The Light Between Us: Stories from Heaven, Lessons for the Living

by Laura Lynne Jackson

The beautiful gift I’ve been given—the awareness that we are all connected by powerful cords of light and love,

but after my talk with the pastor I also believed God was so much bigger and more powerful than this little brick-and-mortar church. The answers were out there, somewhere else.

“Let your mind roam,” she urged. “Pick up all the things that are necessary for you to learn. Expect the unexpected. By doing that, you’ll be setting down roots.”

Sedona made my spirit soar.

We are tied to all those we’ve ever loved by cords of light.

If we open our minds and our hearts, we will begin to see the signs and messages they send for us to feel their presence in our everyday lives.

began the process of letting go of her guilt. She spent less time dwelling on mistakes.

“There is an unseen world,” Bob says, “and we were meant to work with it.”

“That was his lesson,” I explained. “To feel your unconditional love. That was why he was here. And he completed that lesson. He says to tell you he always felt safe, even when he was crossing. He crossed surrounded by your love.”

was part of a team of light.

William Shakespeare, who through Hamlet said, “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”

“Your deep, abiding love for your dog is what he took with him when he crossed. He took nothing but love.”

All of you are working together as a team of light to help others—the

when they see us spreading light in their names, it matters greatly

“We feel it is our role to keep Scott’s light alive in this world by doing good things in his name,” says Susan. “It’s a way he can continue to have a positive influence on people. He can still make a difference in this world.”

When you love someone, you love them forever.”

We must learn to recognize our own light.

honor the pull and get back on the true path.

you’ve been torn between being yourself and being the version of you that your father demanded.”

We are all connected. We are all entangled. We are all invested in each other’s fates and fortunes.