In Loving Memory of Bryan Raymond Burch

Bryan’s Journal of Miracles
As told by his mom …

Eternal Flame Bryan R. Burch Eternal Flame

March 17, 1980 - January 9, 2004

This page is to document the many "signs" and "visits" that Bryan has made to us since his passing ... miracles to those of us who have received them. The one thing that makes these miracles more than just coincidences is the "feeling" that comes over you when these occur. Everyone has expressed the same sensation of warmth, peace, and love that flows through you when they happen and the "knowing" that you are experiencing a true miracle. Unfortunately, this feeling cannot be captured on paper, yet it is so strong and so overwhelming that it makes the occurrence believable beyond a doubt. Keep that in mind when reading these because that feeling happened to each person for every one of these instances ... and as we heard three times from different sources within the first two days of his passing ...

"Remember ... there are no coincidences!"

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List of those mentioned in the journal:

Mike - Bryan’s Father
Kathy - Bryan's Mom (me)
Amberly - Bryan’s Sister
Cris - Bryan’s Brother
"My Mom" - Bryan’s Grandma Mary
"My Dad" - Bryan’s Grandpa Ray
Sherry - Bryan’s aunt (my sister) who is clairvoyant
Darlene - Bryan’s aunt (my sister)
Debbie - Bryan’s aunt (my sister)
Lori - Bryan’s aunt (my sister)
Sherry S. - Bryan’s aunt (Mike’s sister)
Bev - Bryan’s aunt (Mike’s sister)
Barb - Bryan’s aunt (Mike’s sister)
Kelly - Bryan’s cousin (Darlene’s daughter, my niece)
Joe - Bryan’s cousin (Sherry S’s son who passed away a few years ago)

Jacob - Bryan's cousin (Lori's son)
Mike R. - Sherry’s husband (Bryan’s uncle through marriage)
Connie - my sister who died at birth
Bob & Ruth - Bryan’s Grandma and Grandpa (Mike’s parents, deceased)
Grandma & Grandpa LaGambo - Bryan’s Great-Grandma & Great-Grandpa (Kathy’s grandparents, deceased)
Brooke - Bryan’s high school girlfriend and his first true love
Paul Becker - Lori’s friend from childhood who had been an addict all his life and died in his 40’s
Josh D. - Bryan’s childhood friend
Carol - Bryan’s friend from high school
Marge - my friend
Citte - my friend from California who met Bryan last summer
Chad - Bryan’s childhood friend
Ruthie - Our neighbor and long-time friend
Jessica - Bryan's Friend
Ric - Bryan's Friend
Jason (Jay) - Bryan's Friend
Ed - My business partner and long-time friend

Friday, November 5

In the store today, I was thinking about Bryan and one of the lightbulbs in the chandelier directly over me blinked off and on and got my attention. I immediately felt Bryan's presence and asked him to repeat the blinking if it was really him. In response to my request, the bulb blinked off and on again and then grew in intensity until it was brighter than the other bulbs in the fixture. It just made me smile and give him a mental hug and a thank you for letting me know he was around me.

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Tonight Cris came home for the weekend. He wanted to see the feather which we had found in his room last week and he confirmed that he had never seen it before. We went in Bryan's room for me to show him the feather and when I looked at the digital clock, which was flashing because we don't set it due to the many power interruptions, the time was 2:24. I immediately pointed it out to Cris and when he asked me what the significance was, I told him ... Amberly's birthday is July 2 and Cris' is July 24! Just a little shout-out to them both ;-)


Saturday, November 6

This afternoon Mike and I had to run a few errands and on our way home, I had a distinct feeling that Bryan was with us and he was telling me to look for the hawk. I looked in the trees and above but saw nothing. Then we turned onto our street and as we were going past the gradeschool where Bryan had gone many years ago, there was a hawk perched right on the light beside the road ... literally only a few feet off the street and only a little above our heads. Mike pulled into the parking lot and I rolled down the window to take a picture of him with our cell phone. The hawk merely looked down at us but didn't fly away. I snapped a quick picture and we went back on our way. I was amazed at how close he was to us ... about 10 feet above our car ... and looking just as regal as could be. I could see the feathers blowing on his fat little legs! It was a wonderful sign from Bryan, especially since he made me "feel" the hawk seconds before I actually saw him!


Thursday, November 11

This morning something awesome occurred. I was overwhelmed by a strong smell of "funeral home flowers" ... it's a sweet smell or orchids and lillies that you don't smell anywhere else but funeral homes. It was just overpowering and I told Mike that I could smell it all over the house. He wasn't picking it up even though I was. I figured it was Bryan letting me know he was around and I didn't think any more of it. This was before 11 a.m. .. Later tonight, about 9:30 p.m., I went down to Amberly's room. As soon as I walked in, she asked me if I could "smell that" ... when I asked what, she said her whole room smelled strongly of "funeral home flowers" ... and described exactly the smell that I was picking up this morning! The hair on the back of my neck literally stood up as I realized that Bryan was definitely here with both of us. I had not mentioned anything to her about my experience this morning. In fact, she was at work when it occurred and knew nothing about it. So having her hit me with this out of the clear blue was just amazing! And, just in case you're wondering, we have no fresh flowers, orchids or lillies, anywhere in the house. It was a pretty incredible experience!


Saturday, November 20

We have all been feeling Bryan's presence this past week as Thanksgiving gets closer. Many little personal signs have been given to each of us. Even my mom said that their doorbell has been ringing frequently and no one is there. But this morning he found an unusual way to get a message to Cris. At exactly 9:18, I received two emails, one after the other. Neither one had a subject. The first one that came was from the sender "Chris" and the second was from sender "Brian". Naturally, I noticed that the spellings were both incorrect, but the impact was the same nonetheless. What are the chances that I would receive two emails both with the time 9:18? And Bryan uses numbers symbolically ... when read in reverse, 81 is the year Cris was born and 1/9 is the date Bryan died. So the 9:18 has double significance. I knew as soon as these emails came in that he wanted me to pass the message along to Cris. And so I did!


Sunday, November 21

This afternoon, Amberly was driving with a friend when all of a sudden a huge hawk appeared directly over her sun roof! She said it was so close she could almost touch it. It followed her car for about a minute before it veered off. She was elated with the feeling of Bryan's presence when she noticed the car directly in front of her ... and the butterfly on the rear window! Then she KNEW it was Bryan!


Saturday, November 27

This afternoon as I was driving to work, Amberly called to tell me that she had been out last night and ran into several of Bryan's friends. She really enjoyed seeing all of them but was missing Bryan more than ever today. As we spoke, I saw a hawk, or what looked like a hawk from a distance, land in the top of a tree a ways down the road. As I approached the tree, I could see closer that it was indeed a hawk and he was bent over looking right toward my car. And as I passed the tree, the hawk took flight and soared directly over my sun roof! I told Amberly about it and we both felt it was Bryan just letting her know he's ok and not to be sad.


Sunday, November 28

This morning we had another reading with Kat Tucci. I have felt Bryan pushing me to do this for a while now and my sister, Sherry, said she had the same message from Bryan, that he wanted us to have a reading. So I contacted Kat and we arranged it for this morning while Cris was home. I am working on the transcript and will have it online asap. As usual, it was just awesome. He began by acknowledging our anniversary, which was yesterday (33 years!!!) and shortly thereafter mentioned happy birthday to someone who just turned 60. Mike turned 60 at the end of September. And then he mentioned happy birthday to the Halloween birthday ... which was me! It was an amazing reading and full of wonderful validations ... we know he's always around, but when a third party confirms it, it just makes me feel like he's right there in the room (which in many ways he was ... transcript is now line on his Readings page)

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One of the things Bryan mentioned in the reading was that he saw people looking at a photo album on Thanksgiving with "blue and mauve flowers" on the cover. Amberly immediately recognized this as two photo albums she has in her room ... the kids had gone down there and were looking at them Thanksgiving evening. Because Kat described them as "blue and mauve", Amber went down after the reading and brought the albums up to show me. Bryan was right on ... the predominant colors of all the flowers was blue and mauve. But what was more amazing ... in the reading he had alluded to a Clay Aiken Christmas concert that is coming up next month that he wants me to go to. He was supposed to go with me last year to one in Cleveland but I took Amberly instead. Well, when Amber went down to get the photo albums, lying on top of the albums was a ticket stub ... from LAST YEAR'S Clay Aiken Christmas Concert!!!! How did it get there? Where did it come from? It wasn't there on Thanksgiving ... Amber hasn't seen it since last year ... yet there it was right where he knew she would see it. I guess I'm going to be looking for tickets now for the concert ... it's going to be tough because it's been sold out since the first day, but I'll trust Bryan to lead me to them.


Tuesday, November 30

Today I was able to get four tickets in the Grand Box for Clay's Christmas concert. Mike and I had to drive tonight to meet the guy who had the tickets (we got them through a connection on Ebay). As we were driving home, a car pulled in front of us which I immediately noticed was an Impala ... and the license plate began with the letters "ORB". To me, this was a double sign from Bryan. First, the Impala which was his car. Second, the letters ORB since we were just discussing the spirit orb picture that we got in California. For reference, you can see the orb in the picture here.


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Note:  If you have a story or experience with Bryan, please email it to me and I will add it to his journal.  These incidents have given our family great peace and joy in knowing that Bryan is still with us, if only in spirit, and will live forever in our hearts.

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