sensitive soul
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I was talking to my aunt the other day and we started talking about how my cousin's daughter refers to my aunt as "Mimi" (who is actuallly her grandma) and my uncle as "Poppa" (who is actually her grandpa). Of course, the first time I had heard of this, the possibility of reincarnation popped into my head.
And, of course, I go about any possibility of reincarnation with an open mind, knowing that there is a large possibility that it is a child's imagination and not related to reincarnation whatsoever. So, I started asking my aunt questions. I asked her if my cousin or his wife had told her to call my aunt and uncle "Mimi" and 'Poppa" and she said no. Then I asked her how old she was when she started calling them these names, and my aunt told me 13 or 14 months. They had been in a car and all of a sudden this kid called out "Poppa" referring to my uncle.
The loophole here is that my aunt (I think around the same time the child referred to my uncle as "Poppa") asked her what her name was, and the kid said Poppa. Then my aunt said , "No, what is my name?" and the kid said Mimi. She has called my aunt this ever since and as far as I know has never referred to my aunt as "Grandma" or anything referring to that sort of thing.
I'm thinking the calling my aunt "Poppa" was just because maybe she was mixed up cause she didn't know what to call my aunt and was put "on the spot" so to speak, and since she had just called my uncle this, this was the first thing that came to mind. (But, mind you, this is my opinion
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Whenever I bring this up with my aunt, she says she has no idea where she came up with these names or why she calls my aunt and uncle these names.
Another thing is that my aunt said that she and this child have a very special bond that is unlike the relationships with her other grandkids.
Is this another one of my "wishful" thinking games with myself, or could this be something more?
And, of course, I go about any possibility of reincarnation with an open mind, knowing that there is a large possibility that it is a child's imagination and not related to reincarnation whatsoever. So, I started asking my aunt questions. I asked her if my cousin or his wife had told her to call my aunt and uncle "Mimi" and 'Poppa" and she said no. Then I asked her how old she was when she started calling them these names, and my aunt told me 13 or 14 months. They had been in a car and all of a sudden this kid called out "Poppa" referring to my uncle.
The loophole here is that my aunt (I think around the same time the child referred to my uncle as "Poppa") asked her what her name was, and the kid said Poppa. Then my aunt said , "No, what is my name?" and the kid said Mimi. She has called my aunt this ever since and as far as I know has never referred to my aunt as "Grandma" or anything referring to that sort of thing.
I'm thinking the calling my aunt "Poppa" was just because maybe she was mixed up cause she didn't know what to call my aunt and was put "on the spot" so to speak, and since she had just called my uncle this, this was the first thing that came to mind. (But, mind you, this is my opinion
)Whenever I bring this up with my aunt, she says she has no idea where she came up with these names or why she calls my aunt and uncle these names.
Another thing is that my aunt said that she and this child have a very special bond that is unlike the relationships with her other grandkids.
Is this another one of my "wishful" thinking games with myself, or could this be something more?
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