The Kelly’s Jason and Judy called me off a referral requesting I come to their house for a group session. Upon my arrived at the home, I noticed the driveway was muddy due to the rain the day before. Concerned I would get stuck I looked around for the place where it had the least amount of mud to park. I tell you this to emphasize I was looking around and noticed everything in the front of the house, I want to make it clear, there were absolutely no chickens to be seen anywhere.
Once in the home, we sat in the kitchen which had a large window overlooking the backyard. There were chickens in the backyard, which is not your typical backyard, this was a large backyard with a chicken coop about fifty to seventy-five yards behind the house. The chickens were walking around by the coop and fenced in area. At no time did they come up toward the house. The chickens are there for the family to gather eggs for sale to the public and private use.
Our session started with a young man Nick coming in for Jason, Nick was Jason’s friend. Nick also acknowledged the whole family with whom he was very close. Nick told me Jason attempted to help him get away from drugs and get his life together staying with him as long as he could. The Kelly’s took Nick under their wing as his family life was very difficult. Sadly, Nick had eventually lost his battle with drugs and passed through an overdosed.
As I was talking to Nick and giving Jason the messages from him, a rooster started crowing in the front of the house, I ignored it, after all, it was an egg farm. As Nick continued with his messages for both Jason and Judy, I heard what sounded like several hens join the rooster in front of the house. As we continued with the messages the details of Nick’s sad life were becoming clear, the chickens were getting louder as though they were attempting to get my attention. Well, it worked because now I am taking notice of this clatter from the birds. When I do a session, I am in the zone and don’t hear or see much other than the movie the souls play for me. I was not paying attention to the chickens until this point in the session.
Right on cue, Nick began playing a funny movie of him with chickens as a little kid, the chickens were chasing him around he was maybe eight years old. Nick knowing this session being a difficult one for Jason and Judy wanted to lighten it up and give them a laugh. It is becoming clear at this point in the session the chickens were there to get my attention. I told Jason & Judy about the movie they started to laugh, Nicks intent was working. I asked if Nick was afraid of the chickens, as he had indicated to me. They told me a story about Nick receiving a chicken as a kid. Nick wasn’t allowed to keep it; Nick was afraid of chickens and would run away from them, which meant the movie I was seeing was real and not symbolic.
Once our session was complete, however, me being the skeptic that I am, I asked Judy if it was usual for the chickens to be in front making all that noise, she told me they never go to the front. It was right after Judy’s answer Nick told me he chased them to the front of the house. It was a light moment I knew it was Nick all along, I just needed to confirm this was an event that never happens.
Once the session was finished the chickens quieted down & went back to the backyard and their coop, a sure sign Nick was there at the farm.