Mariah de la Croix - Restless in Peace: A Psychic Morticians Encounters with Those Who Refuse to Rest

About the Author

Mariah de la Croix (Phoenix, AZ) has interacted with spirits since she was less than one year old. A licensed cremationist and embalmer, she spent over five years working in various funeral homes. Currently, she teaches others how to sense and interact with spirits.

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Restless in Peace: A Psychic Morticians Encounters with Those Who Refuse to Rest 2012 by Mariah de la Croix.

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I hereby dedicate this book to all of my animals:

past, present, and future.

Without their love, compassion, vision, and strength

I would have never been able to see beyond

the veil.

May your lives be long and happy. May your spirits rise.

Love never dies.

Acknowledgments

Without the help of many kind and hard-working people, this book would never have come to pass. It is here that I would like to thank them for all their hard work, inspiration, suggestions, guidance, and support.

I would like to thank my editorsAmy Glaser, acquisitions editor at Llewellyn Worldwide, and Rosemary Wallnerwhose insights and vision of my rough drafts kept this book from being nothing more than a dream. Also, a person who started out as a client and has become a dear friend, D.C., has helped in so many little ways with some of the wording in this book, bringing simple solutions to problems that didnt need to become bigger than they were. Thank you, dear ladies.

Kyt Dotson and Johnna Gale, two beautiful and talented souls, writers, and friends, gave me inspiration to write and showed me that putting thoughts and words onto paper can be appreciated by other people besides me.

Thanks go out to my dearest friend and buddy, John E., who has stuck by my side through thick and thin, helping my life in ways he cant imagine. He has been there for me with his comments and insights on my retelling of spirit encounters that showed me this book is more than just a sharing of experiences, it is also an affirmation that our lives here arent wasted.

Many heartfelt thanks go to my dear and wonderful neighbors, P, C, and M, for their help on chapter title work and their kind ear in listening to my frustrations when I was at a loss for words. The value of their encouragement, again, puts me at a loss for words except for onepriceless!

To my mother, Hazel, and my daughter, M.C., I thank you both for showing me visions of life that were both youthful and trying at timesyour strength has been one of your greatest gifts to me.

And, finally, to my husband I give loving thanks and warmth for his stubbornness, his all-too-often quiet responses that told me more than I wanted to know, and his pushy attitude that made me sit and get this book done. Without you, dear man, and without the energies of all mentioned here, this book would never have come to be. Without you all, and without the vision of Llewellyn Worldwide, my adventures with spirits would have stayed locked in my memories. To you I humbly bow and give great thanks.

I cannot forget and wish to also thank those who have gone before us. Even though their names along with the names of locations and other people involved have all been changed to protect themalive and deadthey, our ancestors, are the real reason this book exists. To all the spirits in this book, I give my greatest and most heartfelt thanks. Bless you. May you all rest in peace.

Contents

: The Opening of the Casket

: The Doorman

: Charlie

: Sister Mary

: The Knowing Guardian

: The Helpers

: The Jokers

: Up Past Their Final Bedtime

: Little Ones Know

: They Sit Vigil

: They Come A-Knockin

: The Directors Still at Work

: When They Move You by Moving

: Did I Just See a Shadow?

: Ashes to Ashes, Theyre Not Just Dust

: No Sleeping Tonight!

: Some Fun During the Final Ride

: Cemetery Ardor

: They Often Have the Last Word

: Time to Close the Casket

introduction

the opening
of the casket

Welcome to my parlor. I am Mariah de la Croix and Im a mortician. I saw the dead in their true, corpse-like state on a daily basis. For nearly five years, I worked in this highly respectable profession until severe illness took my abilities away, suddenly, and with little warning. I saw and worked with the bodies of the dead, and I also interacted with their spirits that chose to remain in the various funeral homes, crematories, and cemeteries I worked in or visited. I found their reasons for remaining to be as different and as unique as they were in life.

I hadnt prepared myself for the possibility of these encounters in my work life, but I should have known better, as I have communicated with spirits all of my life in many different ways. My earliest recollection of interaction was at the age of just eighteen months. I vividly recall being secured in my light green, steel tube-legged high-chair and playing with a little toy when I became aware of the aroma of butter melting in the oatmeal my dad was preparing for my breakfast. Due to my youth, I couldnt express to him that butter made me feel nauseated and that I wanted him to keep it out of my food. I tried to no avail to get his attention and ask him, in some way, not to include the butter. My frustration grew, along with the nausea in my tummy, when the unseen hands of a couple who resided with us in spirit picked up my chair with me in it, and lovingly placed it immediately behind my father working diligently at the stove. I was then able to get his attention by tugging on his shirt, which caused him to jump into the air and turn around ready to pounce.

His laughter filled the air after his initial shock wore off. He kept the butter out of my oatmeal and had no qualms about my movement across the room. Dad knew the spirit couple had moved me because he too interacted with spirits living in that houseas did my mother and sister.