I was about 15 minutes into my conversation with medium Theresa Caputo about her new TLC series Long Island Medium when my mom decided to show up.
Caputo interrupts my questioning with, “You’ve lost a lot of loved ones.”
I disagree, saying “I wouldn’t say a lot, but a few, yeah.”
She confidently asks, “Is your mom departed?”
“OK, that’s weird,” I think. After all, most people my age still have their mothers, so she really took a long shot throwing that one out there. But, I acknowledge that my mother is indeed deceased.
Caputo goes on to explain that prior to answering my call she had written down a few things including my name, mother, daughter, young male, 4 and 62. She tells me there’s a “lot of energy” going on, and suddenly I get a little nervous, thinking this could be my doing. Although I didn’t tell Caputo, when I drove to work that morning I had actually talked to my mom in my head [and that’s something I just don’t do. I’m a bit skeptical on ghosts and spirits]. I simply thought, “Hey, if you want to reach out to me I’m talking to a medium today.” And that was it.
Caputo asks: “Where you at the actual passing of your mother because your mother showed me the holding of the hands, which means she wants to go back to the day of her passing. Were you actually there for that moment or did you just miss the passing?”
I gulp. It’s a sensitive topic for me, since I was the only family member who actually wasn’t there when she passed. So I tell her I was not.
Caputo says that my mother is validating that nothing was left unsaid and that “everything and anything you said to your mom was heard.” She then asks? “Whose birthday is now? If it’s not today or the week of it’s usually the month we are in.”
“That would be me,” I tell her. “OK,” Caputo says. “So your mom’s just wishing you a happy birthday.”
I give an uncomfortable laugh and jokingly ask Caputo to tell my mom to hush up, so I can get back to doing my job.
But Caputo — well, maybe it’s my mom — isn’t quite finished. We go on to connect months and dates, discuss that “young male” reference, significance of April and more. She presses on with “Do you remember the year 62? Or could it stand for the month of June and the month of February as far as birthdays or anniversaries?”
“My mom was born in February, died in June,” I confirm.
“Perfect,” Caputo says. “Just validating your mother’s presence and that she took this opportunity. Spirits will take any opportunity to get a message to someone.” Then Caputo’s Long Island accent comes out as she describes my mom as a “chatty catty.” Glad, she’s having a good time.
“Whether you believe or understand what I do, and I don’t mean to be rude, but it really doesn’t matter,” Caputo says. “That’s not what this is about. This phone call is not about you believing in what I do. What just happened right now, what I interpreted it as a beautiful gift you just received from your mother. Knowing that even after all these years of her not being here in the physical world she hasn’t missed out on anything. She acknowledged your children, that she held the children before coming here in the physical world and she’s still with you, and loving and guiding you from the other side. Right?”
Gulp.
What a loaded thought. I pause. I collect my thoughts. “Did I tell her I had kids? Could this seriously be real?” And I simply say: “That’s awesome. Thank you.”
So add me to Caputo’s long list of clients who have been given the gift of closure. Now, as for my sister, she’s really ticked my mom didn’t even give her a shout out! She’ll have to join Caputo’s long waiting list and maybe we’ll here back from her in a few years.
Long Island Medium airs on TLC Sundays beginning Sept. 25.
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Hello my dad die age 38 and I was only 15 and my sister was 11 I love talk you and his soul really need ask him souls bc I believe I kill him. Plz write back.
Hi Theresa – I believe you can talk to the deceased. My husband past away and I would like to know is he OK? Is he in heaven? Will he meet me when I die? He made a grimace when he took his last breath – what was that? That moment haunts me every day. Thank you so much Theresa. May God bless you and keep you.
P.S. Why is everyone that you talk to alright? Don’t some people go to hell and suffer eternally? You never tell people that they’re loved one is in hell and is suffering – why?
i would love to get a reading i seen my first person die in my life at age 12 and now ive lost so many im depressed im 35 years old and need to know if all is well im the one that held the family together now im a mom and need to live again please help . i had a dream that said u could help i dont know what else to do love ur show crystal
What does it mean when you dream of someone who is deceased?
Hello Theresa, I am worried about my 17 year old son, I heard you talking about overcoming fear on Dr. Oz the other day. My son is so overcome with fear and this happened several years ago when his cousin a 27 year old male was suddenly killed.
He quit school and now will not go out of the house. He is afraid of everything, he stays mostly confined in his room. I do not know how to help him overcome this fear. any suggestions? Deeply grateful,,,,
Can you tell me who keeps signaling me, every night when I look out my front window..there are two street lamps I talk to and say goodnight to people who are no longer with us… the lights either come on or shut off.. WHO IS IT?
I love your show.I would love a reading from you. It would mean so much to me.
hi teresa i’ve had 3 close family members pass my younger brother my mom and my dad,i would just like to know if i had been there enough for them in the physical world,and was my brothers death at 14 an accident or could it have been prevented.thanks very much teresa have a wonderful day,ps.i truly believe that spirits speak to you,a few times i’ve had my brother and dad speak to me and i also thought i’d seen my dad one evening while i was thinking of him,this truly freaked me out.thanks for your help.barbara.
Dear Theresa,
I watch your show all the time. You have made a believer out of me. The other day you sent chills up my spine. You asked this lady if there were butterflies around her and she said yes, there have been 2 of them following me for a few months. It was her husband and son. Your sense of humor is fantastic, and your family is awesome. I hope and pray one day I get to meet you.
Have a wonderful day.
Love, Linda
Theresa, I love your show, your real, honset,and you help so many people. Which I personally thinks thats a blessing. I lost my mother in dec 2010 ,not even a year later my father has cancer, he fights every day and as of right now he’s doing good.But as for me I have so much quilt with my mother inside of me. i just want her to know how sorry i’m and I hope she knows that she was not alone when she passed i was right there holding her hand , I didnt want to let go of her.i just want to know that she forgives me, and please watch over my father. Tell her i’m sorry and i miss her so much everyday. Thankyou for all your blessings your doing to people.. #1 fan and always will be kim.
Hello Theresa.
on December 3, 2011,I was in a car accident, and like some case you are wonderindg why you were saved. I know I am blessed to be here with my family and friend.But I need to know who was there with me besides God. My father passed when I was ten and my grandmother and aunt passed. I loved them so, as for as my father i did not know him. I am very lost and need help to move on. I had a Lot of medical injuries. which inclues loseing a Kidney and other injuries. Right now i feel i cant move on until i have some answers, if that make since to you.Know one understand.thank God no one else was hurt. Rachelle avitt from Cleveland, Ohio.
Caputo asks: “Where you at the actual passing of your mother because your mother showed me the holding of the hands, which means she wants to go back to the day of her passing. Were you actually there for that moment or did you just miss the passing?”
You were either there or you were not there- she gets this 100% right either way you answer. She always asks this question. She doesnt know if you were there or not. depending on how you answer she says your mother wants to thank you for being there or your mother isnt mad that you were not there. Its not psychic! Of course you talked to your mother that day! You were going to see a medium. She knows that everyone coming to see her talked to their loved one that same day!
My dad passed two years ago. I miss him but feel like he’s mad at me and I need to know the truth of his feelings about me. I’m so sad worrying if I make him proud or if he’s angry with me.
Hi Theresa i would like a reading from you i live in michigan but i can come to long island new york thank you ps i love your show my ex husband past reasonly and my niece
I desperately need to know if my sister is in a better place. she suffered here on earth so much at the hands of others.
I need your help. I have questions and need answers. I feel lost
Hey we watch shows all the time and there is so much garbage in them. I dont consider this garabage in a sense i think she is funny and her family fit with her on the show and makes it watchable. now for the reading part if you pay someone a hundred or six does it matter if there is comfort in it. Some people have a sense of guilt, some cant move on whatever the reason scientific or fake does it matter. If a person can move forward and start to live again does it matter how it came about? Some people use doctors which costs tons if you gain success through one visit with a medium even if it cost to see her if comfort becomes part of it. life is full of rip offs but the positive ones where you learn something i think make us grow and carry on with life take it for what it is and enjoy what good would it do if this person now has gained peace with the death and some idiot comes along and puts doubts back into there life what is gained? As long as they are not committed to a constant expense of this which in a case like that you never get weekly appointments and spend a fortune.
This woman should be arrested for fraud. What a scam. Leading questions, shots in the dark,- it’s called Cold Reading people. So called “psychics” do it all the time. Why not tell us what’s on the other side Teresa? Is there a God? Whats our purpose in life? How did life begin? What happens when we die? Etc Etc Not phony crap like “Did you see a butterfly? Oh you did, well its your mom then. EVERYONE says they see butterflies after a loved one dies. ( We also see butterflies all the time, but don’t realize it) Or ” Who passed from a pain in the chest area? or ” Is there a male figure that passed? If the lady knew anything she WOULDNT NEED TO ASK. Its laughable
HEY MRS. CAPUTO WISH TOU WOULD HELP ME I FEEL ALL ALONE I KNOW YOUR BUSY SOME THING IS HOLDING ME DOWN BET ID BE A QUICK FIX A LOT OF GUILT YA KNOW ANY WAY ILL WATCH YOUR SHOW GOOD GIRL KEEP HELPING SINCERLY ILA
My son passed away three yrs ago and he definitely was not prepared for his fate. Is he OK now.
Thank you.