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John Holland

with Cindy Pearlman

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Copyright 2003 by John Holland

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Holland, John
Born knowing : a mediums journeyaccepting and embracing my spiritual gifts

/ John Holland with Cindy Pearlman.
p. cm.

ISBN 1-40190-082-8 (tradepaper)

1. Holland, John, 1961- 2. MediumsUnited StatesBiography.

I. Pearlman, Cindy, 1964- II. Title.

BF1283.H65 A3 2003
133.91092dc21

2002152964

ISBN 13: 978-1-4019-0082-3
ISBN 10: 1-4019-0082-8

10 09 08 07 9 8 7 6
1st printing, March 2003
6th printing, October 2007

Printed in the USA

To Jennie,
My Angel on Earth

Set a dream before you,
If the dream can be shared,
Watch it become a reality.
John Holland

CONTENTS

ANGELS DONT JUST SING

they also dance.

In my head, I could hear someone gliding across a polished wooden floor. But I was confusedthis wasnt the familiar rhythm of a waltz. It sounded more like clackityclack, clackity-clack, clackity-clack. Heaven was tap dancing.

Did Jennifer have a pair of tap shoes? I asked her mother, Melinda, whose eyes instantly filled with tears. I could tell that once again, Id succeeded in becoming a conduit for someone from the Other Side.

This time, the person reaching out was Jennifer, Melindas five-year-old daughter, who had crossed to the Other Side after a kidney operation went tragically wrong. Jennifer had died on Fathers Day, during the one hour that the hospital staff had begged her family to go home, relax, and get something to eat because nothing would happen. Yet something tremendous did happen, and the first one to know was Lisa, Jennifers seven-year-old sister, who was running through the overgrown grass in the front yard at the exact moment Jennifer passed on. Her parents found Lisa pointing upwards and crying, See! My sister! My sister! to a small white butterfly that swooped down and slowly circled over Lisas head.

Three years had since passed, and Melinda needed to know if her baby was safe in heaven. So she decided to call a medium. I wanted so terribly to give her some answers, but at first I felt frustrated, as I couldnt see or feel Jennifer. Instead, I just kept hearing the same noise, over and over clackity-clack, clackity-clack, clackity-clack.

I realized that I couldnt ignore the sound any longer, so thats when I asked Melinda if Jennifer took tap-dancing lessons.

Melinda started weeping. No, but I understand the sound, she whispered. The Christmas before Jennifer died, she received a pair of clogs that had a metal heel on them that tapped when she walked.

It seemed that the shoes were too big for Jennifers little feet, but she insisted on wearing them anywayeven though they almost fell off with a clacking thud every time she walked. In fact, Jennifer loved those shoes so much that shed beg to visit her aunt (who worked in a hospital with hard wooden floors), so she could skip down the long corridors for maximum effect. She adored the sound of the clackity-clack noise, which echoed down the hallways. Shed giggle and ask Melinda: Do you hear me making the noise, Mommy?

Melinda told me that Jennifer had been buried in those shoes and I heard her dancing in heaven.

Before she faded away, Jennifer had a message for her mother: Please tell Mommy that it doesnt hurt anymore, and I love the balloons.

I expressed this to Melinda, who was by now speechless. Finally, she pulled herself together and said, On the anniversary of Jennifers death, and on her birthday each year, we stuff balloons with a message for her and release them into the sky. We put her name with her photo on each and every balloon.

She paused and asked, John, how could you know all that?

Ive always known that I came into this world with a special gift. It was as though I was somehow born knowing.

FIRST, I HAVE TO THANK GOD,

Spirit, my Higher Power, my team that works with me on the Other Side; and all my family and friends on this side of life.

Thank you to all the mediums who have gone before me for setting the standards for this work.

A special thanks to all my clients who were willing to share their personal and often private stories for this book. Their experiences will touch many hearts that are in need of healing.