Forgive me if I ask a question thats been asked often...But, is it possible, or rather likely, that my child was once my grandmother?
The day she was born I remember looking into her eyes and thinking I knew her before..She didn't come into the world screaming, she simply looked at me with the squinted eyes of a newborn as if checking me out..Like she wanted to see where she had "landed"..I assume she was content with the results because she never once cried, she simply fell asleep in my arms... The next 9 years have been very different from that day.
Over the years she has become more and more like my grandma.. As a small child (12-18 months) she would "grunt" when pulled away from a task or told no..My grandmother was a "grunter" (my daughter still is)...She had (still has) a horrible temper when denied the chance of having things her way (like grandma)..One day when she was about 2, and I had had a horrid day of dealing with her temper, I said (under my breath mind you) "Can it little Hazel" (Hazel was my grandmothers name) and she turned to look at me with fire in her eyes as if saying "I am Hazel and I won't!" I won't lie, the look she gave me sent chills down my spine..I was seeing my grandmother and her temper in that stare.
As the years have passed shes become just like my grandmother..Allergies, food likes and dislikes, poor vision and glasses..She looks like her, talks like her, acts like her and knows her yet had never met her.. Grandma had been "gone" for over 4 years before she was born.
My father, who will tell you that reincarnation is a bunch of crap, has said on more then one occassion "It's like living with your grandmother all over again" ..He sees his own mother in my child...I have had unrelated family members (as in, on my moms side) say "Hows Hazel doing?"...Anyone who knew my grandmother sees her in my child...
This grunting, cheeto eating, puff's tissue using, half blind, bad tempered, wonderful little girl..Sheesh, I was just thinking, she even pushes her glasses up just like grandma did, with her middle finger!
What are the chances?
Moonwick
The day she was born I remember looking into her eyes and thinking I knew her before..She didn't come into the world screaming, she simply looked at me with the squinted eyes of a newborn as if checking me out..Like she wanted to see where she had "landed"..I assume she was content with the results because she never once cried, she simply fell asleep in my arms... The next 9 years have been very different from that day.
Over the years she has become more and more like my grandma.. As a small child (12-18 months) she would "grunt" when pulled away from a task or told no..My grandmother was a "grunter" (my daughter still is)...She had (still has) a horrible temper when denied the chance of having things her way (like grandma)..One day when she was about 2, and I had had a horrid day of dealing with her temper, I said (under my breath mind you) "Can it little Hazel" (Hazel was my grandmothers name) and she turned to look at me with fire in her eyes as if saying "I am Hazel and I won't!" I won't lie, the look she gave me sent chills down my spine..I was seeing my grandmother and her temper in that stare.
As the years have passed shes become just like my grandmother..Allergies, food likes and dislikes, poor vision and glasses..She looks like her, talks like her, acts like her and knows her yet had never met her.. Grandma had been "gone" for over 4 years before she was born.
My father, who will tell you that reincarnation is a bunch of crap, has said on more then one occassion "It's like living with your grandmother all over again" ..He sees his own mother in my child...I have had unrelated family members (as in, on my moms side) say "Hows Hazel doing?"...Anyone who knew my grandmother sees her in my child...
This grunting, cheeto eating, puff's tissue using, half blind, bad tempered, wonderful little girl..Sheesh, I was just thinking, she even pushes her glasses up just like grandma did, with her middle finger!
What are the chances?
Moonwick