GRAND SOUL: A conversation between a grandmother and her grandchild still in embryo form
"Hi lady!"
I looked around and there was no one. I was alone in the bedroom, had just put down my book for the night and was comfortably snuggled between the warm blankets when I heard the voice.
At first I thought it was something I'd heard in the wind outside or that my head buzzing from the flu was making me hear things, but there it was again.
"Hi Lady!"
This time I looked straight ahead at the wall in front of my bed and I thought I could discern a child, of about four years. Was it partly apparition and partly intuition? Both I think. It was neither boy nor girl, but it sure did sound like a little boy to me. I couldn't really tell. An Angel's wings surrounded it.
"Hi", I said back, happy there was no one else in the room to hear me.
"Who are you?" I asked.
"I'm your grandchild", it answered.
"Really?" I said, "Are you a boy or a girl?"
"I don't know" was the answer.
The Angel was smiling and the conversation went on.
"I'm happy you'll be my grandchild" said I, wanting to get more out of this little apparition.
"Me too", the tiny voice said.
"So you're the new soul in our family. Wow, this is great!"
"You're going to have a great mommy and daddy, do you know that?"
"I don't know" was the answer.
"How come?" I asked.
"Because I drank the water to forget."
I remembered reading that souls who are entering the earth must drink from the river of "forgetfulness" (metaphorically) before coming here.
"You drank there already?" I said.
"Yes, it's not too soon."
"Well, you're going to be a very clever child, I imagine".
"I don't know" was the answer again.
"Of course", I said, "having drunk the water and all…heh?"
"Uh uh"
"You're going to be loved a lot, you know," I added.
"I hope so", said the voice. "That's why I'm coming I think", and the child looked up at the smiling Angel for reassurance.
The Angel smiled at the child and back at me.
"How come you're allowed to remember that you're going to be loved here" I asked.
Again the child looked up at its protector, and again there were smiles all around.
"Because I'm allowed to tell you this", the tiny voice pealed out.
"Will you be smart in school do you think?"
"I don't know".
"Oh, of course, you don't know. I shouldn't have asked. "
"Well, I hope your parents think of a very good name for you." I said out of the blue.
I wanted this child to appear completely so I could see what gender it was, and to hug it. But I knew I'd have to wait. This conversation alone was a great gift from God. A very loving God who knew how much and how long I'd been yearning to make up for the typical errors and misdeeds of parenting and to bestow love and kindness to another human being.
Having had only one child, my training and testing periods were all done at the same time. I am proud of the finished product, my daughter. I had made mistakes as all parents do, and I felt now that I would be allowed to become a grandparent, I would be able to take the time allotted me to practice grand parenting with ease. Isn't this what all grandparents are for?
All this went on in my head when I heard the tiny voice again.
"Bye lady"
"Where are you going?" I asked anxiously. I didn't want this to end.
At this, the Angel put his arm around the child and they turned to go.
"Will I see you again?"
The child turned its head slightly and said, "I don't know."
"Oh but I want to. Will you come again?"
"I don't know"
There was that famous "I don't know" again.
The Angel, bent protectively towards the soul-child, turned to look at me, smiled, and both walked away into a fog I did not recognize. They walked into a blur of white light which smothered itself against the walls and ceiling of my room.
"I'll wait for you", I cried out. But it was too late. They were gone, and I didn't get to see who the child really was.
Of course the child didn't know the answers to my questions. After all, the reason it was coming here to earth was to learn. We're not expected to "know" these things before we're born and experience them.
We make a sacred agreement with our Creator that we will come on earth and practice free will and choice all the while trying to stay within our contract. That contract is revealed to us slowly as we grow spiritually within the earth context.
My physical grandchild was still in embryo form when we met and I had a conversation with its soul nine months before it would be born. I was certain now that it would be born healthy, happy and loved.
"Oh, I will love you", I promised. "I will love you so. Just you wait and see."
This story was donated for posting by Denise Morin.
Denise's Bio: I am a poet and writer of children's stories, having written three major ones with one series included, but not finished (for a series can go on and on). I am rather universal in my spiritual beliefs. I study and teach meditation, visualization and philosophies from different religious / belief arenas. I believe that soul growth occurs with knowledge and acceptance of others in this universe.
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