An individual recounts their transformative encounter with medium TJ Higgs, who offered compelling evidence of life after death and messages from departed loved ones.

Unexpected Connections

TJ Higgs, a medium, revealed details that left the skeptic astonished. "I’m hearing the name Hugh and the word son. Hugh’s son? I can hear Swan Lake. I was watching a TV programme yesterday and there were ballerinas…" Earlier, in the kitchen, TJ mentioned hearing a piano. Unbeknownst to her, a baby grand piano sat in the living room, silent and unplayed.

A Mother's Legacy

The medium's revelations deepened. "I’m hearing the name Gertrude," she said. The skeptic rushed to fetch a photo of her mother, who had passed away in 2014 at 94. The image showed her mother in a tutu, tights, and pointe slippers, performing an arabesque. Her mother's maiden name was Hewson, and she had studied ballet before marriage.

TJ continued, "You didn’t have a clear goodbye with your mum … there might have been dementia?" The skeptic's mother had spent her last decade bedridden and unable to speak. "She was old-fashioned. Not a shouty lady. Kind, graceful, simple, didn’t need a lot," TJ described. This was accurate; her mother never raised her voice to her seven children, never bought clothes as she knitted, sewed, darned, and never wore make-up.

Family Connections

TJ revealed more. "There are siblings with her on the other side," she said. Indeed, there were two sisters and two brothers. "One sister, she didn’t want to be here. She lost a child?" Yes, her sister's son had died of leukaemia at 21 after a long battle.

TJ promised she hadn't Googled the skeptic. Even if she had, she wouldn't know her mother's maiden and middle names. Then, she mentioned a Bert. The skeptic hadn't asked her to contact anyone; they were waiting to see who showed up. Her father was christened Bert but changed his name to Robert. TJ couldn't possibly know that.

A Father's Love

"I see a military man in uniform?" TJ asked. Her father had fought the Nazis and later served in East Africa. She described him as very handsome and said her parents were very much in love. They were: married during the Second World War, they still held hands in their 80s.

TJ said, "Your dad adores you." This brought tears because as a child, the skeptic didn't remember being hugged or praised. She was never told she was beautiful. TJ said her father had watched her be destroyed: "He says it was through no fault of your own: you received bad advice." The skeptic had always tried to help others, while her former accountant charged her £3,000 a month to file her tax returns late.

TJ said her father had a list of things she thought she did wrong and wanted to cross them all out. She also said the skeptic was very like her mother: kind, generous, gentle. The skeptic told her people assume generous people are soft; they aren’t. Her mother had brought up seven children on little money, in constant pain from arthritis, doubtless exacerbated by the rigours of dance.