Animal Rescue Rhode Island: A Big Thank You to Rob Gutro for "Pets, Grief and the Afterlife"

Here's an article from the  August 2019 E-Newsletter from Animal Rescue Rhode Island about my fundraising presentation there in August!

A Big Thank You to Rob Gutro for another amazing presentation on "Pets, Grief and the Afterlife".

On Saturday, August 24th, ARRI hosted returning guest speaker and pet medium/paranormal investigator/author Rob Gutro, for a presentation on Pets, grief and the afterlife. At this special event Rob discussed several topics related to the loss of pets, such as dealing with the grief of losing a beloved pet and how to recognize the signs they send us from the hereafter. Rob has been a  longtime supporter of ARRI, and we hope to once again host him and his wonderful talents in the future! If you are interested in purchasing any of Rob's books, including his newest, "Kindred Spirits", click HERE to be taken to his author page on Amazon.. ***************************************************** Support ARRI  with your back to school purchases when you shop on Amazon! You can support rescuing more animals when you shop for school supplies, or anything else, on Amazon.  Simply designate Animal Rescue Rhode Island  as your charity of choice on Amazonsmile. It's easy, automatic and there's no cost to you! Here's how: Go to Smile.Amazon.com Select 'Animal Rescue Rhode Island' as your charity of choice Start shopping* and Amazon will donate 0.5% of your purchases to ARRI!

Amazing Story: Butterflies For The Groom's Late Sister

Here's an amazing story that will give you chills. It's apparent, because of the way the butterflies behaved (oddly) that they were in fact being guided by the Groom's late sister. Here's the story:

 They Released Butterflies For The Groom's Late Sister, Then This Happened 

The groom's parents wanted to honor their daughter, who died in a car accident.
ByBrittany Wong07/10/2019 05:25pm EDT |

Max Van Gorder lost his younger sister Vanessa in a car accident on Christmas Day a few years back. Vanessa was special to him and just as special to his girlfriend, Lydia.

When Max and Lydia married in their home state of Pennsylvania last June, they knew they wanted to honor Vanessa in some way. Their plan was to have Max’s parents release a flurry of monarch butterflies in their daughter’s memory during the ceremony. (A fitting tribute, given that the name Vanessa is also a species of butterfly.)

As “Somewhere Over The Rainbow” played, Max’s parents did just that, but then something surprising happened: The butterflies didn’t want to leave.

“After they were released, about half of them flew off above our heads, while the other half hovered over the groom’s parents and clung onto them,” photographer Jessica Manns told HuffPost. “Max’s dad had a butterfly perched on his finger for the entire ceremony. It just clung to him.”

Jessica Manns Photography

A monarch butterfly clings to Max's father.

The beautiful photos, captured at Fox Hill Farm, a barn in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, quickly went viral when Manns posted them on Facebook late last month.

Jessica Manns

"As they released the butterflies, they wouldn’t fly off," photographer Jessica Mann said in a now-viral Facebook post.

In her post, Manns said the moment was “probably the most emotional thing I’ve witnessed at a wedding.”

“The family’s reaction seemed to be a mixture of awe that they were hovering around them so closely and reverence for the butterflies and what they were witnessing,” she told us. “There was just a lot of emotion as they thought of Vanessa and her spirit.”

Jessica Manns Photography

A few butterflies clung to Lydia's dress as she walked back up the aisle.

Two of the butterflies landed on Lydia’s wedding dress as she walked down the aisle after saying “I do” ― and when cocktail hour rolled around, a few flew onto the bride’s bouquet and chilled there for a bit.

A few hours later, during the speech portion of the reception, a single monarch swooped into the barn, seemingly out of nowhere, and landed right on Lydia’s neck.

Jessica Manns Photography

The butterfly landed on Lydia's neck and remained there for all the speeches.

“Everyone in the room who could see gasped and Lydia had such a surprised reaction,” Manns said. “It stayed on her face for the remainder of the speeches. It was pretty remarkable since the reception happened hours after the ceremony inside an enclosed barn that was a good distance from the ceremony spot.”

On Facebook, the bride thanked the photographer for capturing “such a special and loving moment” during her big day.

“Vanessa was with us there and throughout the night,” she wrote.

See more of the stunning photos below.

Jessica Manns Photography

Jessica Manns Photography

Jessica Manns Photography

Jessica Manns Photography

Jessica Manns Photography

Jessica Manns Photography

A Nice Note about My Pets and the Afterlife Books

It's always nice to hear a good word from anyone and this note on my facebook page about my Pets and the Afterlife books made my day:

Melynda Antoinette Pam Korzon-Zangardi my cat has shown me many signs! Thanks to Rob's books, I was able to acknowledge and recognize the signs, accept them, be thankful for my cat in sending his hundreds of signs. I released any anger or guilt (still a tiny guilt as I have dreams he is still around. We had to put him to sleep due to his continual heart failure. His life would have gotten worse but I fear we did it too early). He assured me it was the right time by sending us two orange brother tabbies up for adoption the same day/hour we received his ashes. I recommend Rob's book to anyone I know grieving. His books have also brought me to a more spiritual life (as opposed to a specific religion). I have opened up to the metaphysical as well. I feel much happier with life AND death. I am able to let things go easier than before.

ABOUT Pets and the Afterlife and Pets and the Afterlife 2: 

To a pet parent, to lose a pet means to lose a child. The love we share with our pets never dies, and the author proves our pets do communicate with us from the other side. Learn how dogs, cats, horses and some birds have the intelligence and ability to send signs to the living after they pass. Take comfort in knowing our pets are around us from time to time and recognize the signs they give. Learn how they wait for us when it’s our time, what a pet’s ashes can do, and the difference between ghosts and spirits. Learn how and why living pets can sense entities. Follow one of the author's dogs on a ghost investigation. Available on Amazon.com in paperback and E-book.

Bristol England Hauntings #3: Murdered Man Haunts Odeon Cinema

One of my books is called "Ghosts of England on a Medium's Vacation" and is all about the various ghosts I met when I took 2 vacations in England. Recently, Bristol Live in the UK ran a series about haunted places in Bristol, so on this blog,  you'll read about 1 each week for the next several weeks!      Meanwhile if you want to read about the ghosts I met (Queens, shop owners, members of the royal court, Tavern workers, Shakespeare's sister, and even a dog, check out my book on Amazon.com.  Now, onto the hauntings in Bristol, England: 

Murdered man haunts The Odeon Cinema

Odeon

The Odeon Cinema, at the bottom of Union Street in the city centre , was the scene of a murder in 1946. Local legend has it that the cinema's manager, Robert Parrington Jackson, was shot in a bungled robbery.
The case has always remained unsolved, and it is said the ghost of Robert still haunts the building. There have been many sightings of a male figure at the cinema, but legend has it the ghost only appears to females.

A Sign from My Mom While on Vacation!

A literal sign from my Mom

Today's blog is about how spirits give signs anywhere and anytime to let us know they're with us. As someone who has been able to get messages from people and pets who have passed on, it's important to share stories of loved ones who communicate. As I've written in my books, it's all about paying attention.
  In May, I took a vacation on a Viking River Cruise up the Danube River. We had to dock in the city of EngleHartszell, Austria instead of going all the way north to our last stop of Passau, Germany. That's because heavy rainfall had caused the Danube River to rise, making it impossible for the cruise ship to go underneath a bridge that spanned the river. If the ship could have gone under the bridge, we would have been able to dock in Passau instead.

Norma, Rob's mom

  So, to get to our last stop from Englehartszell, Austria, we boarded a bus and proceeded north on Route 130. Route 130 ran parallel to the Danube River. Just before we got to the bridge that crossed the river into old Passau, Germany, we entered the newer part of Passau, and on the lefthand side of the bus was a huge red sign that simply said "Norma."
   That's my mother's name. My mother was Italian (she passed in 2013), and I never thought I would see her name in Germany!  I sensed my mom and dad were around me, and this time they wanted to give me an actual sign as a sign!
   When I got home, I looked up "Norma in Passau, Germany" and learned that it is a supermarket. The actual supermarket sign we passed is located at Kapuzinerstraße 42, 94032 Passau, Germany.
    It's always good to know that Mom and Dad are around and still watching over me. 

To learn about more signs that spirits give us, check out my books Ghosts and Spirits; or Lessons Learned from Talking to the Dead, or Kindred Spirits - all available on Amazon.com

Check out "Orville Cookies" - In honor of Shauna's Awesome Dog

Earlier this summer, I was contacted by Shauna who lost her precious dog Orville. She decided to dosomething special to keep Orville's memory alive and started a business with "Orville Cookies."
(Photo Orville at sunset)
   Her link to Instagram is https://www.instagram.com/sogoodbakedgoods/
If you're using the Instagram app on a phone, they would just look up sogoodbakedgoods

ABOUT SoGoodBakedGoods:

I have a home baking business of custom cakes, cupcakes and cookies both human and pet friendly  that I started about 3 years ago. Mostly so I could stay home with my english bulldog Orville, he was my sidekick in the kitchen with every creation I made. When Orville passed away in March, my kitchen wasn't the same, I struggled to create edible art like I did. In my time of grief, I stumbled upon Rob Gutro who mentioned "Orville wants you to create a special baked cookie in his name, because he helped in the kitchen" It was than Orville Organic Grain Free Dog cookies were made. Making Orville Cookies are about spreading love to other dogs, Orville loved love and it truly feels like he is here with me when I make them.

Shauna K O'Reilly

Below is one of Shauna's amazing creations!

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Boss Baby 👶🏻 🍼 Cake picked up. Strawberries and Cream Cake.

A post shared by Shauna O'Reilly (@sogoodbakedgoods) on Aug 16, 2019 at 2:25pm PDT

Ed's Spirit Sends a Sign of Approval! (read my new book "Kindred Spirits")

If you haven't read my new book "Kindred Spirits: How a Medium Befriends a Spirit" then you may
not know about Ed, a spirit whom I befriended after getting continual messages over the last 14 years. Our story is in that book - and we never met in life.
   The book was just published in July and I've been doing several interviews about the book since then. Each time, Ed is always standing behind me listening and telling me what to talk about. He's pretty happy about the book since he passed away in 1996, and the book lets everyone know how he and other spirits are still very much around. 
   In fact, on Saturday, August 17th, I sensed him around while we were doing laundry. He gave us a confirmation, too.  My partner Tom took the sheets out of the dryer and brought them into the bedroom. He put them down on the bed and shook them out, and a penny dropped out of them!  How that got in there (and why it didn't fall out on the way from the dryer to the bedroom is because Ed didn't want it to fall out yet).  The penny was dated 1996 - the year Ed passed away! 
  Spirits send us signs in many ways, and Ed loves using coins with the 1996 date on them. Keep in mind, that's 23 years ago.  Glad to see that Ed approves of his book and my story with him!
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ABOUT THE BOOK:

NEW! Kindred Spirits: How a Spirit Befriended a Medium

Kindred Spirits: When a Medium Befriends a Spirit ABOUT THE BOOK It's uncommon for a medium really get know a spirit so well that the living person considers the spirit a best friend. But that's exactly what happened to medium and paranormal investigator Rob Gutro. When Rob met his partner Tom in 2005, Ed's spirit came along for the ride. Rob never knew Ed in life, but Tom did. Now, Ed often communicates to Rob and has revealed his sense of humor, his heart, and helped solved the mystery of his passing. Ed's "Spirit Treasure Hunt" showed his family he's with them, too. Ed even sent a look-alike to rescue Rob during a vacation in England. As you read about this special spirit named Ed and his sometimes funny communications, you'll learn signs your loved ones send. This book will teach you how to be more aware of messages from your loved ones in spirit.

Listen to the Podcast! Rob on MN Ghost Box Radio - talking Kindred Spirits

In August, Greg Bakun of MN Ghost Radio interviewed Rob Gutro about his new book "Kindred Spirits," (available on Amazon.com).
LISTEN: https://kcorradio.com/KCOR/Podcasts/GhostBox-Radio/2019/august/rob-gutro.mp3

Bristol England Hauntings #2: The Monk of All Saints Church in Clifton

One of my books is called "Ghosts of England on a Medium's Vacation" and is all about the various ghosts I met when I took 2 vacations in England. Recently, Bristol Live in the UK ran a series about haunted places in Bristol, so on this blog,  you'll read about 1 each week for the next several weeks!      Meanwhile if you want to read about the ghosts I met (Queens, shop owners, members of the royal court, Tavern workers, Shakespeare's sister, and even a dog, check out my book on Amazon.com.  Now, onto the hauntings in Bristol, England: 

The monk of All Saints Church in Clifton

All Saints Church in Bristol

In the 1840s, local Bristol newspapers reported a haunting at a house joined to the All Saints Church in Clifton .
The ghost was said to be that of a an old man, and the family living in the house, the Jones's, were terrified by his presence, so much so that Mrs Jones reportedly felt the urge to jump out of a window.
The couple reported seeing a light flickering on one of the walls in the house, and Mr. Jones was said to be so scared that he was reduced to a trembling ball on the floor.

The church and grounds are also believed to be haunted by a monk in black who is said to have returned to watch over treasure he had hidden in the grounds.

A Book Review I like for KINDRED SPIRITS!

If you haven't read my new book "Kindred Spirits: How a Spirit Befriended a Medium" you should! It's an amazing story of how a spirit named Ed has befriended me over 14 years of constant communication.
  Here's a recent Amazon review of the book:
 

Mary A. Buten

5.0 out of 5 starsA very special book.

July 28, 2019

Format: Kindle EditionVerified Purchase

I read this book less than a week after euthanizing my dog. I read all of Rob's books so when this became available I ordered it. Several parts of this book felt like they were written just for me, answering questions I had swirling in my head. I believe in Rob and feel he is the real deal. He has something very special and a pure heart. I found this book to be interesting and amazing and I can see a spirit being attracted to Rob because of his honesty and goodness. Ed wanted to bring a message and knew to trust Rob to give it. I totally can understand that. Through Rob's books I am learning to trust my own ability to communicate with my own departed love ones.
If you are hurting from the loss of someone you love don't hesitate to read this book or any other of Rob's books. It will bring you comfort at this painful time in your life.

  






ABOUT THE BOOK: Kindred Spirits: When a Medium Befriends a Spirit - It's uncommon for a medium really get know a spirit so well that the living person considers the spirit a best friend. But that's exactly what happened to medium and paranormal investigator Rob Gutro. When Rob met his partner Tom in 2005, Ed's spirit came along for the ride. Rob never knew Ed in life, but Tom did. Now, Ed often communicates to Rob and has revealed his sense of humor, his heart, and helped solved the mystery of his passing. Ed's "Spirit Treasure Hunt" showed his family he's with them, too. Ed even sent a look-alike to rescue Rob during a vacation in England.As you read about this special spirit named Ed and his sometimes funny communications, you'll learn signs your loved ones send. This book will teach you how to be more aware of messages from your loved ones in spirit. "Being a friend with Ed in spirit is like having a friend who lives in another state" - Author Rob Gutro describing his relationship with Ed's spirit.