Karin McLean

MEET KARIN

Karin McLean is a wife, mother of two, and survivor. She wrote her memoir, Bright Days Do Come, thirty-three years after she and her family were in a car accident that claimed the life of her younger brother, Brian.

The accident became a turning point in her life, leading her to question her previous path and create a new one. In the years that followed, Karin and her family began receiving signs from Brian and other loved ones beyond this life, helping them understand that our lost loved ones are never truly lost. These experiences inspired her to explore what lies beyond this life, leading her to study near-death experiences and ultimately recognize her own.

Together, these spiritually transformative experiences reshaped her understanding of grief, healing, and the afterlife, ultimately inspiring her to write Bright Days Do Come. Writing the book became a journey of healing, trust, and feeling Brian’s guidance along the way. The experiences she shares include not only her own experiences and those of her family but also the stories of others who have felt connections with their loved ones. Her hope is to bring comfort to those navigating life’s most difficult storms, reminding readers that bright days do come.

Karin earned her BA in Communications and has loved writing for as long as she can remember. When she’s not writing, she enjoys connecting with others, working out, reading, walking in nature, photography, listening to music, and attending concerts.

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What if your lost loved ones are never truly lost?

In Bright Days Do Come, Karin McLean invites readers into her deeply personal journey of loss, light, and signs from beyond. After narrowly surviving a devastating car accident that claimed the life of her younger brother, she began receiving undeniable signs that reshaped her perspective on life and death. What began as uncertainty soon unfolded into a new understanding: our loved ones may leave this world, but they never really leave us.

Through her lived experience, Karin shows how these signs carried her and her family from pain to purpose and how even in our darkest moments, light can still find its way in.

If you're searching for comfort after loss or reassurance that love continues beyond death, this book will speak to your heart.

Endorsements

Bright Days Do Come is an awe-inspiring read that gives example after example of signs from our loved ones, which adds to the growing evidence that we don’t die. It is an insightful book that pulls you into Karin’s journey and leaves you with inspiration on how to get signs and messages from your loved ones.

—Sandra Champlain, author of the #1 international bestseller, We Don’t Die - A Skeptic’s Discovery of Life After Death and host of the podcasts, We Don’t Die Radio and Shades of the Afterlife

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In Bright Days Do Come, Karin invites us into the space where grief and love coexist. After losing her brother, Brian, Karin shows us that love does not disappear when a life ends — it changes form. She shares not only her grief, but the ways Brian’s love has continued to reach her through signs and moments of connection. Her writing is brave, compassionate, and deeply vulnerable. This memoir is a tender offering to anyone learning how to carry loss while still opening their heart to life.

—Heather Vandermeyden, author of Miracles from the Other Side

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What a gorgeous book Karin has written. Bright Days Do Come is detailed and vulnerable and you will find yourself looking at all of life differently after reading her words. I was profoundly inspired by her attitude toward life, both here and beyond, and am inspired to show up each day expecting more love, connection, and beauty. Yes, there is tragedy and grief woven throughout the book, but they’re dwarfed by what she and other players in the stories have learned about resilience, joy, living with your whole heart, and family.

—Emily Burnett, author of Dear Fellow Spender and Dear Fellow Dreamer

Inspired Poem

EMOTIONAL WEATHER

Life is like the weather,
It changes from day to day.
Like the rain,
Many tears fall.
Like the wind,
Things blow in and out of life.
Like a storm,
You don’t know what to expect.
Like the sun,
Bright days do come.

I wrote this poem, one month after the car accident that ended my little brother’s life, almost ended mine, and could have easily ended the rest of my family’s.  I wrote it as I sat in my wheelchair in the rehabilitation center that I had recently moved into. When I wrote this poem, it was November of 1991. Decades later, in January of 2024, I began writing my story, and I immediately knew what the title would be—it was the last line of the poem I wrote during my recovery in the rehab. I never planned on writing a book about my journey, but as the years passed, I began feeling an undeniable nudge to do so.  Since my brother’s death, I’ve received many signs from him, so I decided to ask him for another sign—to give me direction as to whether I should do this. I asked him for his birth year, and said, “If I am supposed to write this book, give me an 82 within the next two days.” Later that night, I went online to pay my credit card balance, and his answer was staring me in the face as a total of $82.82. I then knew that I had a calling to fulfill. I am so honored to help Brian live on by sharing the signs he has given, and continues to give, me and my family. 

READER REFLECTIONS

“I have never felt more moved by a book. I learned so many beautiful ideas and concepts that I’m going to implement! Not long after finishing the book I saw my first number sign (the year my late sister was born). This book has changed my life!”

“Bright Days Do Come brings understanding, through someone else’s eyes, the myriad of ways that our loved ones present signs and synchronicities to us. You also can see yourself in Karin’s story of growing in her belief with time, replacing doubt with a new faith. And yet there’s more! Karin’s story of personal resiliency after a personal tragedy is raw and inspiring. She opens her heart to the readers, allowing each of us to see ourselves in her trials and tribulations. Such a great read!”

“My heart is so full. After I finished Bright Days Do Come, all I can say is yes, yes, YES!!!!! Karin gets it! There’s nothing you can compare to grief. It does what it wants when it wants. And everyone experiences grief differently. Even within a family. Thank you.”

“Karin has endured so much, and she has risen above and beyond. I loved her book so much that I’ve bought more copies for many people in my life. Bright Days Do Come has touched me in so many ways – I felt things before I read Karin’s book and then afterwards it confirmed to me that what I felt was real.”

“Bright Days Do Come has inspired me to connect to those that have passed on in my life and is one of my favorite books!”

“This book shares Karin’s journey through loss, growth, discovery, love, joy, pain, humor, and connection – especially with those who have passed. It is heartfelt, inspirational, informational, and validating. It gave me words to describe my own personal signs, or what I have coined as “interventions” from loved ones passed. Highly recommend!”

“Wow! I can’t even put into words and I’m only on page 9. This has let me have a wonderful breakthrough.”

“Bright Days Do Come is so much more than just Karin’s experience with being in a horrific car accident where she and her family were injured and her brother died. She talks about her experiences with communicating with her brother on the other side through signs and with other loved ones through dreams. For me, it really got me thinking about friends and family who have passed on and how we honor them. And perhaps they are closer than we realize if we just pay attention more.”

“This book changed my perspective on my brother’s death in many ways. Thank you for writing and releasing this book! It’s still hard, but there have been several small events that I’ve thought could be signs. This book was eye opening.”

“This book is beautifully done. Thank you, Karin, for sharing your story, your insights, your wisdom, your light, and the many examples of signs from loved ones. I have many of my own experiences and know that my loved ones are near. It was sweet to read about the experiences of others that are similar to mine and that I resonate with. I appreciate the encouragement to ask for signs and being given awareness of various ways signs manifest besides what my family and I have experienced. It is a message of hope and of inspiration. A beautiful reminder that bright days do come. What a gift Karin has given to the world.”

“I am so honored and grateful to have read this book. Thank you for having the courage, strength, and words to put into this writing. This book is blessing so many people!”