All my life I felt I could communicate with animals. When I was little I would have hours long conversations with our dogs, the neighbors cats, the birds, butterflies, bugs, creepy crawlies, anything that I could find. They were my friends and I loved all of them.

As I grew older my Dad would bring home pigeons from his railroad job that had gotten into their shop and happened to get hurt. We would nurse them back to health and release them. I would communicate with them to see where they would go and they usually went right back to the railroad shop. Which my dad would later confirm.

As I got older school, work and boys took priority and I forgot about talking to the animals. I still had conversations with them but was usually too busy to listen.  After high school I moved to Nevada, fell in love and moved to a ranch my husbands grandpa owned. Having full time jobs, many hobbies and taking care of all the critters left me with very little time to myself.

I always felt a heart to heart connection with all the animals and would talk to them as loved ones. I would try to communicate with them what we were doing and why, on days when we were branding or doing any type of vaccinations.

Life was busy and full but I longed for that deeper connection that I didn’t realize I was missing.  If I ever needed someone to talk to I would go find my cow Maybell Moo, or my goats, Oscar and Sassy, or my horse Nick. They were my best friends, confidants and many times a shoulder to cry on. My dogs were always by my side and I truly hated leaving them all every day to go to work. After almost 30 years, life happened, I got divorced and was living on my own with my three beloved dogs, Lily, Blue and Rusty.

In November of 2023 Blue was not doing well, After taking her to the vet I learned she had an enlarged spleen. We had it removed ASAP! She recovered well from that then in early January I learned her liver was failing. After getting her on medication and the proper diet we had another wonderful 7 months together.

Sometime in June I was searching for animal communication and came across an interview with Tammy Billups and Nikki Vasconez. I’ve been a huge fan of Tammy Billups for years, having had a few personal sessions with her and taking some of her classes.  I watched the interview and reached out to Nikki about an upcoming class she was enrolling for. I knew I didn’t have much time left with Blue so I wanted to do everything possible to make sure I could talk to her and “hear” her once she passed on. Blue passed away on July 30th at 12:34 am. She went in her own time and I am grateful I was there for her to help her transition with ease and grace. I felt like I had lost my soul mate and I still feel that way to this day.

Taking Nikki’s course made me realize and remember an ability I forgot I had. Learning to just listen and trust what I was getting was the biggest part to realizing that I still had this ability and it is what I have been “searching” for, for so long.

It took me over 6 months of many practice sessions, doing sessions for friends and family and sometimes strangers I met that I was finally able to talk to Blue again. I think my grief over losing her and my doubts in myself and my beliefs took time to work through. But once I did “the gates” opened and all of my past animals came to say hello and share some special memories. That day was such a blessing and definitely one of the best days of my life.

My heart to heart connections with animals allows me to feel their energy in a way that I express to their guardians that comes through with love, joy, happiness and their playfulness.

Every animal is unique and they have their own things to say, many times in their own words or special phrases, and almost always accompanied by many laughs and usually a few tears.

I am grateful for every furry, scaly, feathered, finned and slimy animal friend I have ever had. They have showed me what true unconditional love is, and I hope to convey that love through every message I receive from them.
My special Thanks and Gratitude to my Blue Angel for making me believe in myself and for pushing me out of my comfort zone. Thank you for being my best four legged guide in this life and after!