Ever since I was a child, I knew there was more to this world than what meets the eye. I have always felt energies or spirits around me, but I didn't think much about it until later in life. Even back then, I felt supported and guided.  From the ages of 3 to 8, I grew up with a single working dad. I spent a lot of time alone and I enjoyed it.  I think this is where my connection with spirit started.  
I have had unusual experiences throughout my life, such as receiving signs, experiencing synchronicities, prophetic dreams, hearing voices and seeing an amazing holographic apparition of my grandfather waving at me.
When I was younger, I would hear people call my name. About age 12, I would try to record their voices. I would leave my old 1980's boom box radio on "record" while I left my room for a couple of hours. This process is now called getting an electronic voice phenomenon (EVP).  I never caught anything on tape, although I don’t think I had the patience to listen to the full 60- or 90-minute recording, but I knew someone, or something was around.
Around the same age between 12-18, I would see a "shadow figure" walk around my bed at night. This happened often and for many years. It would terrify me. I wouldn't move until he was gone.  I have since learned this is a common experience, especially with intuitive people. These are some of the experiences that have shaped my views of the spirit world around me.
My family moved out of that house. I attended college, got a job, moved to NYC from Boston, got married, and had two boys.  I was busy with life.  One weekend, I decided to go to a Brian Weiss and John Holland lecture. They wanted to try a psychometry exercise with the audience. They told us to exchange jewelry with the person next to us. Ironically, the girl beside me had also attended this event alone. We exchanged rings and then meditated. I remember thinking, this isn't going to work. I don't even know how to meditate or even do psychometry for that matter!
Well, what do you know, I actually heard a male voice in my left ear say, "Loss of baby girl." I was shocked, so I said to myself, "Ok, I think I'll just say, loss of baby." I heard, "No, girl". Then I said to myself, "boy"? I heard the words, "No girl”.  This has never happened to me before. Someone was talking to me!  I didn't know what to make of it. I told the girl next to me that all I heard was "loss of baby girl." She burst into tears and told me that, that week was the one-year anniversary she lost her baby girl. I obviously felt sad for her, but I was also blown away by what had just occurred. How did that happen? How did I hear something? Who was talking to me? How did I know that? That experience kicked started my journey.