I did read the book and thought it was fascinating. I have always believed in reincarnation and I really feel like I experienced first hand with my daughter.
My daughter was also very verbal from an early age. Started talking in almost full sentences when she was 1. When she was 3 we were playing with her Elmo stuffed animal and she said that Red used to be her favorite color. I asked her when that was because she always said Pink was her favorite. She said, "you know, before I picked you and Daddy to come to". I asked her when that was, was it when she was a mermaid? (at this point I thought we were just playing around- she was always pretending she had another life before us- was a mermaid, a fairy, etc.) She said, "no mommy, in my real old life. I used to love red because the nurses at the hospital would cut me out red paper hearts and hang them by my bed and my sisters always brought me red roses when they came to visit me- plus, brian would would make me Red Velvet Cake every year on my birthday and our anniversary." She then sighed and started playing with another toy.
I just looked at her in amazement and couldn't believe what I was hearing. I knew she had no knowledge of a hospital, she had never been in one except for her birth. We didn't know a single person named Brian, and she had never tasted or even heard of Red Velvet cake before. I had to call my husband at work and tell him what happened.
He came home that night and asked her if she wanted to help him make Red Velvet cake for dessert. She said no, because Red Velvet was special and was only to be served on birthdays and anniversarys.
She had a few other episodes that were equally strange and facsinating at the same time. She is now almost 7 and I ask her every once and awhile if she remembers that conversation and she says no. I truly believe she is a reincarnated spirit- I just wish I could figure out who it was.
