An Unlikely Friendship

My friendship with John Edward

When I tell you that sometimes friendships pop up in the most unlikely situations... I am not exaggerating. Today, the tale of how I somehow became friends with John Edward. Not the politician, the Psychic Medium. 

Let's go back to early 2021 for the start of it all. I was minding my own goddamn business on Tik Tok and I got a notification that a verified account followed me. When I see that little blue check mark in my inbox my heart always skips a beat to see what new "celebrity" has decided to interact on my page. 

"Psychic Medium John Edward" has followed you.

Me?

What? That shit is crazy. Long story short, some may know who he is but I was first introduced to John from his show on ABC back in the day, "Crossing Over with John Edward" which was on sometime around Sally Jesse Raphael. Y'all know you remember that post General Hospital lineup.

You guys know I was hardcore fan girl'ing because I've been obsessed with mediums since I was a young child. Losing my sister in 2011 kind of intensified my quest for clarity when it comes to all things supernatural and communicating with the other side. So, I made a Tik Tok and gave him a shout out and thanked him for the follow. Ending with a request for him to let my late sister know I said hi. 

Partly joking and partly hoping he would relay my love to my best friend who I miss more than anything.

I left it at that. But apparently somewhere in Long Island John was on a quest to read me. I wouldn't know that until much later on (when we met). A week or so later, a hugely popular Tik Tok'er that I fucking adore (Polly Itsmepollyb) contacted me and invited me to a group reading with John, herself, and a couple other notable Tok'ers that I was completely in awe of.

Going back to early June of 2021, I wasn't hugely popular. I had a good size following at that point but no where near what it's turned into now. (Which I still don't know how the fuck that ever happened). 

A little over a week later on a Saturday afternoon I attended the Zoom reading with John and about 12 others. It was amazing to watch it unfold. Seeing other sides of people I had come to respect and love on the Tik Tok platform having these emotional experiences was absolutely life changing.

Then it was my turn.

Diving right in from the start of the reading he was able to immediately bring up my ongoing writing that originally started as one book idea, and morphed into several different ideas and concepts for full length novels. At that point in time though, it was one book and looking back on the advice that was given... it is spot on for where I am currently, over a year and a half later.

Jumping forward he was able to acknowledge the connection to my mothers birthday, and immediately brought up my childhood Chihuahua Spike. Who literally was obsessed with my sister. Through this reading my sister brought the damn dog through with her and I couldn't help but laugh and cry at the same time.

Now, I don't share a lot of my thoughts about the loss of my sister because so many years later it is still so raw and I haven't processed it completely and it's been a decade. But, John then brought up visits. Now, I know I may lose some people here because not everyone believes in these things but my sister has visited me several times. Mostly in dreams, but they aren't dreams. They are vivid memories that I don't forget when I wake up... it almost feels as if I got to go where ever she resides in the universe now and spend quality time with her.

From that we would pivot onto a topic that John asked if he could be personal up front which was a little heavy, and then he brought up the abuse she suffered when she was here. The things my sister lived through, and was able to tell the tales... I don't know how she did it. Until she didn't anymore. 

He acknowledged that I was a safe haven for her, which couldn't be any more true. Especially in her last months when I became her Power of Attorney and Medical Proxy so essentially the person who made all the hard decisions. 

"I feel like I can dock in your port" is how John would eventually put it.

Then he shared something I had never shared about her story. I had moved her from one facility to another. No one but my family knows about that. No one but those who lived those horrific days. I thought for years about suing the first facility she was in for a gross misdiagnosis but it would already be too late.

Later in the reading he would bring up the uncomfortable energy surrounding her biological father, and how she acknowledged I protected her from him. Another story that nobody would know. 

One evening while Dawn was in hospice, her biological father would show up at the hospital, uninvited to visit. I had been there with her for a couple hours when he walked in. She immediately became agitated. She would turn to me and tell me that he is evil and she doesn't want him there.

That was the last night he would be allowed into the hospital. 

One of the last pieces of the puzzle he brought out was the fact that my sister just couldn't do it anymore. She had been so sick for so long she was tired and had no fight left in her which is something that I had known since August of 2011 when we laid in her bed together, and she cried that she just didn't want to do this anymore. By October she would be gone.

She was an angel on Earth, and as weird as it is to say out loud... I knew my entire life that she wouldn't be here forever. I grew up knowing how fragile she was. The surgeries, and the hospital visits. I knew I would have to say goodbye to her. I just didn't think it would be as soon as it was.

I was overjoyed that he would share a couple more stories that no one else would know. A story of breastfeeding. A story about my son Benjamin. And the fact that I wrote her own stories into characters of my fiction novels. 

Then of course my grandfather would show up with her. Specifically by name, George would come through with her. 

Overall even if I wasn't a believer before the entire experience... I would be by the end of it. I was immensely grateful for the entire experience. Over the next few months John and I would chat on and off on Tik Tok.

When 2022 came around and he started touring again, I had the awesome opportunity to go and see one of his live shows in Orlando. And of course I got to meet my online BFF. LOL!

Before the show started his assistant plucked me out of the audience so we could hang out back stage before he got started, and after the show we did a Tik Tok together. If you haven't watched it, you should totally check it out. 

It was then that I learned the reason he originally set up the group reading. And revealed that he calls me "Cousin Danielle" because we're both pretty sure we were related in a different life. I mean, why not? Totally plausible because I feel like I've known him for years. Beyond a TV personality. 

Overall, I would totally say the entire thing has been a top 10 experience in my life. For sure one of the coolest friendships I've been graced with over the years.