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Marsey
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It seems my grandaughter Helena Rose remembers a very tragic past life. She was born at home after only 42 minutes of labor and will be 3 in August. (I mention this speedy birth only because it is so unusual--I don't know that it would necessarily have anything to do with past life memories.) Her speech abilities are far beyond most children her age--she's been able to express complex thoughts in complete sentences for several months. On several occasions I've wondered if she isn't "remembering" speech as much as learning it. Her brother's name is John--we've never heard anyone call him Johnny--except Helena. She occasionally calls me Nan or Nanny instead of "Nanna" and we can't imagine where she picked this up.
Almost since birth Helena has been fixated (for lack of a better word) on her mother's stomach. Untill recently she was waking nightly, crying and frantic to put her head on her mom'm stomach. Throughout the day she needed to frequently touch, hold, put her head on, etc. mom's stomach. She still does but the urgency is beginning to fade.
She's afraid of strange men, loud noises, and flys. She becomes almost hysterical when a tiny little gnat flys in that the rest of us don't even notice. Not that many children arn't afraid of these things, but as i tell the story these things take on more significance.
When Helena was 2 1/2 she woke up one morning crying and saying,"Mama's dead". She sleeps with her parents and her mother replied, "No honey, I'm right here". In a somewhat irritated tone Helena replied, "Not you, my other mama. I went to her and put my head on her stomach but she didn't move. She's dead."
A few days later Helena told me "Mama and Daddy are dead. A bad man came...a gun...shoot...my head...(she then put her hands over her ears)...my ears".
Then a few weeks ago she told me she had two daddys--one was Daddy (her dad) and the other one was Papa. I asked her if that was the one that was killed and she said yes. She tried to explain something and I finially guessed "strings?" and finially, "Oh, you mean ropes?" "Yes, ropes," she said. She said several sentences that i could not understand, but did say (that she escaped by) hiding in Mama's coat (or under some coats).
A few days ago she brought up "Papa" again. We asked her what Papa looked like and she got a half-smile on her face and reached up with her hands to carress her face (exactly as a child would carress their father's beard). We said, "A beard?", and she said yes. We asked her what color it was and she said, "pink...red". I find her choice of pink facinating. We don't know anyone with a red beard and for a child to reply "pink", to me suggests remembering what Papa's beard really looked like instead of using the usual adult color, red.
And finially another thing that by itself would be insignificant but as part of the whole picture...Helena has a ferocious appetite. It seems so much that she's "just starving to death" that I sometimes wonder if she didn't. I just can't help but wonder if she wasn't alone with her dead parents till she finially died also.
I will post again if anything new comes up. We don't question her--we're not sure if that would be good for her at this time or not. What do you think?
Thanks to you others out there who have posted.
Marsey
Almost since birth Helena has been fixated (for lack of a better word) on her mother's stomach. Untill recently she was waking nightly, crying and frantic to put her head on her mom'm stomach. Throughout the day she needed to frequently touch, hold, put her head on, etc. mom's stomach. She still does but the urgency is beginning to fade.
She's afraid of strange men, loud noises, and flys. She becomes almost hysterical when a tiny little gnat flys in that the rest of us don't even notice. Not that many children arn't afraid of these things, but as i tell the story these things take on more significance.
When Helena was 2 1/2 she woke up one morning crying and saying,"Mama's dead". She sleeps with her parents and her mother replied, "No honey, I'm right here". In a somewhat irritated tone Helena replied, "Not you, my other mama. I went to her and put my head on her stomach but she didn't move. She's dead."
A few days later Helena told me "Mama and Daddy are dead. A bad man came...a gun...shoot...my head...(she then put her hands over her ears)...my ears".
Then a few weeks ago she told me she had two daddys--one was Daddy (her dad) and the other one was Papa. I asked her if that was the one that was killed and she said yes. She tried to explain something and I finially guessed "strings?" and finially, "Oh, you mean ropes?" "Yes, ropes," she said. She said several sentences that i could not understand, but did say (that she escaped by) hiding in Mama's coat (or under some coats).
A few days ago she brought up "Papa" again. We asked her what Papa looked like and she got a half-smile on her face and reached up with her hands to carress her face (exactly as a child would carress their father's beard). We said, "A beard?", and she said yes. We asked her what color it was and she said, "pink...red". I find her choice of pink facinating. We don't know anyone with a red beard and for a child to reply "pink", to me suggests remembering what Papa's beard really looked like instead of using the usual adult color, red.
And finially another thing that by itself would be insignificant but as part of the whole picture...Helena has a ferocious appetite. It seems so much that she's "just starving to death" that I sometimes wonder if she didn't. I just can't help but wonder if she wasn't alone with her dead parents till she finially died also.
I will post again if anything new comes up. We don't question her--we're not sure if that would be good for her at this time or not. What do you think?
Thanks to you others out there who have posted.
Marsey