May Read/Don't Kiss Them Good-Bye

Title: Don’t Kiss Them Good-Bye

Author: DuBois, Allison

Subjects: DuBois, Allison; Medium-United States-Biography

Call Number: B D815D 2005

ISBN: 9780743281904

Number of Pages: 196 Pages

Book Description:

            While interning in the homicide bureau of the district attorney’s office, Allison DuBois found that she could do something remarkable. As she laid out crime scene photos and gathered information, she realized that she could see the crime through the eyes of the perpetrator and the victim This experience prompted Allison to examine the full extent of her abilities. Instead of trying to suppress her gifts, she decided to fully own them. In this fascinating book Allison chronicles her visions through the thin veil between life and death (back cover).

My Read:

            It starts from the TV series Medium. Close to the end of the first season, I notice that this series use Allison DuBois as the consultant. It’s the exact same name used by the series’ main character. Curiosity led me to this book and other books the library owns.

            Can’t say I am a believer or a skeptic, but life afterlife is an intriguing topic and I want to learn more about this. Allison uses her own growing experiences to inspire those teen and young medium. According to Allison, sensitivity of the sixth sense is a gift, just like any other gift a person owns. In addition, since it’s a gift, the level and intensity of a gift vary and not everyone would like to exercise or practice their gift or use it as a profession. It’s unfair to request every reading of a medium to be 100% accurate for, just like other gift or skill, there are elements in the way that would cause an error or misunderstanding. In this book, Allison illustrated many true cases to make her points clear and allow readers to have a step closer to understand what a medium is capable of and what kind of life a medium lives.

            Allison describes herself as an interpreter and a messenger between the living ones and those deceased alive on the other side. A person’s physical body might die and decompose but one’s energy lives forever. The body might not be there but the caring soul is still there to be close to their living loved ones. Children are usually innocent and this allows them to easily make connection to the souls on the other side. Grief and skeptics are the usual walls blocking the communication path. It’s usually small things or little details that are significant signs showing the crossing is possible and made.

            Number 11 might not mean anything to you. But it’s someone’s number on her jersey and the mention of the number means greatly to this person who tries to make connection to her deceased loved one. Allison is able to convey the messages to the sitter (person who wants to make connection to the dead) assuring them that their passed loved ones are still there caring for them.

            Reading such books allows a person to ponder about life and the purpose and meaning of life. The following is what I found helpful to readers to understand themselves better and make their life meaning. “I wrote this chapter for people who feel empty inside, who are searching for a purpose or just want to feel good. It never hurts to take inventory of your soul. Are you fulfilled? Have you accomplished everything in life that you said you would? What do you stand for? Have you made a difference in someone’s life? Look in the mirror and get to know who you grew up to be. Being a fulfilled person means that at the end of your physical life you have no real regrets.”(p129).

            I enjoy the TV series Medium. The one part I like the most is the relationships between a husband and a wife and the parents with their children.