Touching of Souls

[pie]

My granfather, who I called Pappa, struggled with one disease after another for 25 years after being exposed to unbelievably high amounts of mercury during his years as an employee of a chemical company called Kerr-McGee in Las Vegas. My Grandma, who I called Mamma, died 10 years before he did and we were all so surprised that he did so well without her. But he was a ver y strong man whom I loved with every ounce of my heart.

He was diagnosed with bone cancer in May 1999 and died from it the same day that my son was born, Aug. 11, 1999. I went to Texas for my uncle's funeral last January and saw the grave, and it was so eerie to see such a happy date etched in stone.

I really feel like he waited for my son to be born. It was the last thing he was ever told. he was the kindest man ever to grace my life, and we named our son Jackson Riley Guzman after him, Jackson M. Kropp.

I just wanted to share that with someone. I really think they traded bodies for the same soul. You should see my mom with ds! Oh, he LOVES her. Has anyone else had a similar experience?

[lisamarie]

I have never dealt with that type of situation or experience myself. Thank you for sharing though.

Warmly~

Lisa

[marymary]

Our mother died on the 25th April, 2 months before my sister had her second child, she was induced on the 24th June twice, but the baby wouldn't come till the 25th. She is the spit of our mother, but so is my sister. I didn't have children at the time and I remember sitting with my tiny neice and day after day she grew into this world. Her eyes seemed to tell that she belonged to another place, had come from somewhere else and gradually she had to adapt to being in this world/body. It actually made me feel very sad and was a profound realisation for me that I can't put into words adequately but was something about souls and a definite feeling that we come from somewhere else. When my own children were born I noticed it but it passed more quickly. It's a strange thing when your parents and grandparents die before your children can get to know them. I feel this loss of both my parents for myself and my children very much. Now I enjoy reading the family histories and dragging all the stories out of those who knew them when...Much love to you all in this mad continuum MM

[pie]

thank you marymary, and bless your sweet heart.

[JessicaS]

I know what you mean

my grandmother died a week after abby was born.....I was devastated.

I was 350 miles away and had just had a c-section but we drove down there for ehr funeral...

when I was young I always knew how great my grandmothers were....

one was an Indian chief and the other was the most amazing loving woman I ever saw...she was my ideal of what a christian should be...she really represented the joy of God to me...

I looked forward to them knowing my children...I grew up with 8 great grandparents...I never expected to lose both of my grandmothers before my daughter ever met them...

[pie]

isn't it so sad how the people that you love the very most are so often taken long before you are ready?

[dfoy]

I have kinda a similar experience....
My mom died in '88 & my dad in '89, both of cancer. My 4 mo old dd reminds me so much of my mother; already a homebody, puts her arm across her eyes while she is nursing, just like my mother used to do when napping on the couch; the way she holds her arms and "conducts" when there is music on (my mom was a musician - violinist and choral director); and she has expressions and other mannerisms already at this young age that are so like my mom. It is just uncanny. Don't know about trading souls but I do believe we come back again and again, seeking out the people we were close to in a previous life. Maybe it is the genetic inheritance I see. Interesting to think about, though!