Chapter 27
by Joan DiMaio
Of the six Purple Papers I received, the first three Purple Papers were channeled at an event in 2011. It was the first time I had met Roland in person. I had been listening to his Soul Stories broadcast on the radio for a while and when I heard he was going to be promoting his book And Then There Was Heaven near my home, I made plans to be there.
I felt it was a golden opportunity to finally meet him in person. I purchased his book, listened to him talk about his journey, and then waited at the table to have my book signed. Little did I know he would channel a message from my mom. I have to be honest with you, because back then Roland drew quickly and talked fast. I was overwhelmed with emotions when I gazed at the Purple Papers. It took me a while to process it all. The amazing thing about this paper was the fact he knew my name and the X on the paper was exactly where I sat as my mom was passing. It said, “Joan, you had to [let] me go. You had no more choices. No control, no choices.” How could he have possibly known this? How could he possibly know that there were no more choices? I had to let her go. I tried so hard to help her, and sadly I had to tell her to go.
How poignant it was to see that Roland wrote another message from my mother saying, “I’m still your angel.” I just love that! “Setting me free, you did right by me.”
My journey to healing began that day.
The next paper, dated October 18, 2013, was from my dad, who curiously had passed away in the same month some six years earlier. On it he said he loved me: “Mom was waiting for me. I wasn’t afraid. I love you.” My dad never told me he loved me while he lived on this earth, so to see that written on the paper was very special to me. “Tell my daughter that when I was passing, I saw your mother. Her skin was very beautiful (and pink). You know how much I missed her, right?” The words “pink lipstick” were added to the picture. That was mom, always with the lipstick and rouge on—so cool Roland knew that. They are together now and at peace.
On the Purple Paper dated March 10, 2014, three hearts painted a poignant scene. Mom and Dad passed three years apart, as noted on the paper (“3 years later”), and a stick figure to the left of their beds was me sitting by their sides both times. The message on this paper was again from my dad, who said, “Our daughter took such good care of us. Mom was the first to go, and you know how brokenhearted I was. I was glad it was my time.” It is amazing to see how their love for me lives on. It is validating that Roland not only knew about the details surrounding their deaths but that he channeled messages in specific months that were significant to my parents and me. My father began to get sick in the month of March when Roland drew him lying in a bed, just a few months after Mom passed away. He died three years later, exactly as was written on the Purple Paper.
Purple Paper number four blossoms with joy. Dated December 18, 2014, the same month of my mother’s passing ten years earlier, it depicted flowers in yellow, pink, and green. How my mother loved her flower garden! Roland wrote, “Katherine remembers days of tending to the garden. I loved spring when the flowers started to come. I couldn’t wait to see all the flowers. I found that same place in heaven. It is so beautiful here.”
Roland gave me a glimpse of her heaven on that Purple Paper.
I still miss my parents very much. I miss their physical presence and the beautiful times we shared together. But Roland did teach me over the past years, as I listened to his radio show and attended his events, that they are still with me, their love never dies, their souls live on, and heaven is right here on earth.