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I didn’t choose to do this work. It chose me.

I’m originally from Guam, a tiny island in the South Pacific. Joey, a friend of mine who is also from Guam, told me, “When you said to me that you talk to dead people for a living, I didn’t doubt you for a moment. Do you know why?”

I was actually stunned when he said that. “I don’t have a clue,” I said. “Why?”

“No one from our culture, who’s in his right mind, would ever make such a claim!” he answered.

I hadn’t thought about it before, but what he said was true. When someone dies, we say nine days of prayers (referred to as a “novena”). After that comes the burial. Once people are laid to rest, we don’t talk about them. It’s believed that doing so disturbs their peace.

When I was growing up, being a psychic medium wasn’t at the top of the list of things I wanted to do in my life. It wasn’t at the bottom of the list either. In fact, it wasn’t on the list, period. People from Guam are typically Roman Catholic, so psychics and psychic phenomenon are not topics of conversation in the typical Guamanian household. While my mother did read her daily horoscope, I didn’t even hear the word “psychic” until I was nine years old.

So how did I know that I could talk to dead people? This book is the story of my journey. It’s a chronicle of my life, dealing with how I went from not talking about people who had passed away to talking to people who had crossed over and what I’ve learned along the way.

I did not have any formal training as to how to be a “medium.” I was taught how to do this work by the souls who inspired their loved ones to contact me for a reading.

I’ve learned a lot along the way, and I’m still learning from the souls on the Other Side who use me as an instrument to reconnect them with the loved ones they’ve left behind. In this role, I’ve been privy to messages of love, hope, and healing.

I used to wonder what happens after we die. I dreaded the idea of never seeing the people I love ever again. I’ve since learned that what we refer to as “death” is simply a passage from this reality to a life that continues on in another plane of existence and that those we loved and those who loved us do not die. It’s my hope that after reading this book, you’ll know this too.

The best way to help you understand these lessons is to tell my story and those of some of the people who have come to me for readings over the years. Everyone you’re about to meet is a real person who has graciously shared the experience of the reading with me.

I’ll be honest, for years I wondered why souls wanted to communicate with their loved ones and whether the readings served any purpose at all. Typically, once the session was over, I didn’t hear another word from the person, or people, who had received the reading. Because of this, I didn’t think that there was any real benefit from hearing what the souls had to say.

Then I received an email from a producer of the Oprah show who said she wanted to do a television show on mediums and asked if I would I send testimonials from people who had received a reading from me.

I asked around and found people more than willing to write one for me. When I read them, I was stunned to find out the effects that the messages from the souls had had on people.

The letters were powerful and illuminating for me. I decided to share a few of them with the hope that they have the same effect on you. You’ll find them under “My Reading with Anthony.”

I was brought into this work kicking and screaming. Now I do it with a sense of awe and amazement at the beauty of the souls who do the communicating and of the God who wills it to happen. I’m so overwhelmed by the experience of what I do that I don’t feel any need to embellish or exaggerate any of the stories to make a point.

This is as accurate a portrayal of my life as a reluctant medium as I can make it. As my friend Jim used to say, “Believe it . . . or don’t.”

Blessings,

Anthony

April 2, 2012