Tyler Henry's New Season is "Meh" ...Except for Billy Porter :)

 

That is NOT because Tyler's reading was at all impressive, but simply because he's Billy Porter - and we LOVE Billy Porter!

Everything Tyler said, we already knew about Billy's relationship with his mother; in fact, their real story was actually incorporated in to an episode of the last season of "Pose."

But before I go there, let me just say that we've been experiencing some heavy rain and wind residual from Hurricane Helene, the past couple of days, so no getting out to do much of anything -  and we're watching Tyler Henry's new season on Netflix for lack of anything better to watch on a Saturday afternoon. 

Unlike the first season, he didn't read on a bunch of nobodys that no one knew anything about, he's instead reading celebrities again, in a group reading - celebrities and their personal friends.

As a result, much of what was "read" was already known, with a  quick Google search or via their social media.

Also, part of Tyler's draw - and what set him apart from other supposed "psychics" who claim they can see/hear/communicate with dead people -  like Jon Edwards or Teresa Caputo - was his not ever asking questions and leading the people he was reading for,  and instead, asking them to only respond "Yes" or "No" if he was on the right track to certain things without context, until the the reading was fully over - then they could give context.

Now, he's doing the same thing those other "I-See-Dead-People Psychics" do - just throwing stuff at the wall in a group reading to see what sticks.   😏

I'm not saying this isn't a real ability for some people - it's just I can't prove it either way, and these "celebrity" psychics are especially suspect.

So we all want to believe in life after death and that something, anything, is proof of afterlife in order to heal from loss - so something he said even hit me - and I  admit, for a half second I wondered, "Is that one for me?"

He threw it out there and nobody in the group said it resonated with  them, and for a half-second I thought, "Okay, maybe not for them, but it does stick for me?"

Ridiculous, I know  - and I laughed at myself, 5 seconds later. 😂

But it just goes to show you, that's how how much we all want to believe in life after death and that loved ones are watching over us - so much so that we sometimes stretch to make connections and coincidences that aren't really there - and fake psychics know this and take advantage of it, like predators. 

So what was it that Tyler said that gave me pause, for a half-second?

So at the very end of this episode, Tyler said "Not sure if this resonates with anybody, but something about your attention being drawn to rainbow, like seeing one in a significant time or in a significant way - this person remembers your words about rainbows."

It didn't resonate with anyone in the room.

Considering this was Billy Porter, that's surprising, because Billy is an out-and-proud gay man and rainbows are very significant to the LGBTQ community, but Tyler was saying like a literal rainbow.

Tyler said to look for one later, not sure if this has happened yet.

So why did this give me pause for a half second? 

Okay, so ... just 2 days before my grandmother passed, in February 2008 ... I was driving to Cincinnati from Northern Kentucky for work, just across the Ohio River.

For anyone who's ever made this drive, on I-75, you're sort of driving along in pretty green hills, down a hill, and then you turn the corner.  

Then, all of the sudden, between two steep hills, the skyline of Cincinnati suddenly appears across the Ohio River like a pop-up book, whereas you couldn't see any of it before you turned that corner.

It feels like a surprise - it's a very dramatic, cool effect 😃

On that particular day  - again, 2 days before my grandmother passed  - I saw a rainbow, literally arcing East to West over the skyline of Cincinnati.

It is still THE most magnificent sight that I have ever seen in my life - it was breathtaking!

I doubt anyone got a picture of it, especially from the view I was in, unless they were crossing the river right at that time, that morning.

I'm sure rainbows happen all the time, near the river, but I've never been lucky enough to see one, despite making that drive hundreds of times - especially one that arced over the city, East to West like that, rather than near the river.

So it  looked a little bit like this - except it was early morning, and it literally arced over the entire skyline ... 

So when I got home that day, I called and told my grandmother about it, and she was so excited, it gave her hope.

And as I understand it, a few days later, her last words before she passed - so my mother told me (for what that's worth) - that her last words were literally "I can see Chrystal's rainbow." 

Now, rainbows happen all the time and we don't notice unless we're outside at the right time.

And since then, usually during dark times -  but sometimes right after happy times, significant events - for some reason, my attention has been suddenly drawn outside for some reason, and then drawn to rainbow, which I found corny but comforting at the same times. 

I will look up and go "Was that you, Granny, drawing my attention there? Nah, that's ridiculous lol."

All of this to say, Tyler's words obviously weren't for me -  but my point is, we so want to believe in life after death and that our loved ones watch over us that we often strain to find coincidences where there may not be any?

And yet it's still a comforting thought, isn't it?  😊

I have some mixed feelings about my grandmother, now - family secrets she asked me to keep or protect, despite the toll they took on me.

And yet I still love her dearly, as if she just passed yesterday - and that incident was a great memory of the most beautiful rainbow  I've ever seen, which I told her about and gave us both hope, if nothing else - ended up being her very last words before passing, if nothing else 🥲