not that i have any experience in that field, but i believe that you can be too close to a person to recieve a "message". and i also think that your mother's friend was just the right one that day.
i hope you don't stop replying, and cut out the rest of us. i read all the posts, but i often feel that i don't have anything to contribute with, so i just don't reply. i don't get feedback on any of my posts (not that it's that many), and i thougth about just stop replying, but it seems i can't... love, anette.