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I was brought up in a very Catholic family.  My kindergarten teacher was a young Irish nun.  Unfortunately she was very old fashioned and taught little children that only Catholics go to heaven, a baby has the devil in it until it has been baptised and we must go to Mass every Sunday or we will go to hell.  I decided I didn’t like this so called God very much.  I can remember looking at my unbaptised new born sister and saying to myself “there is no way that you have the devil in you.  That is a whole lot of rubbish.”  Also the children I played with weren’t Catholics but most of them were lovely.  Why would God be so cruel as to send them to Hell?  I simply did not believe it. 

In kindergarten I was taught that the Word of God should never be questioned and to live in fear of God.  Other nuns who taught me over the years weren’t so harsh but the seed of bitterness towards my religion was deeply sown.  I went to mass every Sunday because that’s what my family did, with the exception of my mother who resented the Church’s teachings on contraception. 

As I grew up I looked for alternate views on God and the meaning of life.  I read lots of ‘New Age’ books.  Whenever my father noticed me reading such books he found a book by a Catholic author, for me to read, that pointed out why what I was learning was not true. 

My father was disappointed that I was ‘delving into the unknown’.  He said I was too impressionable.  I felt guilty for trying to find my own truth.  Don’t get me wrong, I dearly love my father. I understand that he came from a very staunch Catholic background and grew up in an era when people had less access to alternative philosophies.  I didn’t want to disappoint my dad but my search had to go on. 

The years went by; I married and had three beautiful boys.  On 20^th July 1992, I had a life changing experience.  The spirit of my daughter, who had been still born in 1978, came to visit me.  She looked like a young teenager and was so beautiful.  The experience happened while I was wide awake and increased my desire to know what life is really about, so I read even more ‘New Age’ books. 

In 1993 I began working for the Catholic Church running a library for primary school scripture teachers.  A lot of the books in the library were not religious but conveyed the same message in a way children could relate to. I also helped organise training for scripture teachers and taught scripture myself, avoiding the teachings I did not believe in.  Basically I taught the importance of loving and caring about others and taking care of the earth.  If I had been expected to focus on Catholic dogma I would have left. 

At the beginning of the 21^st century the Archbishop of Melbourne transferred to Sydney.  He had changed the curriculum taught to children in Victoria to emphasise a vengeful rather than a loving God.  I wasn’t going to wait around until the same thing happened in NSW so I applied to study for a Diploma of Community Services, Welfare, at TAFE and was accepted.  During the course I met others who were on the same spiritual journey as me.  We swapped books and exchanged our ideas on Spirituality.  It was great to have new friends to bounce ideas off. 

In the year 2000, I attended my first Mind, Body & Spirit festival, at Darling Harbour.  I felt like a child in a candy shop.  Filled with excitement and awe, I attended workshops and gathered all the information I could.  It was a whole new beginning for me.  I became aware of Mediumship and was completely enthralled by it.  What a wonderful way to help people.

From then on I went to many platforms of a well-known Medium, went to workshops and discovered that I too could learn to have Spirit speak through me.  I spent a year studying for a certificate in metaphysics, which covered many topics.   Mediumship was still very close to my heart.  Facebook was becoming very popular.  It was there that I heard about Kerri Wearing.  After attending a workshop of hers I decided that she was the teacher for me.  Kerri had learnt to be a Medium, it was not something that had come naturally to her, but that didn’t prevent her from advancing to the point where she was able to set up the Australian College of Mediumship and teach others. 

It’s been a year now and I am about to do more classes with Kerri to improve my Mediumship skills.  Who knows what direction Spirit will lead me in from here but for now I am convinced I am on the right track. I have come to the realisation that we are all a part of the Combined Consciousness which is pure love.  This is the ‘God’ I have been searching for all my life.