Reading for Dez Crawford
 

By Spiritualist Medium - Angie Christie

Dear Dez. Hello from Sudbury, Suffolk, England. Thank you very much for sending your picture to Chris, the editor of the magazine. I will do my very best for you and, as I always say to people I read for, if there is anything that you cannot take at the time of reading, don't dismiss it, but ask around you. I have often given names also that have not been taken at the time, but later on been found. So Dez, here we go!!

DEZ'S READING

As I look at your photo, I pick up a lady who is very family oriented. Always there to be of help if needed. You have fixed views also. I pick up someone who loves to travel. A no nonsense lady here too. If I came to your home, I would feel comfortable right away and know that I would be welcome. You have that aura about you that encourages people to enter it.

I feel also, Dez, that you have a shyness about you that comes out when not sure of something or someone. Let me explain. You have to get to know somebody well before you "come out of your shell." I pick up a very loyal friend also who likes to listen to other's problems. That is a very good sign in you as you do like to help those about you.

Spiritual matters are not strange "bedfellows" either. You are a very spiritual lady and one who would not "scoff" at others if told about strange happenings. You would be there for them and have the ability to explain to them, also to help them understand.

There have been times, Dez, in your life that you would rather not have lived through. Rocks I see here which you have had to push away and then come to terms with.

Dez, I don't know if this is you I am picking up here, but there has been the death of a loved one that hit so hard it physically hurt. Can you understand what I am seeing here?

There are those on the "other side of life" who you still miss very much. Ah, I hear you say, that could be anyone here, but when I get this feeling from a loved one trying to get through to you, then I know this is for you.

I have had a lady standing near me as I am tuned in to you who not only loved you very much, but who you very much "take after". She is telling me she had to go through pain before she felt the peace of passing and that you hurt to see this suffering. I feel I am on a mother link here. When I say "mother link", Dez, this could also apply to Grandmothers too. The Silver Cord is very strong with you to her. She is very well now and much younger than when she passed and wants me to send lots of love and hugs to you.

Does the month of January have a special significance for you. Think hard.

Who has the name of "Bob"? Pick this name up with you somewhere.

I know I tell people that I don't see the future, Dez, but sometimes Spirit like to let me see.

You have to make a decision very shortly and I pick this up strongly. Only you can make this decision. You are coming to a "crossroads" and need to turn in a different direction in your life. If this means nothing now, keep this reading safe. Look back from time to time and see if anything you could not take will become clear to you.

I see a dog lover here also. If not you, Dez, then somebody close. I pick up several in the Spirit World also.

I am picking up a committee of some kind, someone who gets involved with other people for a specific reason. Does this make sense to you?

You are a clever lady, Dez. You have a good brain and like to use it. I feel you would be very good in a Quiz Team. You like to read also I am feeling.

Who do you know who is a teacher? See learning here and children's voices as if in a school.

There is a quite large gentleman coming through from Spirit for you. Not a quiet man here, but one who would make his presence felt whilst on earth. He could not talk quietly and you could hear him "down the road" so to speak. When you were with him, you would stand back and let him talk. When he passed, it was as if a light had gone out. Well, whoever this gentleman is, he is wanting me to tell you he is fine and he sends love to those who knew him on the earth. He never is far from you, Dez. Loved his "pint" also and the company of others around him.

This might not be the gentleman I see here, but I also see Army uniform with somebody?

Does the name Catherine mean anything as I am picking the name up strongly. That is the name she was given at birth, but might be known as Kate.

Also I want to send healing to the person who has to go to hospital a great deal. See a hospital clearly.

Dez, it's been a pleasure for me to read for you. I wish you well in the future. Anything, as I said earlier, that you feel does not mean anything to you, please ask around you.

Your picture speaks volumes and thank you again for sending it over.

All blessings,

Angie Christie, England, 25th July 2006

DEZ'S RESPONSE

Angie, first, I cannot thank you enough. This reading blew me out of the water! I'll go along point by point:

"...very family oriented.." I am a compulsive helper with my family, very dutiful to those I love, and I also cast the net of "family" to include close friends.

"You have fixed views also" That's a very tactful way to describe me! I take a long time and often a lot of study to arrive at an opinion, but once I do, it is carved in stone. When the facts are on my side, or it is a matter of ethics, I am as "fixed" as the North Star.

"I pick up someone who loves to travel." This is one of my deepest loves, although my travel opportunities are usually limited to work related travel. Someday, I hope to make it to the UK and Europe. My greatest travel love is the outdoors.

"A no-nonsense lady here too. If I came to your home, I would feel comfortable right away and know that I would be welcome." You know the old saying, "what you see is what you get?" That's me. I don't believe in contrivance. Either I say exactly what I think or I keep it to myself. Our home is very casual, not the sort of house where you have to wonder which chair you should sit on. Make yourself at home if you ever visit!

"You have to get to know somebody well before you come out of your shell." This is a very subtle thing for you to pick up. Most people would not describe me as "shy" because I am sociable and I welcome people. However, I don't open up to people about my personal life or deepest feelings unless I know the person well or we have a common interest. For example, here in this forum I will discuss hauntings because it is a "safe" place, but I won't discuss my interest in ghosts with a person I've just met at a party, and know nothing about. Dad always said I "hold my cards close."

"I pick up a loyal friend who will listen to other's problems..." Both in friendship and in love, I value loyalty very highly. I won't maintain a friendship for long with someone who does not share that opinion.

"Spiritual matters are not strange bedfellows either." I have been able to tune into the other side since I was a small child and I never scoff at people who tell me about strange things. I do like to look for logical answers when they exist because I think this gives more credibility for those things for which there is no logical explanation. I also like for people who have had strange experiences to know that I am a sympathetic person who will listen, someone who will not think they are crazy.

"Rocks I see here that you have had to push away and then come to terms with." Everyone has rough times in their life, of course, but your choice of words interests me. Rocks? There are particular problems in my life that I describe as "millstones" around my neck.

"There has been the death of a loved one that hit so hard it physically hurt." My dad died last August and my dear friend, Simon, died ten years ago. I have lost far too many friends and family, but for Dad and for Simon, the grief was physically painful.

"I have a lady standing near me... who not only loved you very much but who you very much take after. She is telling me she had to go through pain before she felt the peace of passing..." Both of my grandmothers died from painful illnesses and it distressed me terribly. But, when you said I "take after" her... that is without a doubt my maternal grandmother who I favor strongly both in temperament and appearance. That she is at peace now makes me feel so very good. I thank you. She died a long time ago, but I still miss her. No surprise that she sends lots of love and hugs, as she was a very "huggy" person. My mother will be glad to see this reading too.

The month of January is significant for me, not only because of my birthday, but so many of my friends and family are born in January as well. The photo I sent for you to read happened to be taken in January on my birthday.

"Who has the name Bob?" I had to laugh here because I know a great many Bobs, including my brother-in-law.

As for your observations on coming to a crossroads, I am at a point in my life where I have to make a lot of hard decisions about balancing a very demanding career and my family needs. The resulting stress has not been good for my health and I have been thinking of going into business on my own.

"I see a dog lover here also... I pick up several in the Spirit world also..." Look again at the picture... that bland old tweedy sweater I am wearing is what I call my "dog training sweater" because it doesn't show dirt and it washes in the machine. I was working with dogs the day that picture was taken. I work in the animal sheltering business - public animal shelters and emergency response - and I am also an animal behavior specialist and trainer. I am surprised you didn't pick up on a lot of cats as well! But yes, there are many dogs in my life, and many "dog people", including my departed Dad. I can still feel a couple of my own departed dogs around me from time to time. Once in a while I wake up, on the edge of sleep, and I think my dear old Doberman has her cold wet nose on my cheek as she used to do in the mornings to wake me up.

"I am picking up a committee of some kind, someone who gets involved with other people for a specific reason." Angie, it would be easier to say what committees I am NOT on! I am on a number of boards and committees for humane societies, training animal handlers, certification boards, and such. In fact, all next week I am teaching classes to certify humane officers in my state.

"I feel you would be good in a Quiz Team." How funny, Angie! I know a lot of really arcane things and there are people who will NOT play trivia games with me. Yes, I do like to read - a great deal.

Funny that you picked up on teachers - two of my closest friends are teachers. One teaches kids with special needs, and I have a dear Aunt who was just forced to retire from teaching at the age of 80.

"There is quite a large gentleman coming through from Spirit to you..." Angie, this is remarkable. Your detailed description perfectly describes my beloved friend Simon. I loved him like a brother. He was a big, robust, gregarious man, very sociable, a keen sense of humor, and utterly unable to remain quiet for long. He had a fantastic and infectious laugh too. But, he was also a deeply spiritual person and a gifted psychic. Oddly, when I write about him, I have to keep correcting myself from saying "he is." His presence is still strong and, yes, LOUD, even though he died a decade ago. And yes, when he died, it was like a light had gone out.

My dad was also a big man who "enjoyed his pints" as a younger man, but he had a very quiet and reserved personality, although he very much enjoyed good company. The light went out when Dad died too, of course.

"I also see an Army uniform with someone?" That's definitely Dad. He was a training sergeant in the American Army in World War Two and was wounded. It was his Army picture, as a young man, that Mom put in the newspaper with his obituary last year.

"Does the name Catherine mean anything... might be known as Kate." Kate was my boss at my last job and I have two good friends named Kathryn. After I put the reading aside and came back to it, I remember that my parents had strongly considered naming me Kate before I was born.

"Also I want to send healing to the person who has to go to hospital a great deal. See a hospital clearly." Oh, dear. That would be my husband. He had two strokes at the age of only 48 and has spent months in the hospital in the past few years. Life has been very hard for him lately. He really needs the healing energy, too... and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for that.

Angie, I cannot thank you enough for this reading. It was so close to home for me. This is a remarkable reading and I know it took a great deal of energy. I am deeply touched and I wish I could give you a big hug in return. If ever I can return the favor somehow, please let me know.

Best regards and many thanks, Dez