Kobe

Here are two letters from the same woman about her son and the sessions we had with him from the other side.  Just a note:  Marti finds drawing children more challenging than adults.  Children change so much from day to day and photo to photo.

Dear Michael & Marti,

Here is the picture I promised to show you for the book.  I found the photograph about one month after the reading.  I was looking through my son's photos in general, and have seen this one many times.  It didn't strike me at first that it matched Marti's drawing.  What caught my eye was something in the picture that I never noticed before.  If you look toward the back of the photo on the left side, you see some shoes that kind of glow in the dark.  I never noticed that before in the photo.  Those shoes that are glowing belonged to Kobe's grandpa.  They were very close, as a matter of fact, Kobe was the first and only grandchild to them, (they never thought they would see the day they had a grandchild).  My son, Kobe, absolutely adored  shoes, any kind of shoes, whether they belonged to him or not, he loved shoes!!!
I find it strange yet interesting that the photo, that I have seen many times, didn't click as to knowing that this was the photo that matched the drawing exactly, that is until I saw the glowing shoes.  I think it was Kobe's way of getting my attention.  Look at the photo and drawing and you will notice the same shirt (one of his favorites) and the pose are identical, so is the demeanor.  Even though it does not have his exact likeness, (he is part Asian, part Caucasian) it does reflect his exact spirit.  I can see it in his eyes, and I am convinced it is him.  Thank you for bringing my precious son back to me in the reading.  I love him with all my heart, and it meant so much to me to have this drawing capture him.

Hello again this is Mellinda (Kobe's mom).  My daughter and husband were with me at my last reading with you about 2-3 months ago.  Michael asked me during the reading if I knew a person by the name of Joan.  I told him my next door neighbor was Joan.  Kobe passed away before ever meeting her.  Well, she passed away last week, and as I was driving to the funeral I remembered that part of the reading.  Can he also see into the future as far as who is about to pass away?  I was kind of tripping out over the irony of that situation.
The last thing I wanted to tell you, that is questionable yet amazing....the reading we had with you two readings ago, Kobe mentioned there would be another baby for us this year.  I remember thinking that if I was not pregnant by Feb-March, that Kobe was wrong. 
Well listen to this.....Easter morning I was missing Kobe and crying a lot so I decided to go buy a paper and read it.  While reading the paper I looked at the job classified section ( I was a striking grocery worker ) and I saw an ad to become a foster parent.....( wait it gets better ).  I got onto the web site to look into being a foster parent and I saw links for international adoption and began to check it out.  (Ever since I was young I wanted to adopt a child from a poor country and give them a better life in the U.S.)  That dream was buried and forgotten until about one month before Kobe got ill and passed away.  A friend was telling me about his sister's adoption adventure with her new daughter from China.....I remember thinking, I wish I could do that but.....can't do it now because of already having two children and a mortgage and so forth.  I checked out the website for adoption and looked through hundreds of available children.  But one boy grabbed my heart and hasn't given it back since.  His name is Earisil from the country of Kazakhstan, and we are now in the process of adopting HIM.  If all goes well he will be home for Christmas with his new family.  Other strange facts about this are: when I called to find out about him, he is 1/2 Asian & 1/2 Caucasian, just like my husband and myself.  His birthday is one day before Kobe's and by the time we bring him home he will be close to Kobe's age around the time he passed away.  I just wanted to let you both know that I enjoy your readings/pictures and hold them close to my heart.  I speak of the readings often to many people hoping it will help others as it has helped me
Sincerely,
Melinda