“Mom, mom…ok, finally! You have been so hard to get ahold of, I try all the time, but, it’s just like talking to a rock. Whew, I am glad you heard me just now!”

“Char? I hear you but, I can’t see you, you are scaring me, stop!”

“Oh, I think I know the problem. Ok, so things are different here, it’s all thought. So, just think of me, think of a picture of me. Here, let’s do this. Trust me and hold out your hand. I am going to take your hand, there, now”

“oh, I do see you, loud and clear, you are right there!, Wow!”

“Hi!. I thought I would never get through, your mind is guarded like Fort Knox. You need to lighten up a bit, jeez.”

“I miss you so much”

“I know I know, but, let’s not waste time with that stuff, I am here, you are here and I gotta show you something. See my new guitar? Isn’t she a beaut!”

“I don’t see a guitar.”

“Oh, ok, it’s going to be awhile on this, figuring out what works, ok, until you get the hang of it, you will have to touch me, so, I am putting your hand on my shoulder, so I can use my hands to play for you. There, now can you see it?”

“Char, you crack me up. Even in the afterlife, you pick the most ugliest guitar, just like you did in real life. Why don’t you like shiny, new guitars?”

“Mom, I told you back then it was was because new guitars have no heart, they haven’t been born yet, they are just lumps. Old guitars have a soul, and the first time you play it, you either recognized its soul or you don’t. If you don’t, you have to move on to another one. Anyway, let me play it for you. I have been working on a new song, it’s a power song. I think you will like it…. now…STOP”

“Stop what?”

“Where I am now is all thought energy, everything runs on thoughts. So, when you are so negative, it feels like you are striking me, it hurts. I know, don’t worry, I was the same way when I first got here. Bout drove Andrew nuts. So, think about your love for me, that will set you on a better thought track…. no, not your pain of missing me, your love of me… ok, that ‘s better. Now, let me share my new song. I have been working on it for awhile and think you will like it.”

“But, I want to know all about where you are now, if you are safe, if you are loved, where are you?”

“Mom, first of all there are some rules, not like on Earth, more like facts that don’t transfer to the Earth, like scientific facts. They just are and you accept them. The first is that everything is a thought. There is no safe, or harm unless you think it. There is love if you accept it. So, whatever we think just is. At first I was outraged and angry and I missed you, dad and Katie like crazy. I cried all the time. Andrew kept guiding me though and I finally got the hang of how to live again.”

“Do you see your grandpa and Robin too?”

“Yes, all the time. I am sure they try to reach you too, but, like I said, your mind is so closed!”

“Wow, I have never been accused of having a closed mind before. How do I keep it open?”

“Just trust. Trust that this is as real as can be and I will be able to get through. Anyway, you are probably going to wake up soon, and then you will be gone. So, will you just trust me for a moment so I can play you my new song?”

“ok, play away, I would love to hear you play again!”

“Ok, remember, it’s thought energy now, so keep your hand on my shoulder, here goes”.

“I don’t hear anything”.

“That’s because I haven’t started…. you are still the same, glad things haven’t changed! Now listen, listen with your heart, not your head.”

“Yeah, it kind of is too big… it kind of doesn’t feel good… why a song of such power, Char stop.”

“ok, well, you and I have lots to learn about how to make this work. I call it a power song, because it speaks to the power of love, that love changes, or shapes, or creates all things. It’s too hard to describe with words. I will keep trying to explain it, if you will trust me and let me in…. mom, I gotta go, this is really wearing me out…I love you…. you are waking up”