OK. Or maybe you don’t think I’m so crazy, but think that other people might think that YOU’RE crazy if you said such things? Because maybe you, too, think that “heaven” is closer than we could ever imagine?

Yeah.

I used to think heaven was a far away place in the sky - a place where people went when they died (as long as they believed the right things!) to worship God 24/7; a place that was filled with smiles and bliss and no worries.

But.

Nowadays I think that heaven is right here among us - on the other side of a thin, thin veil. We can’t quite see the other side of that veil, but we can sense it - we can sense the movement, we can feel the beings that are here among us. They are beings of loved ones who have passed, angels who are with us, energies and forces and lights that make themselves known through smells and sounds and breezes on the cheek. They are connected to us and we are connected to them, and we’re all connected to God or the Divine or Jesus or whatever word/name you’d like to use.

And so, I wonder if you might ask for a sign today? No one has to be around. It can be …

Between you and God.

Between you and a loved one who has passed.

Between you and the guardian angel that you hope is with you.

Yes - think of a sign (the weirder or more crazy, the better) and speak it out loud - “I want to believe you’re here, but I’m struggling. If you’re here, over these next few days or weeks or whatever, show me a __________.”

Let me know what happens.

Much love.

• Glenn || SUPPORT / ART STUDIO