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Correspondence
Here are some
samples of correspondence I receive from readers. Names,
locations & personal information have been
Michael, Purchased the electronic version of your three books this morning. Read all three of them. Just finished, "Dying to Know". Best reading I've done in a long time, maybe ever. I liked "Dying to Know" the best. You're definitely the best "Backwoods Philosopher" I've ever encountered. Thank you very much for writing them and making them available. ~~~~~~~ Michael Holmes wrote: Thank you for the kind words. It is much appreciated. Also, it is good to hear from a fellow New Mexican. You read all 3 in 1 day?!? Pretty fast! Best Regards, Michael Holmes ~~~~~~~ Reply to Michael's comments: Michael, I didn't absorb them all but your subject matter, the way you deal with it, and, most important from my point of view, what I sense is the ineffable truth toward which your words and concepts point keeps me wanting to understand more. I'll be reading them again without a doubt. Etc., etc. Good to have heard from you. SV
MICHAEL LOOK FORWARD TO READING YOUR CROSSING THE CREEK. MY HUSBAND DIED TEN MONTHS AGO AND I WAS WITH HIM EVERY MINUTE NEVER LEAVING HIS SIDE AND IN READING YOUR EXCERPT ABOUT VISITATIONS FROM THE UNKNOWN, i TOTALLY AGREE. I WATCHED MY HUSBAND PERK UP AND SAW HIS FACE LIGHT UP WITH A BIG SMILE (HE HAD BEEN IN SEMI-COMAS FOR DAYS) WHEN HE STARTED TALKING TO SOMEONE HE KNEW. i COULDN'T HEAR HIM SPEAK BUT I KNEW IT MUST HAVE BEEN HIS IDENTICAL TWIN BROTHER WHO HAD DIED THREE YEARS EARLIER. mY HUSBAND TALKED TO HIM FOR THE LONGEST TIME - HE HAD SUCH A BIG GRIN ON HIS FACE IT MADE MY HEART STOP. AFTER TALKING WITH HIS BROTHER, R___ WENT BACK INTO A COMA. mY HUSBAND IS GONE BUT I RELLY WANT TO READ YOUR BOOK. i FEEL IT WILL HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT i HAD EXPERIENCED TEN MONTHS AGO. I DON'T KNOW WHERE MY HUSBAND IS BUT I HOPE HE IS WELL AND VERY HAPPY. LOOK FORWARD TO READING YOUR BOOKS AS I KNOW I WILL TREASURE THEM. JUST WANTED TO PASS THIS NOTE ONTO YOU. JT
Michael, …From reading your material, I was able to sense when her breathing changed right before she made the transition. This made it possible for my sister-in-law, who was asleep on a couch in the lobby at the time, to be woken up so she could be present (and pray the rosary) so that when Mom took her last breath, we were on #4 of the Glorious Mysteries and had just said "A Happy Death". It was very beautiful and this woman was able to go out like a saint, the same way she lived her life. Thank you for putting this information out there so we could give her a sense of peace because we were prepared enough for what was happening to be at peace, ourselves. I had never been present before, when anyone crossed over, and it was a life-changing, spiritual experience for me & no doubt everyone else who was there that night (4 children, 3 grandchildren, and 2 spouses of which I was one). Namaste, SS
Michael, I was wondering why you closed off your site to more detailed parts of your book from on-line access. About 3 years ago my mom died from cancer. I removed her from a hospice facility after watching them with a patient in her room and noticing how they talked to her. I was scared to death of her dying in my home and being present. Mostly afraid I would go crazy. I thought I would get everything I would need from hospice but I needed to understand what she was going through and better prepare myself for what’s to come. Their pamphlet was ok but your page was so much better. It explained in more detail and with actual instances that helped me. I always suggested your page to friends and family but it's not there anymore. What you have now really doesn't give a person any idea what your book is about. I do plan on buying it as soon as I can. I was just wondering why you changed it and to let you know how much you helped our family when we really needed to know what was going on. I suggested your book to our hospice at the time and hope they got your book. They kept telling me her visions was the medications. She saw a man in white and got upset cause she thought he was coming for her girls and she asked me to be with her to talk to the man at the gate. She talked to a little boy and thought she was sitting on him cause he was gone (my grandson is 3 and he see a little boy named M___ in her room). Then she asked to go home. (she asked once before we read your page and said she was home already, she lasted another 2 months after that). I told her to go with the angels (she loved angels) and she said there weren't any angels. Next she saw my grandfather and less than 2 weeks later she was gone. Sorry to ramble on but even after 3 years it is still fresh in my mind. Thanks for everything, JN
~~~~~~~ Michael wrote: Thank you for taking the time to write. The reasons why I no longer have my book (Crossing The Creek) online is explained on the web page below. http://crossingthecreek.com/why.htm It has long been a challenge to me... trying to figure out how to explain what is different about my book without putting it out there to read. I have done my best, but it always seems to come down to the same old thing. No one can truly understand without having read it. Anyway, thanks again for the email Best Regards, Michael
Michael, Just wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed your three books. I was really looking for some answers on the internet this morning as my Dad and Mom are living here with us. My Dad was placed in Hospice care August 16th and his diagnosed "disease" is lung disease with congestive heart failure. I had the pleasure of sitting with my mother-in-law as she passed from lung disease. Her hospice care made her passing easier, but was not perfect as she was in a regular nursing home and they kept insisting that she eat, drink, walk, etc. We live in _______ Arizona and get to "practice" dealing with death and dying more often than if we lived elsewhere. Still, I was wanting some kind of a list as I am a list maker. Not a guaranteed, sequential list, but one to point out the guideposts. Our hospice care-givers must be waiting for a formal invitation to talk about what is really happening. My Dad is spiking fevers off and on and his kidney function is fluctuating, but rather than explaining that is normal, my parents were placated by doing a urine and sputum test and have received penicillin. Dad is having wild dreams and thank goodness it happened at a time when he hadn't had any morphine to alleviate not being able to breathe or he would have probably refused to take it any more and would die awake and gasping for the next breath, something we hope to avoid if possible. Thanks again for a candid, thoughtful and funny report of your experiences. Wish you were available to come visit with my Dad. Hugs, L |
