Our son Billy crossed over to heaven on June 26, 2004, four days before his 29^th birthday. Billy was killed instantly while riding his ATV at night, hitting a tree.

My first goal was to try to survive the next day and make sure that my wife Jo-Anne and our other son, Robert, were OK. Beyond that, my goal was to find a way to make a connection with our son, Billy, in heaven.

I had tried on my own in different ways for a few months without any success. That all changed when my wife Jo-Anne asked me if I would be willing to visit a spirit messenger named Vicki Monroe. I said yes.

What helped signal my recovery and my turning point was a meeting we had with Vicki on February 16, 2005. Our reading with Vicki was amazing and helped take a huge load off of my mind. I was able to connect with Billy and hear things that only my wife and I would know. He told us that he was OK. This was comforting, and it was a beginning  my gradual healing process.

My healing process has been a  continuing  process.  Our visit with Vicki was a part of my healing; the other part was that I had been researching on different ways that our loved ones can and do make contact with us, and I noticed that through photographs, they will give us signs that they are nearby.

So about two months later, I began to take photographs at random to see if I could receive any signs from Billy through that form, and sure enough we did, in the form of spirit orbs, spirit essence and  my favorite, the heart-shaped images of the moon, street lights and of our Christmas tree lights. You can see these photographs and learn more about Billy and connection with the spirit world by visiting  www.oursonbilly.com.

Tags: grief, hope, signs and connections