The Most Extraordinary Reading I Ever Gave – To a Woman Who Already Knew

I have to share something that happened early in my career – probably about five years into doing readings. I thought I understood what it meant to connect with the other side, but this one woman completely changed everything for me.

I was doing a group reading, and there was this woman sitting toward the back. I remember her name because this was such a pivotal moment for me – Margaret. Something felt different about this reading from the moment I walked into the room, and I kept finding myself drawn back to her.

There was something about her energy that I’d never felt before. Most people in group readings are leaning forward, hoping I’ll come to them, wanting just one sign that their loved one is still there. But Margaret? She had this calm, knowing smile, and her eyes held this deep peace that made me curious.

When I finally felt Spirit pulling me toward her, the most amazing thing happened. Instead of the usual worry and hope I see when I approach someone in a group, she just sat back with this calm look, like she already knew what was coming.

“I have a gentleman here who passed from a car accident,” I began, and I could see her nod slightly. The vision was so clear – I could see him, hear his voice, feel his peaceful energy. “He’s showing me a beautiful garden – flowers in colors I can’t even name, and he’s saying this is where he spends his time now. But he’s also telling me that you’ve seen this place too.”

That’s when she started crying, but not the way I expected. These weren’t tears of shock or relief – they were tears of pure recognition. The whole room could feel the shift in energy.

“When I was 42,” she said softly, her voice carrying to everyone in the room, “we were in a car accident together. He died at the scene, but I died on the operating table for almost four minutes. I was in that exact garden you just described. My husband was there waiting for me, and he told me it wasn’t my time yet, but he wanted me to see where he was so I’d never worry about him.”

You could have heard a pin drop in that room. I got chills, and I could see everyone else was feeling it too. In that moment, I realized something that would change the rest of my career – I wasn’t giving her proof that her husband survived death. She’d had that proof since she was 42 years old. She’d been there herself. She’d seen it, felt it, lived it.

This was the first time I’d ever met someone who had a near-death experience, and it completely changed how I understood what I do.

Everything about the reading changed from that point on. The other people in the room were seeing something incredible – not just a message coming through, but proof of something Margaret had carried with her for two years.

“For two years, I’ve carried this experience with me,” she continued, and I could see others in the group hanging on every word. “People thought I was crazy when I tried to describe what happened during those four minutes. But I knew what I saw was real. I knew that garden existed, that love existed, that there was something so much more beautiful waiting for us. I met him there, and he showed me that death isn’t the end – it’s just going home.”

As the connection continued, her husband kept showing me more details about where he was. I could feel his love, hear his messages, sense the amazing peace of that place. And Margaret confirmed every single detail because she’d experienced it all herself two years ago. The rest of the group was watching something extraordinary – a conversation between someone who’d been to the other side and someone who talks with it every day.

“The love there,” she told everyone in the room, her voice filled with wonder, “it’s like nothing that exists here. It’s like coming home to a love so complete that everything I thought was important in this world suddenly seemed so small. That’s where we all came from, and that’s where we’re all going back to.”

That reading taught me something that has shaped everything I’ve done since. People who’ve had near-death experiences have something incredibly special – they know heaven as home. They’ve felt that love and beauty firsthand. The peace in Margaret’s eyes was unlike anything I’d ever seen, and everyone in that room could feel it too.

She didn’t need me to prove her husband was still alive – she’d been where he was. She’d seen the truth with her own eyes.

After the group reading ended, I stayed behind to talk with Margaret more about her experience. That conversation opened my eyes to a whole new world. Here was someone who’d actually been to the place I was getting glimpses of through my readings. She could confirm everything I was seeing and feeling from Spirit.

That night changed everything for me. It made me realize that my job as a medium isn’t just about delivering messages – it’s about helping people understand that life continues after death, that love never ends, and that what we call death is really just moving to something more beautiful than we can imagine.

Margaret taught me that some people have been given the ultimate gift – they’ve experienced firsthand what I can only sense through my connection with Spirit. And those people carry a peace and knowing that can heal not just themselves, but everyone around them.

That incredible experience with Margaret taught me that giving readings and messages are important, but they’re about so much more than just connecting people with their loved ones – they’re about helping everyone understand that love truly never dies.

Sometimes people get disappointed if they attend an event and don’t get a reading, but if you’re there, trust me – Spirit has plans for you to hear and experience exactly what you needed in that moment. These stories are not just messages, but experiences from Spirit.

I hope you’ll join me for an online reading

With love and light, Matt