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LeighJarvis

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I'm so fascinated reading all these stories! And I want to thank Carol for
writing her book and for this website. I devoured that book while on
vacation some years ago and wouldn't tire of it if it had gone on forever.

I have a 10 year old son, a 5 year old son and a 19 month old daughter. The 5 year old has always seemed other-worldly to me, even before his birth. His name is Will though we call him Willy for the most part at home. I know that there are spirits with Will because of things that happened during his infancy. I'm not surprised that of my three children he seems to be the one with past life recall.

Will didn't talk coherently until he was about 3 and half years old so it was around this time that we started understanding all about Ghost Willy, his "imaginary" friend who looked just like him. Ghost Willy was very interested in battles and war and they played army man together a lot. Will
told us about Ghost Willy getting shot in the war, how he died and that's
why he's a ghost now. It took us forever to figure this out though because
"Ghost" sounded like "hode" when he pronounced it. I'm guessing Ghost Willy
had been "around" since Will was 2 and a half. The war fascination came
after that.

Late last summer (Will was 4 and a half) Ghost Willy had to go away. I was
sad to see him go and asked why he wasn't around anymore. Will said Ghost
Willy was going to be a baby again. I asked if we'd get to talk to him
anymore and Will said when he got old enough to talk again then we would. I
was pretty much dropped-jawed at this because my husband's spiritual beliefs
are very traditional so we don't discuss things like reincarnation much,
though I do allude to life before and after death in a generalized way with
the children which would befit typical Christian beliefs.

Funny thing is, Will *doesn't* talk about Ghost Willy anymore except in the
past tense. But he has started describing similar war stories that are now from "when *he* used to be a grown up." I don't know if he used Ghost Willy as a bridge between his past life and this one, if Ghost Willy was someone else or Will himself, if he transferred those stories onto himself
now...it's all a big question mark for me but I'd be interested in hearing others' thoughts about it.

Will has never shown any signs of trauma and seems very matter of fact about
death. The only health issues he has (and I can't relate them to this) are a mild eating disorder which makes him very small for his age but otherwise healthy (it's beyond 'picky' but not so bad he needs a doctor for it) and severe vision problems that have been corrected with glasses.

He's completely devoted to being an army man when grows up (*this* time), specifically dealing with tanks as this is what he did "as a grown up." I admit I've been very dissuasive about that career track and am not above guilting him out of it but it doesn't work. We have a huge Rubbermaid Roughneck container full of army men and he
can't stop himself from wanting more.

I just wanted to share our story with everyone and sort of introduce myself.
I can tell already that I'll be visiting often.

Leigh Jarvis
 
Welcome! I love your story... your son sounds like a joy.

My husband comes from a family that would burn us all at the stake, and it took many years for me to convince him that perhaps there is more to this life than meets the eye.

I have found this place both fascinating and uplifting and I am sure you will, too!

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Be Blessed

Moonbeam
 
Leigh,
I'm glad that you liked the book and didn't think it was too long. I wanted to get in as much as I could so parents could figure some things out on their own.

Now this Ghost Willy is very interesting. It brings up something I've been wondering about too. Because sometimes when children have memories, they refer to their past-life selves in the 3rd person--as your son did. And, I've seen cases in which there is some spirit communicating with the child. It is possible that your son knew this entity in another lifetime, when they were both soldiers. If they were killed together, or were closely related souls, they may have stuck together until Ghost Willy reincarnates. It's hard to say what's going on here. Although, it's interesting that once Ghost Willy left, Will refers to him in the past tense.

I would watch for an opportune time, when Will is relaxed, to ask him about his former experiences in the war. He might give you a clue as to why he wants to join the military again. If he doesn't have any unresolved issues from the war he needs to deal with, it might just be his path to join the military again. He might show great leadership potential when he gets older. You'll just have to see how it plays out, it he doesn't give you any more information.

Another idea: watch his play activities with his toy soldiers. Sometimes kids act out past life scenes in their play. In this case, it seems pretty clear that your son might be doing that. By watching his play, you might find an opening to talk about his war experiences too.

Let us know what happens.
Carol

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Carol Bowman
http://www.childpastlives.org
 
Leigh,

I find it amusing that you're living in one of the biggest military areas in this country...except you're on the wrong side of the water for an Army man...you're on the Navy side! LOL

Sunday
 
<snort> Sunday, Do you have any idea how HUGE the Navy is in this area?! And yet neither of my sons show the least bit of interest in the nautical museums or visiting the ships at all. You'd think they would transfer at least some of that enthusiasm over to the Navy.

Moonbeam, thanks for the welcome. I'll keep working on that husband of mine. ;-)

Carol, I'm nearly certain that there are other souls who are keeping close to Will. When he was between the ages of a few months old and 2 and a half years (all preverbal for him) he used to stare at the corners of the ceiling every once in a while. When he got old enough that we could communicate with some simple sign language I'd ask him what he was looking at and he motioned like you do when you sing The Wheels on the Bus and then wiggled his fingers as if to say, "Star." I assume they looked like lights going in circles and we called whoever/whatever this was The Round and Rounds.

When Will started staring, I'd say, "Is it the Round and Rounds?" and he'd nod and continue to stare. After a few minutes he would sign, "All gone," and snap back to whatever he'd been occupied with before. I remembered my oldest son laughing and seeming to play with someone just above his crib after naps when he was a tiny baby so I figured these were Will's guardian angels or something similar.

Then when he was about 19 months old, Will got very sick and had seizures due to an undiagnosed immune system disorder (it's gone now.) I was rocking him and singing while he nursed one day when he was feeling particularly rough. My husband had a going-away party when he left his job and there was a leftover helium balloon up in the far right corner behind the rocker where we sat. My oldest son had cut the string off it and it had been sitting up there for a couple of days.

Will pointed to the balloon as if he wanted it but I didn't want to hold this sick child and climb on the toy box to retrieve the balloon so I told him we couldn't reach it. He didn't feel well enough to argue I guess so he kept on nursing and seemed to have forgotten about it.

About 4 minutes later, Will sat bolt upright and looked over my left shoulder, then pointed. I turned to look behind me and was almost smacked in the face by the balloon! You talk about an eerie feeling in the room! It was hovering, 3 feet or so off the floor directly by my shoulder. I barely had to stretch to reach for it and handed it to Will, who played with it for a while and then let go. The balloon went straight up to the ceiling and stayed there for days. (I am crying again just retelling this.)

At the time I thought it must have been my grandfather who had brought that balloon to him because I was humming "You Are My Sunshine" and that was the song he sang to my mother when she was a girl. Who knows really though, but Will definitely has spirits around him. When I reached out and got the balloon to hand it to him I said, "You better thank your angels because they're the ones who got this balloon for you."

I will watch him more carefully when he's playing (as much angst as I have about that ;-)and see what kind of scenes he acts out. When I ask him why he wants to be an army man, he says, "Because it's sooo cool!" The feeling I get from hearing about it is that he didn't get to finish something with it and maybe missed it some. He seems to relish the thrill of it, as awful as that sounds. He's not a violent child in any way except that he's very matter-of-fact about army guys' deaths.

Something else just dawned on me that I didn't mention before. Will has a form of hemophilia and there's most likely no way he'll ever be allowed to serve in the military. I have no idea what kind of impact that will have on him as he grows up. *I* thought it was a good point but he probably won't.

Sorry this has been so long!
Leigh

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What good would one lifetime be? Give me plenty and make me strong and wise and true through them. Life is meant for learning and the Earth is my playground...though my soul is never far from Home.

[This message has been edited by LeighJarvis (edited 06-08-2000).]
 
Leigh Jarvis,
I hit the floor when I read your post, My son as your has talked about a past life, My son is 4 yrs old now and has like your son a mild eating disorder, Like your son, My son has a friend that he playes with and he very happy playing with, he talks to him and he said his name Is Tristan (my Sons name is Tristan) But anyway my son told me that this man Tristan is him and he is the man( from a past life) I was wondering if you know if your son thinks that was him? and if you believe that your past life person can follow you to your next life? as your son my sons 'Tristan left' and my son told me he would come back as a baby, well I am 9 weeks pregnant, my son told me I was pregnant with his Tristan ,and Iam worried about this......Please let me know what you think , thank you donna

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Thank you :)
 
Hi Donna,

Leigh hasn't been around for a while. But I just e-mailed her to see if she'd come back!

Sunday
 
Dear Leigh,

When I read about Ghost Willy, I pictured
him as something of a Guardian Angel, helping
your son to adjust.

Perhaps he was and if so, he did a good job.
Your son was ready for his departure and
matter-of-fact about it.

Kat
 
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