- SPIRIT ALWAYS HAS ME SAY THINGS FOR A REASON.
SPIRIT GIVES MESSAGES TO PEOPLE ON WHAT WE NEED,
NOT WHAT WE WANT.
HOW DO YOU CONNECT WITH YELLOW FLOWERS?
- MY SON'S FAVORITE FLOWER WAS A SUNFLOWER.
- PERFECT.
NOW, YOUR MOM PASSED PRIOR TO YOU SON.
IS THAT CORRECT, MA'AM?
- YES.
- 'CAUSE YOUR MOM SAID, "PLEASE TELL MY DAUGHTER
"THAT I WAS THERE TO GREET HER MOST PRECIOUS GIFT
WHEN HE DEPARTED."
- OHH.
- THIS IS THE WEIRDEST THING.
[laughs] BUT YOUR SON JUST SHOWED ME TEETH.
SO DO YOU HAVE HIS TEETH,
OR WERE YOU JUST LOOKING AT HIS TEETH.
- YES.
I WAS JUST LOOKING AT ALL OF HIS BABY TEETH.
- HEY, LOOK, THAT'S EVEN A LITTLE WEIRD FOR ME."
[laughter]
DID YOUR MOTHER ALWAYS TELL YOU THAT "YOU'RE SUCH A GOOD BOY"?
- YEAH.
- 'CAUSE YOUR MOTHER JUST WENT LIKE THIS.
"OH, HE'S SUCH A GOOD BOY.
"LOOK AT MY SON.
HE'S SUCH A GOOD BOY."
WAS THAT WHAT YOUR MOM WOULD DO?
LIKE, YOU COULD BE TELLING HER, "MOM, I FAILED MY MATH TEST,"
AND SHE'D BE LIKE, "YOU'RE SUCH A GOOD BOY."
[laughter]
NOW, DO YOU WANT TO GET A TATTOO?
'CAUSE SHE SAID, "THERESA, TELL HIM NOT TO GET--
"HE'S NOT GETTING A TATTOO.
HE'S NOT GETTING THAT."
- YEAH. - YOU DO?
YOU WANT TO GET ONE.
DID YOUR MOM HAVE A STRONG FAITH?
- YES.
- SHE GOES LIKE, "OH, MY GOD."
SHE GOES, "NOW, YOU TELL THEM--
"CAN YOU TELL THEM ONE OTHER THING?
GO BACK TO CHURCH."
- OH, MY GOSH.
I GO, "LISTEN, I AM NOT GETTING--
"MY MAMA RAISED ME RIGHT.
I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT POLITICS AND NOT ABOUT RELIGION."
DO YOU REMEMBER YOUR MOM TAKING HER LAST BREATH?
- YES.
- DID YOU ACTUALLY CLOSE YOUR MOM'S EYES OR KISS HER EYES?
- YES.
- SO KNOW THAT AS YOU DID THAT WITH HER EYES,
KNOW THAT HER SOUL WAS WITH YOU.
WELL, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHOSE BIRTHDAY IS NOW.
- MINE'S WEDNESDAY.
- SO KNOW THAT YOUR MOTHER WOULD LIKE TO WISH YOU
A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
YOUR MOTHER SAYS THE REASON WHY YOU WERE CHOSEN FOR TODAY
IS SO THAT YOU CAN CELEBRATE YOUR BIRTHDAY,
AND KNOWING THAT HER SOUL WILL BE WITH YOU IN SPIRIT.
- OH, MAN.
- DID HE NOT WANT TO COME.
LIKE, IT'S LIKE HE WANTED TO COME,
BUT HE DIDN'T WANT TO COME.
- I WAS A LITTLE SKEPTIC AT FIRST.
- YOU WERE SKEPTIC OF THIS?
THE ONLY THING THAT'S FAKE ARE MY NAILS AND MY HAIR COLOR.
NOW, WHO DID YOUR MOM'S HAIR AND MAKEUP?
- THE DAY SHE--
- SHE FEELS THAT SHE WAS LAID TO REST WITH DIGNITY AND GRACE.
BUT SHE SHOWS ME YOU FIXING HER HAIR AND, LIKE,
FIXING HER MAKEUP, AND SHE'S GOING,
"MORE LIPSTICK, PLEASE.
MORE LIPSTICK, PLEASE."
- AS PEOPLE WERE VIEWING HER BODY,
I GUESS SOMEONE WENT TO GIVE HER A KISS,
AND IT SMUDGED SOME OF HER LIPSTICK,
SO I GRABBED BY LIP GLOSS
AND TRYING TO REAPPLY LIPSTICK ON HER,
AND I JUST HAD TO CALL THE MAKEUP GUY TO COME REDO IT.
THIS IS THE THING THAT AMAZES ME ABOUT SPIRIT.
I DON'T CARE.
PEOPLE CAN SAY WHATEVER THEY WANT ABOUT WHAT I DO,
BUT THAT [bleep], THAT'S CRAZY.
I AM SORRY.
I'M SORRY.
YOU'RE AUNT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
YOU'VE CRIED FOR HER PASSING.
'CAUSE SHE-- SHE IS FUNNY.
I DON'T MEAN TO LAUGH, BUT SHE'S GOING--
I'VE GOT TO IMITATE HER.
THIS IS HER.
"LET IT OUT, BABY.
"IT'S OKAY.
LET IT OUT, BABY."
[laughs]
WOULD THAT BE HER?
- THAT'S TOTALLY HER.
- I NEVER HAD THIS BEFORE.
SHE SHOWS ME THAT WE ALL KNOW SHE'S SICK,
AND I FEEL LIKE I GO THERE ALL THE TIME TO SEE HER,
BUT THIS ONE DAY I DIDN'T GO TO SEE HER,
AND THAT'S WHEN SHE DIED.
SHE DOES NOT WANT YOU TO CARRY ANY GUILT OR BURDEN
CONNECTED TO HER DEPARTURE.
SHE SAYS, "I WANT YOU TO KNOW
THAT YOU ARE AND ALWAYS WERE THERE FOR ME."
THAT'S THE AMAZING GIFT OF SPIRIT.
THEY REALLY BLESSED US THIS AFTERNOON.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING ME THE PLEASURE AND HONOR
OF CHANNELING YOUR LOVED ONES.
I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST OF LUCK.
GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU.
[applause]
- WOW.
SO THEY'RE IN THE AUDIENCE.
WE'LL TALK TO THEM IN A MINUTE.
WAS THERE SOMETHING DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS READING THAN OTHERS?
- IT'S JUST-- I DON'T MIND TO SOUND CLICHE,
BUT EVERY READING IS SO DIFFERENT,
BECAUSE THE SOULS ARE DIFFERENT.
BUT THE THING ABOUT THAT DAY WAS THE VALIDATIONS,
LIKE, THE LIPSTICK... INSANE.
LIKE, AND LOOKING AT BABY TEETH.
LIKE, THERE ARE SO MANY COMMON THINGS THAT DO HAPPEN.
YEAH, THEY ARE COMMON,
BUT THERE'S ONLY SO MANY WAYS THAT PEOPLE CAN DIE
AND SO MANY RELATIONSHIPS AND BONDS THAT WE SHARE WITH PEOPLE,
AND THOSE THINGS ARE COMMON,
BUT THOSE VALIDATIONS IS REALLY WHAT SEPARATES IT APART
AND SAYS, "LOOK, EVEN IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN MEDIUMS,
"YOU KNOW WHAT?
"I DON'T KNOW IF I BELIEVE IN MEDIUMS,
"BUT THAT WAS CRAZY.
THERE'S GOT TO BE SOMETHING MORE TO THAT."
- YEAH, THE FACT THAT YOU WOULD HAVE THAT INFORMATION
ABOUT THE LIPSTICK OR THE TEETH OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
GENTRY, RIGHT? - YES.
- AND THEN YOU WENT THAT DAY AND KNOCKED ON THE DOOR, RIGHT?
I THINK-- YOU CAN TELL THE STORY.
- YEAH, FOR AN HOUR--
I WENT TO MY AUNT'S HOUSE FOR AN HOUR,
KNOCKED ON THE DOOR.
WE HAD MADE PHONE CALLS PRIOR TO GOING.
SO THEY KNEW WE WAS COMING, BUT, I MEAN,
I KNOCKED ON THE DOOR, BACK DOOR, FRONT DOOR,
AND I HAD TO GET BACK TO DALLAS TO GET ON A FLIGHT,
AND WITHIN GETTING ON THE ROAD,
I GOT A CALL THAT THEY WERE IN THE HOUSE.
- AND THEN SHE DEAD, AND--
- THEN SHE DIED ONCE I GOT BACK, AND, I MEAN,
I FELT SO GUILTY ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO SAY GOOD-BYE TO HER
ONE LAST TIME, BECAUSE WE KNEW.
- YEAH. - BUT...YEAH.
- AND SO YOU FEEL BETTER TALKING TO THERESA?
- OH, TOTALLY FEEL BETTER.
THAT PUT ME AT EASE, BECAUSE THE GUILTINESS I HAD,
I NEVER TOLD ANYBODY.
I THINK I MIGHT HAVE TOLD MY WIFE ONCE,
BUT I REALLY DIDN'T TELL ANYBODY,
AND FOR HER TO HIT THAT ON THE HEAD,
IT WAS--AS YOU CAN SEE-- EMOTIONAL.
- YEAH, YEAH, IT'S AMAZING.
- YEAH, SHE'S--SHE'S SOMETHING.
YOU'RE--YOU'RE SOMETHING ELSE.
AND I ALWAYS LOVE WHEN YOU'RE HERE.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO TALK TO YOU BACKSTAGE.
"LONG ISLAND MEDIUM" AIRS SUNDAY NIGHTS AT 9:00 ON TLC,
AND WE'LL BE BACK.