Do You Have Any Daughters?
It's a really beautiful night here, cool enough to take a long walk with Macy. So, that is just what I did. Midway through our walk we came upon 2 lovely little girls, they saw me and Macy from across the street and they waited to see if I was going to walk their way so I did. At first one of the little girls approached cautiously, she asked if Macy was a Pit, I explained no she wasn't and that while she seemed excited she would not bite her. She was still cautious, but curious about Macy, she pat Macy's head and then...
Out of nowhere, she asked me "Do you have any daughters?"
Wow, I thought to myself, this is one intuitive little girl, or this is just a very strange coincedence. I was wearing no evidence of Birdie, I often don't wear my Birdie jewelery when I excercise. Anyways, I replied to her gently, taking into account her young age (10 or 11 yrs old I guessed). I said, yes, I have a daughter and she is not with us here, then I sort of clumsily said she is up there (pointing to the sky). Then she asked, "How old is she" I said, she would be one and a half. Then she asked "Your going to have a baby?", yes I said, I am. She continued to look upon me with curiousity, I didn't want to make her feel uncomfortable so I just said to both the girls, well have a good night, Bye.
They both responded with a nice goodbye. They were so sweet.
Then, I got not even a yard away and the one girl yelled gently, "Wait! What did you say about your daughter?" So, I said, well...when she was born she did not make it, her spirit flew away up into the universe. She said, "Oh, so you don't like to talk about it?" Oh no, I said. We talk about her all the time, I don't mind at all...thank you for asking, it's really nice that you did.
Then I don't really remember what happened, she smiled and turned away...I think she said something like thank you, in response to my telling her I thought it was nice she asked me what she did.
How strange though, a girl I have never seen before out of the blue asking me if I have any daughters? Maybe the dream I had last week about giving birth to this baby is a peek into the future? Yes, I had a dream that I gave birth to this child (a screaming, breathing beautiful live baby!), and upon a closer look, we discovered the child was a girl!
7 comments:
What a beautiful exchange. Such intuition, such power, children.
Children sometimes know just what to ask. Adults try to shush them, thinking the questions are too prying or embarrassing, but children know that sometimes those are the questions that are most important to ask. Looking forward with great joy to you meeting your Bunny.
I completely agree with what the others have said. Children often have an intuition and a directness that adults completely lack.
"animals and children tell the truth they never lie."
Gotta love little girls.
My mom told me that when I was 3, I went to my aunt and said "I'm sorry your baby died." Apparently it meant a lot to her to have somebody not shy away from such an emotional thing.
Now that I am grown up, I too try to not bring up anything that might be painful to another person. It's hard to know what to say.
It may be a girl. It may be a boy. Either way it's going to have the screaming, breathing part down.
Love the pic from 32 weeks!
kids are so beautifully refreshing in their brutal honesty. i have had so many interactions with kids similar to this one because of being at a school when charlotte died. it's a beautiful thing. i am so waiting to see you and talk to you SOON
xox
carol
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