Carla Evans' Validation with her son Brad through Kathy MacMannis

I was not on the Gallery Reading with Kathy MacMannis, but my good friend Candy Jackson knew my son Brad had shown up, 'piggybacking' on another reading.  She sent the recording to me.  

The first time I listened to the recording I was impressed and certain it was Brad, but also multitasking doing God knows what and wasn't giving it my full attention.

So, I finally sat quietly and listened to it with no distraction.  I was shocked!!!  Literally everything Kathy said from 17 minutes to 32 minutes was evidence of Brad.

K--  Guy has a tattoo,  a snake tattoo

Brad's anatomical heart tattoo always looked like it had a snake wrapped around it and I told him that multiple times.

K-  Such a guy, big personality 

Brad to a T, everyone always knew when Brad was in a room and they were attracted to his energy.

K-  Bigger guy, dark wavy hair.  

Brad was 6'2", with shoes 6'3" or more with broad shoulders and a stocky build. 

K-  Motorcycle, he liked to ride motorcycles and he he liked to take care of them, cleaning...

Brad loved riding his motorcycle,  he rode it all winter even when it was 30° outside.  He had all kinds of aftermarket add obstacles, including blue LED lights that lit up the bottom.  

K-  Passing was accidental, he didn't have a chance to say goodbye. 

Brad was killed when by a driver that turned left right in front of him.  His passing was instantaneous and I felt it although I didn't know what it was at the time. 

K-  Best friend and tattoo  

Brad's best friend got a tattoo of Brad's competition shooting logo 

K-  He has a Tattoo,  looks tribal.

Brad had a large flaming Phoenix tattoo that definitely looked tribal.

K-  I feel like your son has a big loud laugh. 

DEFINITELY BRAD!!!

K. His passing involved a head injury. 

The ME wrote cause of death, "blunt force trauma from head to toe."

K-  It's ( his passing)not been long.

A little under 4 years (May 2, 2021) but recently I've been in a funk and feel like I've regressed back to my first year.  My grief therapist and I have spent the last several sessions on this topic. 

K-  I feel like he's shown up several times. 

Brad has shown up strong and clear for every reading I've had done and there's been several including at least 2 with Kathy.  Brad shows up for me daily and since attending Mary Bertun's classes,  my personal connection with him and others has grown exponentially. 

K-  He's got a heart of gold, I want to call him a kid even though he's in his 20's 

Again,  Brad to a T.   He would help anyone, anytime even if you clearly did it to yourself.   EVERYONE described him as a big kid, the family,  his friends,  all his girlfriends, even people that barely knew him.

K-  good circle of friends.   Yes, he did, although not a huge amount. 

K-  Had a favorite spot on the couch, stretching out,  arms and legs go out.

I don't think Brad ever just sat on the couch,  he would lounge all over it.  One foot up, or arms all over.  Rarely was there room for anyone else.

K-  He wants to  talk about his brother and (you) checking in with him.  He wants talking more to his brother.   He feels like you have to drag things out of  him and wants you to  push him to share. 

Brad's brother Justin's wife passed of cancer 6 months ago.  Although Justin and I communicate every day, what Brad is referring to is getting Justin to really "talk" about how he's feeling,  how's he's grieving and things that are activating him on any given day.

K-  Want to talk about his brother giving up something, having more family get together's like game night, he wants more family interactions.

Justin has given up his "projects".  At any given time, he has multiple projects at home or work that he's doing on his own, like rebuilding a golf cart, an engine, building a go cart, building a grill and he just has no desire to do any of that.  We never had traditional game nights, but Brad is referring to getting the whole family together, i.e. his step brothers and wives even though they live almost 300 miles away, he's wanting more interaction from the whole family.

K-  Playing poker, seeing poker chips, seeing the joker.

Brad was the joker!  For a long while he had a handlebar mustache so that he would look even more like the joker!!!  

K-  Foot problems.

Yes, Brad had problems with both ankles.  They were damaged in Marine Corps boot camp from carrying too heavy of a backpack for miles and miles of hiking.  

K-  He wants you to know that there was no suffering, that he jumped right out of his body and he wants you to take that to heart and then he shows me a big heart, so I know he sends you hearts.

My very first reading after Brad's accident was right at 5 months.  The medium talked a lot about Brad leaving his body right before impact and it's been brought up several times since in other sessions.  One of the first signs I KNEW that was from Brad was a heart and very early on I was drawn to a heart rock at a Spirit Fair, so I bought it and used to hold in my hands a lot during the first year or so.

K-  Would you understand him calling you cute or cutie? My cute Mom.

Yes, but it was more tongue in cheek.  If I was doing something stupid, or dropped something Brad would say "cute, Mom" ALL THE TIME!!!

Thank you Candy and Kathy!  There's no doubt in my mind that Brad crashed the Gallery reading!