In the Medium
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I round the corner to head down the hall to my bedroom, and I see it. I approach what seems to be a little boy, head down, sitting on my floor in front of my bedroom door. I don’t say anything because really I already know. He looked up at me and said “I am your Guardian Angel, Kevin”. “I am here to guide you through the Medium”. He then takes my hand and kisses it, blood all over his little hand. “Did I hurt you?” I ask him.
“I am already dead, and I live in the afterlife. I have come through you now,” he says. “You are neither clean nor filthy; you are just broken in a million little pieces and given me the ability to use you as my conduit, catalyst, my medium.”
“I have many things to show you in time,” he says, “but now you need your rest.” And just like that he was gone.
I lie here now in my bed, not knowing what to expect or even who I am, just filled with the knowledge that everything that I once knew, trusted, and believed was now gone. The blood of the deer embedded underneath my fingernails, matted in my hair, and smeared across my face. I couldn’t bring myself to shower; the warmth of the blood made me cozy and allowed me to slumber so that I could once again be transported into the medium to wait for them!
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Susie and Allison were best friends. They planned to grow old together—two grumpy old ladies on a crooked front porch—but fate had other plans. Allison fell ill with cancer. Although they both knew the prognosis was not good, they pressed forward with treatments and hope. Hope sustained them for a while, but the treatments didn’t work. Susie was forced to watch her best friend sicken, suffer, and ultimately, die.
After losing Allison, Susie feels as though she’s losing her mind. They call it a nervous breakdown, and Susie is happy to believe the doctors and move on—except something has changed. Somehow, Susie can hear and communicate with Allison. She suspects she really might have gone mad, but soon the two friends realize they’ve bridged a miraculous gap between the living and the dead.
Together, they travel through the afterlife on either side of the divide. Through Allison’s observations, the two brave friends are able to seek out the meaning of their lives, solve the mystery of death, and forge a friendship that will last until eternity. Cancer took Allison away; hope returned her to Susie. Their voyage is one of wonder and self-discovery—but most of all, it is a story of devoted and never-ending love.
About the Author
Shannon Gill Burnett began writing In the Medium after the death of her longtime friend, Barbara Beck. She formerly started and owned a wellness center where she practiced Reiki and taught patients to believe in “mind over matter.” She lives in Virginia and is the mother of two teenagers and a dog.