The Psychic

My son Brian was very artistic, along with having musical talent.  I always wished he would do more with both of them.

I found this drawing stacked with some old photographs.  I'm not sure when Brian drew this, but it was before 1998.  And it reminded me of a time when I saw a "psychic". 

I was about 20 and my friend was having this party -- sort of like a Tupperware thing, only we each saw this gal named Alayne.  I wasn't sure I wanted to attend, because I didn't believe in any of that kind of thing.  But I felt I needed to be supportive of my friend, so I went.  But not without taking some precautions that this woman could read me based on what I was wearing.  I removed all my jewelry and dressed casually.

We gathered at my friend's house, six gals, and started with a glass of wine and a little tittering being nervous about being told ... our future.  When the doorbell rang, it was Alayne, and she came in and was introduced to each of us.  She took one look at me and said "You will take a lot of energy, I need to do you last."  I'm sure I blinked several times, mostly in shock.

When it came my turn, I have to admit I was feeling very sure of myself, not being a believer and all, and assumed this would be just a lot of broad, general statements.  I sat down opposite her.  She took a very deep breath, then asked me to shuffle some cards.  She turned a few over and I was ready for the usual "you will find the love of your life when you turn ...." but that's not what happened.

She looked me square in the eye, without glancing at the cards she overturned and said "You're married and your husband rides a motorcycle."  (We couldn't afford 2 cars and he did ride a motorcycle to work).  She said the dream I had about what I would do in life would take me in a different direction (I think I might have rolled my eyes at this point).  Then she said "You'll have two kids, a girl and boy, and they will be artistic.  Make sure you encourage that side of them at a young age.  But I see six kids in your household."  (Eeeeek!  SIX???)   She told me that my girl will like the color purple.  And she told me the man I was in love with wasn't a good match; that he had to leave the way he did because he thought I needed to marry my high school sweetheart.

I knew then that this woman, Alayne, had some kind of gift.  She knew things that no one else did.  Yes, I married my high school sweetheart, but the man I was in love with was .. another story.

The things she told me didn't convert me to believing in psychics, but she opened my mind to other possibilities that I hadn't been exposed to before now.   And 40 years later, I suspect that Alayne knew I would take a lot of energy to "read" becauseI discovered I am an empath and high sensitive person.

In retrospect, it's easy to say a little girl will like purple -- when I look back at photos, yes, she liked purple!  And my son had many artistic qualities.  I ended up remarried to man with four kids, making a household of six kids!  I was a stay at home mom for 4 years with them all :)    And the man that I loved ... walked away from me and I never heard from him again.  I still think of him every year on his birthday, October 4th.

It's amazing where life takes us!