Pre-Earth Angels and NDE Insights with Glenda Christiaens
In this episode of Latter-day Miracles, hosts Haley Hatch Freeman and Misty Smith welcome Dr. Glenda Christiaens, a retired nursing professor and holistic nurse. Glenda shares her profound spiritual experiences, including seeing her unborn daughter in a vision 40 years ago, a near-death encounter during brain surgery where she felt enveloped by love and light, and a vision of her great-granddaughter at a baby shower. These experiences brought comfort and reinforced the eternal nature of life and love. Glenda also discusses coping with her daughter's struggles with depression and her husband's passing. The episode concludes with Glenda's advice to embrace life, love, and laughter.
Glenda Christiaens
Pepper, Glenda’s daughter, and how Glenda saw her as a spirit in her pre-birth visitation.
Glenda and Pepper, 2023
Baby Shower, mother of great-granddaughter, Anna, next to Glenda.
Great-granddaughter as an angel pre-birth.
Great-granddaughter, Adelina.
Glena and Adelina, June 2025
Contact Our Guest
email: glendathegoodnurse@gmail.com
Transcript
Intro: [00:00:00] Welcome to Latter-day Miracles, where we share true stories of angels and marvels. Get ready to enjoy accounts from everyday people that remind us of divine love, that we're never truly alone, and the power of faith in these latter days. I'm Haley Hatch Freeman. And I'm Misty Smith. Sit back, open your heart and prepare to be inspired.
Haley Freeman: Welcome to Latter-day Miracles. Today I'm so excited to welcome Glenda Christiaens. She is a friend that I knew from many years ago, and I was watching a movie on Netflix called Remembering Heaven. And I saw Glenda on there and I was like, oh, that's my friend that I knew from a long time ago. And I was so excited to hear her beautiful story of angels on that show. And so then when I started this podcast, she came to mind and I invited her to come and share those stories and more with [00:01:00] us.
So I'm so excited to have her on and I'll let Misty now do her bio.
Misty Smith: Okay. Dr. Glenda Christiaens is a retired nursing professor and certified holistic nurse. She taught at both the University of Utah and Brigham Young University, served as Dean of Nursing at Fortis College in Salt Lake City and is a past president of the American Holistic Nurses Association.
She holds a master's degree in public health and a PhD in nursing. And has published multiple scholarly articles in the field of stress management and education. Glenda has had several remarkable spiritual experiences, including a near death experience and visionary encounters in what she saw her daughter and granddaughter before they were born, deepening her faith and understanding of life, love, and divine connection.
Glenda is a mother of four children and grandmother of 15. [00:02:00] She now resides in Arizona where she enjoys retirement with family and friends. So excited to get to know you more, Glenda, and talk about all these incredible things you've accomplished.
Glenda Christiaens: Well, thanks Misty and Haley and hello everybody. Yeah, I've just accomplished so much.
I wish, but
Haley Freeman: yeah. when it mentioned about your stress management, I remember
from the past one thing that you said that has still resonated with me all these years later is something you said, how stress really doesn't exist in the present when you live in the present moment. Stress is something like when you're worrying about something that happened in the past, you're regurgitating all that, or, or stress is something you are worried about in the future, but if you're living in the present, just really doesn't exist.
And that was so powerful when you said that to me. It's something I still remember to this day.
Glenda Christiaens: Well, I'm so glad, Haley, because you know, sometimes we don't know who's listening and we don't know if we said some little thing that can really, um, [00:03:00] affect other people's lives. So I really appreciate that.
'cause we never know, uh, you know, a little smile when you're riding the bus could just make somebody stay or just saying something brilliant, which I often say, no, I don't. But, um, so thanks I'm glad you remember that, that's exciting.
Yeah, the present is all we've got. It's just all we've got. And, and there, there is a past, there is a future apparently, but, um, in my near death experience, I learned that time doesn't really exist like it does here. In the next realm. It, uh, yeah, we're, we're just a, yeah, we're kind of locked in time here in our mortal existence, and so yeah.
It's kind of crummy, so. That's true.
Misty Smith: Yeah. I'm, I'm excited to talk to you more about your near death experience and time, because time is one of those things I feel a lot of people question here on this earth. Mm-hmm. But then those that have had spiritual experiences, they tend to. Have more open mind, I guess you could say with time and [00:04:00] appreciate time, but still kind of wanna rip time apart sometimes.
Well, I think that
Haley Freeman: the beauty of the, how our prophets says think celestial, think eternal. Mm-hmm. You know? But our problems are on that eternal perspective and it really helps.
Glenda Christiaens: Yeah. Time time's. Uh, yeah, it's, it's weird. We're not used to time. I think we're here on earth and going, and we're going, wait, wait, what?
There's a timeline. Yes. It didn't exist in my near death experience, which I'll tell you about. Well, let's, well,
Haley Freeman: let's, let's, yeah, let's go into that. So, alright,
Glenda Christiaens: let's, okay.
Haley Freeman: What, how did that happen?
Glenda Christiaens: So, um, I'm gonna, I've got three stories and I'll do 'em in chronological order, so,
Haley Freeman: okay. Yeah,
Glenda Christiaens: yeah. The first one starts when, I was, young, so like 40 some years ago, 1977.
I'm 72 years old now, and I was newly married, newly pregnant. Not happy, honestly. It was really a hard adjustment for me to be married. It was like, oh, I went from like the big social butterfly to [00:05:00] married. I'm sorry if you love being married. I love you. It was hard for me. That's okay. And sick and pregnant, and so I went to bed with one night after being unhappy with my husband, we'd gotten some tiff or something, so I went to bed.
We just had a mattress on the floor because we were really poor, and I just laid there praying. Heavenly Father, what? I really messed up here. What did I do? I just please send me some comfort. Just comfort. I just wanted comfort. So I'm crying, laying, um, on my back. And I look up to the, doorframe of our bedroom and there's somebody standing there.
It's a woman. She's not leaning on the door, but she's just right, maybe right in the middle of the doorway. Absolutely stunningly, bright, like bright white. I think she was probably all dressed in white, but I didn't really check out her wardrobe. But [00:06:00] she had long, blonde, straight hair and she just stood in the doorway looking at me.
And so that interrupted my crying festival. Yeah, I bet. Who was that? I looked at her and she looked at me. I knew her. I, I knew her. She was ancient. She was wise, magnificent, just, oh my gosh. I was in the presence of godliness and then she moved over to right beside me. Um, she stood up and looked down at me like right beside the bed, and we just, it's, it's hard to say.
No words were exchanged, no physical words, but we just knew each other, like eye to eye contact and just, it was just unbelievable. And so my crying just went away and I felt comfort. That was the answer. And then I thought, oh, that's my daughter. That's my daughter who hasn't been born yet. I just knew it was.
Misty Smith: So it just clicked.
Glenda Christiaens: Mm-hmm.
Misty Smith: And there was no like discussion or anything, it was just [00:07:00] you knew
Glenda Christiaens: No. Yes, I knew. And when as I told the story, I didn't go, I think that was her, or blah, blah, blah, you know? But it was, it, it was her and it was, it was a little weird 'cause I was pregnant and nobody had a ultrasounds in those days.
And I thought, I'm gonna tell everybody I saw my daughter and then I'll have a son and I'll just look so stupid. So I kind of kept myself because I didn't wanna look dumb, but, um, which is, you know, a thing I always try to do not look dumb. But, um, but the, the fun, fun part, well, it was all fun. It was delightful. I don't know how long she stayed.
I think I finally fell asleep. I, again, I, it was just not in English, even our communication. So I fell asleep and the next morning when I woke up, I felt her kick for the first time. Isn't cool. Yeah. Yes. Yes. And I, and I put my hand on my belly. I said, oh, hi again. There you're,[00:08:00]
yeah. And so, the thing about my daughter is as she grew she had challenges here on earth. She had major challenges with depression, a lot of suicide attempts, um, some drug, you know, just stuff that I can't go into because it's too much. But the blessing I received from that it's called a announcement dream. It wasn't a dream, by the way. They just call it announcement dreams. The lesson I learned was I knew who she really was. I knew she was a beautiful, wise, ancient being, even though she was yelling at me and trying to kill herself. But she often said, mom. I don't feel comfortable in my skin.
I don't belong here. And she's kind of right in some ways. We all kind of feel maybe we don't belong here 'cause this is just a quick little blink of an eye, I think. But it seems pretty serious while we're here. So that was [00:09:00] just a blessing. I always knew who she really was and so it really helped me to be
the mother of a challenging little girl. She's doing great right now, by the way. She's like, great. 47 years old. So, so good. She, yeah. But what a blessing.
Misty Smith: Yeah.
Glenda Christiaens: Yeah.
Misty Smith: Yeah. Uh, so I have a question with you. Mm-hmm. With the suicide mm-hmm. Difficulties that you went through. Mm-hmm. Do you feel like you grew closer to her as you helped her through her challenges?
Glenda Christiaens: Oh, that's a good question. If I grew closer to her, she was often pushing me away. So I think I just grew closer to the whole eternal perspective of life. I was there to support her, but her struggles were uniquely her struggles, and I couldn't exactly share those struggles like the depression and the suicide attempts were
hard for me to understand. So I must have grown closer to [00:10:00] her. That was, that was hard. It was hard. Yeah.
Haley Freeman: I'm in that stage right now with teenagers. Mm-hmm. Do you have advice for anyone that's struggling with teenagers right now? Oh
Glenda Christiaens: gosh, just, yeah. Uh, let 'em be themselves, which is really, really hard.
And try not to enable because, um, I would bail her out. Too much consistently bail her out because she's my little girl. I wanted the best for her. I want her to be happy. My advice is don't pay their way. If they make a mistake, let 'em, let them pay for it. It's hard to do.
Haley Freeman: Wow.
Glenda Christiaens: But that would be my advice, just.
The consequences are for their benefit, and it's also hard for parents to watch. So yeah, thanks for asking that question. I that before, but yeah, I think I, I enabled her to where she wasn't as independent as I wanted her to be earlier, so I waited till she was older [00:11:00] and then stopped. So yeah. Good luck with that.
Misty Smith: I'm sure you did the best that you possibly could have during that.
Glenda Christiaens: Yeah, and we all did.
We all do.
We, we go with the information we have and do the best we can. And so, so yeah, I've, I used to beat myself up a little bit about it. Like, oh, I should have been a better mom. You are, the better.
We are better. We're great, we're great. I think, um, Heavenly Father sends us certain kids because He knows we can do it. Yeah. He knows we can do it.
Haley Freeman: Yes. I've been actually thinking about this today actually.
Glenda Christiaens: Mm-hmm.
Haley Freeman: I had a near death experience as well.
Mm-hmm.
Haley Freeman: And I was shown one, one child, one son that I needed to still have, but I have three children.
Yeah. And I've pondered that. Why was I shown one? Not all three. Yeah. And so I've been thinking about that quite a bit today. So, yeah.
Glenda Christiaens: And, and you may never know,
Haley Freeman: right?[00:12:00]
Glenda Christiaens: You may never know.
Misty Smith: What do you think that did for you seeing your daughter before you had her?
Was it just an assurance, do you think? Did you learn something from that? Yeah,
Glenda Christiaens: I think, I think I was shown it to give me, remember I was playing, praying for comfort and I think that vision that I saw of her gave me comfort throughout her teenage and young adult years.
Haley Freeman: Exactly, and you probably have more than just her, right?
Glenda Christiaens: Yeah, I had three other, three, three more boys.
Haley Freeman: So that's what I'm thinking. Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. I'm connecting things like experiences now. Yeah. That I'm having like, oh, that's probably why I saw him. You know what I mean?
Glenda Christiaens: Yeah. And maybe someday you will know. Yes, you're right about that.
Because things happen and we go, what? Why did that happen? It might be years till we figure it out. So sometimes I just. Quit trying to figure stuff out. Just live life, be grateful and God knows why he did what he did. I don't [00:13:00] always, so rarely. Yeah. Yeah. So it'll come. It'll come or it won't.
Just enjoy.
Haley Freeman: Yeah. Just trust.
Glenda Christiaens: Enjoy. Okay. You ready for the next one?
Haley Freeman: Yes.
Glenda Christiaens: Okay. Alright, so fast forward to where I'm about, 50 years old, so, well, 2014 I had a brain tumor and I had a great career. I was at the top of the world. The kids were all grown and life was just fabulous.
And I'm driving home from work one day. I get this huge flash of memory in my mind and it's like a TV episode suddenly going in my mind that I didn't even think of. And I thought, well, that's weird. It lasted maybe two seconds. But you know, in our mind there's not that much time in our mind, um, that we notice.
I thought, oh, okay, well that's just weird. And then a few days later on the way to work, I didn't remember where I was going, why I was getting on the [00:14:00] freeway. And that was a little scary. And then I remember distinctly thinking, oh, I'm on the freeway for a reason.
I'll just stay on the freeway and keep going because really what choice did I have? And then that went away and then I went, oh yeah, I'm going to work. Oh. So yeah. And then I, yeah. And then I said to myself. I think I have a brain tumor. Oh wow. I'm a nurse, so that helps. But yeah, so anyway, I went to the doctor and he said, what do you think it is?
And I told him and he said, no, I think you're close. I think it's your heart. Well, it wasn't, it was a meningioma, which is a benign brain tumor, but I had to have it removed 'cause it was occupying space in my brain and would've killed me. So,
Haley Freeman: wow.
Glenda Christiaens: Um, yeah, it was fun. I had seizures, but they were just, those memory seizures.
So I'd be directing a meeting with faculty members and I'd say, hang on. And I'd have to scoot my chair back and bend over for a minute. And then I'd said, and then I'd get up and go, okay, seizure over. This is quite an adventure. [00:15:00] Yeah. No pain. So anyway, I got the surgery. And my kids last. I remember my kids were saying goodbye to me in the OR waiting room and I just didn't think it was a big deal.
That's my personality probably. But I was like, why aren't you guys all even show up? I'll be fine. I didn't, and then I didn't wake up from the surgery. I was in a coma for about a week I think. Uh, and, I didn't know anything. it's not like I'm in a coma and go, oh, I'm in a coma. It was just blank.
There's nothing there in my memory. And so my brain swelled, they had to take me to emergency surgery, so this is the second surgery to take a chunk of skull outta my head. So my brain would have room to swell. So as soon as the young man came to get me to take me to the O.R. this is at the University of Utah Hospital.
Uh, as soon as he touched my bed and kind of grabbed it, I just [00:16:00] floated right up out of my body, just, I just floated up and became aware of my surroundings and I knew everything that was going on. Everything. It was like a download. Of all the information that I've missed for a week, that's kind of cool.
Misty Smith: Yeah. Kind of.
Glenda Christiaens: Yeah. And I think it relates to the idea of no time in the other realm or whatever we're calling it. I really do think that's how we learn after this life is just download, boom. Oh, suddenly we know it. So anyway, I was hovering over my body, kind of like a Superman glide, but my hands, I don't know where my hands were and I looked down and it took me a second.
I'm like, oh, oh, wait a minute. That's me in that bed asleep. I didn't recognize myself at first, and then I went, oh, I was in intensive care, but I looked peaceful, and so then as soon as I recognized myself, I seriously, ladies, this was my [00:17:00] mood. I said, I died! This is so cool! That's unexpected.
And I giggled. I just giggled. I'm like, oh, oh, this is awesome. And so,
Haley Freeman: oh my gosh.
Glenda Christiaens: I loved it. I just loved it. And then, um, and I had no pain. I hadn't been in pain anyway, you know, from the brain tumor, but I felt great. No pain. I didn't have my glasses on.
Misty Smith: Wow.
Glenda Christiaens: As my bed was rolled down the hallway, I began to look around and I knew those hallways from the University of Utah.
'cause I taught at the University of Utah and, um, I was just having a great time. And then it came to my mind, oh, the kids aren't going to like this.
Misty Smith: Oh.
Glenda Christiaens: Honestly, as soon as I thought it, a thought came back to me, they'll be here. They're, they're coming, they're coming right along. So [00:18:00] their time didn't really exist. I didn't feel like, oh, my kids are gonna miss me and I'm gonna miss them till they get here. Yeah. Time was gone. It was just gone. So I knew they'd be right along and they'd be fine.
And the truth is no, they wouldn't, in their earth life, no, they wouldn't be fine. You know, it's a hard grief but I did think of them. That's it. That's it though. It's like, eh, they're fine. And then, I looked around and felt around, um, and I was surrounded by light. Bright light that we don't see here.
It's a different sort of light, kind of like the light my daughter was, um, enveloped in when she visited. Bright light and love. Pure love. And the more I was there, the more I was part of it. And then I just became light and love. I can't explain that why, but I just became light and love floating along.
I never left and saw dead [00:19:00] relatives or anything like that, but I was just light and love and the awesome thing was it was natural. It was a hundred percent natural. I, I wasn't surprised. I was pleasantly surprised I was dead. Very pleasantly. But it, it wasn't like, I'm like, where am I? Where's where, where am I?
No, not at all. I knew where I was. I can't tell you where it was because I don't really know where it, where it is, but oh my gosh, it was so natural. It's really. To me, like stepping into another door, into a big party. I mean an awesomeness. Awesome. And so I just felt, yeah, this is part of my story. And so, oh, I just loved it.
And so we went down the hall. And then the last thing. Is I saw the, O.R. I saw they put my body in the O.R. And this, you know, on the operating table. And this is the weird part, I can't figure out. So Haley, I'm glad you mentioned [00:20:00] earlier sometimes we don't know why things happen or we, and we can't explain them.
So this is just weird. I saw what I thought was a nurse in scrubs at the head of my physical body, scooping out with her hands, big black balls of energy. She would get one outta my head and throw it over her shoulder. And even then I was kind of trying to figure it out, but even then I thought this is pretty natural.
That's all I remember. And afterwards I felt like. It was an angel saving my life is what I was because there dark energy in my brain.
Haley Freeman: Yeah, it was. Yeah, I think so too.
Glenda Christiaens: Yeah. Yeah, yeah. That's, that's, I have, I didn't think they'd have to wear scrubs.
Misty Smith: Let's talk for one second about the attire because you know it's something this is obviously not [00:21:00] scriptural, it's nothing, just us chatting but
my husband and I have talked about this and how when we've spoken with other guests or people that have had visits mm-hmm from the other side and through the veil mm-hmm. When we see them, they tend to be dressed in what we believe they should be dressed in with what their job is. Oh. So, but like, I, I don't know.
It's, and it's interesting because I also, like Haley had an experience, I didn't have a near death experience. Mm-hmm. But I had an experience and when my mother-in-law came back, she was a mothering figure and she healed my lungs. Mm-hmm. And when she was like, mending my lungs, when I saw her, she was wearing, uh, not necessarily scrubs, but
I guess in her time they would be scrubs. And so it's just, it's just interesting to think or talk to others that have experiences like that. It's just neat. Whatever, it's, if it's for [00:22:00] us and our comfort and knowing that's what they do and that's, you know, that's how we see them, whatever it is, I just think that's neat.
Glenda Christiaens: It's way cool. And I will talk about attire in my third story, so it's interesting you mentioned that too. But yeah, I think sometimes we just see things. From the filter in our perception. And so to me, she had scrubs on. Maybe that was just for my benefit yeah. So that was hard for me to think of her as an angel 'cause she just had dark scrubs and I wasn't used to that, but yeah. Yeah. Very cool. So that's my near death experience and it changed my life. And I told you about how my daughter coming to me in a dream helped me to get through life with her.
And I really believe that this near death experience helped me to, um, get through my husband's transition because he died about a year later, maybe 18 months later. Yeah. Yeah. So we didn't see that coming. My kids thought I was gonna die. [00:23:00] He died instead. And so when he, um, yeah, bladder cancer and when he, yeah, when he died, I remember one night he said to me, uh, I think tonight's my night, it wasn't, by the way, it, you know, after a while you hope the nights your night because you know cancer.
And I said, Honey. You're gonna love it. Go for it. And so when you die. Yeah. And so I think that experience was really, uh, to help me, but also, gosh, to help him to go through the transition. And it really is a transition. It seems like death is not quite the right word for it, because we're still, I never like
died I was never dead. Me, you know? Right, I was in a comma. Yeah. But, um, so then when he did die at home, I found him 'cause I had been downstairs and went upstairs and he, he had passed away and I said, way to go. You [00:24:00] graduated. 'Cause that's what it seems like we're in school and then we walk through the door.
Graduated. So, so that my near death experience, I think helped him and helped my family because yeah, you know, they thought they were gonna lose me, then they did lose their dad. So that was pretty cool. It was a gift.
Misty Smith: I love that. I remember one of our leaders in the church speaking about death, and he was describing it as.
Um, something that, exactly how you describe it is just like stepping in another room. And so it was a comfort for others I think it was in a general conference talk that it was given and it, it stood out to my family because we had lost family members. Mm-hmm. Um, and you question, and I'm sure a lot of listeners and people you've spoken to question and so this story that you had.
I think is absolutely amazing. Thank you for sharing it, because I think there's so many questions about death and obviously mm-hmm. [00:25:00] Those that have passed on you know, usually don't back to explain. I love that you shared that. Yeah. So hopefully that comforts
someone.
Glenda Christiaens: Yeah, I hope so. And I do share it as often as I feel the spirit telling me to share it.
And yeah, they have a lot of questions and it's very comforting to people and I often say, no worries. Your relative is really and truly in a better place. It's just, it's all present moment stuff. It's just a beautiful place to be. And it's the right place to be. So they really are in a better place. Oh yeah, I've had lots of experiences where people have just lost someone.
It's hard on us, but not the dead person. Right. It's way harder, the release. It really is. So I tell people, don't, don't fight it. It's just natural. It's probably my biggest lesson. It's just natural. We're all gonna die and it's awesome. So. Okay. Okay. One more. You ready?
Misty Smith: Yes.
Glenda Christiaens: All [00:26:00] right. Okay, so then just about 18 months ago, I went to a baby shower, and so remind me about the
attire, Misty. Went to a baby shower. It was gonna be my first great-grandchild. I think we knew it was a girl, but I'm not positive. My grandson's family that he married into was there and all my daughters-in-law were there. Tons of fun and I'm talking to a daughter-in-law.
It's a sunny, beautiful day in Utah up in the hills of Draper and I'm talking to her and over her shoulder, so we're both standing face to face about three feet apart. I see beyond her. Behind her. Someone has entered the entryway and walked in and was observing us, and I said.
Avery, that's my daughter-in-law. I said, Avery, turn around. Do you see that person right there? [00:27:00] And Avery knows that I've had visions. And so she didn't doubt. She's like, oh, why do you see somebody right now? Yes, I do. There's somebody behind you pretty far, like six feet out. And so Avery slowly turns around and that person stayed there.
And here's what she looked like. She had long, dark hair. And again, very similar to my daughter, just not as bathed in white as my daughter was, but long dark hair and a floral print dress, just fall colors, browns and oranges and yellows, and I thought that was funny that what's with the dress, but you know, I try to be quiet when it happens 'cause I don't wanna scare 'em away.
Misty Smith: Right.
Glenda Christiaens: She was simply observing, like, the expression on her face was, huh, look at this. That kind of thing, looking around the room. And so, um, it was so cool. And then Avery said. [00:28:00] Let's go say hi to her.
Misty Smith: Love that.
Glenda Christiaens: I said, oh, okay. And so we walked gently over to where she was.
And I stood by her and looked at her and, and I said, she's right there. And Avery said, hi. And then I said, hello. And then she faded away. And that was so cool. And I didn't know who she was. I had no idea. It was just so fun and cool. So on the way home with another daughter-in-law, I started talking about it. I don't know who that is.
Maybe an ancestor, maybe. You know, my great granddaughter's grandmother, I don't know who it was, her mother is from Spain. So my granddaughter in-law is from Spain and kinda Spanish, and looked, that's what she looked like to me, kinda Spanish. And so then it just occurred to me on the drive home.
Wait a minute. I think that was my great-granddaughter. And so then it just felt right, right? And it was so cool. Yeah. I wanna tell you that fabric [00:29:00] piece. So then I, for some reason I remember the fabric, her dress was made of about a week later, my actual granddaughter.
About eight years old knocks on the door and comes in with her family. And she has that dress on. I'm not kidding. It was different in the, I think she had more sleeveless where Adelina was the name of my great-granddaughter that I saw Adelina's had more sleeves on her. So there, it was like the same fabric, different dress, but it was exactly the same fabric.
And I opened the door and looked at her. Her name's Evie. I'm like, ah. And then Evie just ran past me and I didn't have time to say, Evie, where'd you get that dress? But don't you think that's weird? How do you explain that? And how often do I memorize fabric patterns? I don't. And so I'm sure that was her, and here's why I'm sure it was her.
So keep in mind her mother. So Adelina [00:30:00] is the baby I'm talking about pre-born and Anna is the mother, my granddaughter in-law. And just a few days after the shower, Anna said they got some sad, upsetting news from the obstetrician, which is the little baby may not have full brain development, which is a really serious called Anencephaly and they had to do a special ultrasound to diagnose it and so upsetting.
Yeah. Then I called and I said, well, I need to tell you two something. So my grandson and his wife Anna. And, and so I did, I got them both on the phone and told them the story and I said, I think that's your daughter that opps This is choking me up. And so, um, they said they went and got the ultrasound.
It was absolutely normal. But they both said throughout the ultrasound [00:31:00] so upsetting they thought. If Grandma has seen our little baby then she'll be okay. So yeah. So there seems like there's always a purpose, um, for these visions I've seen and that word comfort comes back again because when they were in the ultrasound, they were comforted knowing that I had seen a healthy, happy
young woman actually. Yeah. So, oh gosh, I helped cried in that one for a while. So yeah, so that was comfort. I think that all these three stories brought comfort to me and to my relatives. And I also recognize there's way more to it than just comfort. I'm sure I've helped other people by telling the stories.
Uh, yeah, it's beyond comfort. It's also a, um, a knowing for me that there's more to this life. Then we know and that we can see.
Haley Freeman: Yeah, like you said, there's always [00:32:00] purpose in them, and that's what I've found too. Like I've mentioned before, since I've had my near death experience, um, the veil has been open to me a few times, but it's only when there's purpose in it.
Yeah,
Glenda Christiaens: Yeah. It seems like if I want, yeah. If I wanna I'm like, can I have a vision please.
Haley Freeman: Yeah. It, it doesn't, no,
Glenda Christiaens: it's like, Nope. You don't get No,
Haley Freeman: exactly. Yeah.
Misty Smith: A lot of times I find also that visions, um, along with having a purpose usually encircle or include others.
Haley Freeman: Others.
Misty Smith: It's never really just for your benefit.
Glenda Christiaens: Mm, you're right.
Misty Smith: It seems God does something to like this so spiritual, and then it affects and touches multiple
Glenda Christiaens: mm-hmm.
Misty Smith: Through generations or through time, or through journaling, through history, through whatever it is. Mm-hmm. I just, find that.
Glenda Christiaens: Yeah,
Misty Smith: and I definitely felt the
Haley Freeman: spirit just saying, I know I had so many [00:33:00] goosebumps
When you said, yeah, when you said, I think it was my great granddaughter, I'm like, my whole body was covered from head to toe.
Glenda Christiaens: Yeah. Yeah. I agree it, it affects a lot of people. It really does. And so at first when I had the near death experience, when I see people, like when I saw little Adelina, I told everybody, 'cause everybody knows I do that.
But my near death experience, for example, I didn't really think to tell anybody 'cause it seems so normal. Isn't that funny? And. It's like, well, yes, I had a near death experience. Big deal,
Haley Freeman: Doesn't everybody.
Glenda Christiaens: But yeah. Then when I started telling people, wow, then the blessings from that really came strong. So I think you have a point, Misty, of let's journal it, let's tell the story, let's do a podcast on it, because it does provide comfort and whatever else to people.
So instead of just keeping it to ourselves Yeah. And [00:34:00] it doesn't matter if people believe it or not. I know I told one man, um, about it and he goes, oh, Glenda, I know you believe it happened. And I thought, oh. Shut up.
Misty Smith: Yeah. That's hard. It's so hard. Oh, yeah. The challenges when others I know, you could just sense their struggle and, it happens and it's so hard.
I don't know, but I appreciate you being willing to be strong enough to share that.
I love your personality too. You're just so happy and bubbly and just there's joy with it. And I think that's what God intends these miracles to always be is even though they're difficult, all these miracles always revolve, comfort, joy and love, love, love, love.
So, and I feel that from you, so thank you.
Glenda Christiaens: Oh, thank you. I love you both. And thanks Haley for thinking of me. That's. That's cool.
Yeah. Yeah.
Haley Freeman: I definitely try to put prayer into [00:35:00] who should be a guest and you kept coming into mind again and again, so,
Glenda Christiaens: yeah. Well, I'm glad it's been so fun.
Haley Freeman: Is there one, final message or final takeaway that you'd want our guests to take from your experiences?
Glenda Christiaens: Embrace your life. This is it embrace it, love it. We are from love and light, so let's not forget that because I was surrounded by love and light. It's embedded in us this love and light, and I think this earth life can have its challenges and we start to bury that love and light.
So just love, love is the power of the universe. Jesus said, love everyone. And we're all eternal, wise, ancient beings. We just can't see it with our physical eyes right now. So love, love, live, laugh, and other L words. Just love, live, laugh. Laughter's. Good for you. Yeah. And live in the moment.
So there you go.
Haley Freeman: Absolutely. Yeah. Thank you so much. Mm-hmm. It's been [00:36:00] wonderful and edifying and I just really appreciate you spending the time with us.
Glenda Christiaens: My pleasure, all mine. Thank you. And keep doing your good work. I've listened to your podcast and keep doing it. Keep doing it. You're making a difference in the world.
Haley Freeman: I hope so.
Glenda Christiaens: Yeah, you are. You are. Hang in there, Ladies
Misty Smith: Thank you, Glenda.
Glenda Christiaens: Thank
you.
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