Hi everyone,
Lexi is my grandaugter who is three years old and wise beyond her years. I sense a very old soul in this little girl sometimes.
Well, Lexi is sensitive as I am and her father also.
Since February 24 of this year, she has been having almost daily conversations with my late father. She's freaked her mommy out a few times when Lexi would tell her a story great grandpa had told her only to call me and I verified it. So poor mommy is just getting used to this and reading about Lexi's gift.
The morning my mother died, I hadn't called anyone yet. When you lose someone its not the first thing you do, I had to sit for a bit and calm down. Mom died at 5:30 am and I didn't start calling anyone until a decent hour anyways. And I knew Bobby and Holley got up around 6am. Holley told me that at a bit after 5:30 Lexi walked in their bedroom and woke them up and said Grandma Maxey said to say goodbye. Not alot later I called to say gramma had passed on.
And I am so proud of Holley for trying to understand this gift and not try to take it away from Lexi.
So, another reason I am posting this is Lexi seems to be very strong in her abilities and I would like to find her mom some books to read. Holley has looked online, but she's found nothing about parents understanding a child with a special gift and she thought maybe someone here had in idea? Holley wants to encourage her and not have her hide anything and be supportive.
We have all seen in the family, my other grandaughter Gabby's parents about dragging her to a shrink until I told her just to talk to me they don't understand.
So, I thought maybe someone else has been in this situation. With my son I handled it with him and so did my mom. I am not with Lexi all the time to help her understand and she is starting to get to the age of needing an explanation for why she see's and hears things other people don't.
I did get Gabby on the kids site for this and she really enjoys it, but Lexi can't read yet?
Holley is scared she will do something to make Lexi think its bad. Holley really does her best to hide her shock and understand.
So, this is rambling, but Holley does visit the site and reads. She is a bit hesitant to join she says she isn't gifted and I told her we could all use a nurse! (she's an rn) LOL But she visits and reads so I will just leave this for her and if anyone can help her, we'd much appreicate it.
Love you all!
Piggerita
P.S. If ya' want encourage Holley to join us? I keep telling her she doesn't have to see ghosts to be part of our family? XO

Peg, check Sylvia Brownes site.

Her grand daughter is very gifted and so is her son. Seems to me I saw that one of them had a book on such as this. Can't hurt to look.

hugs lass,

Here's a link for a ghost story book ages 0-4

http://www.hedgehogbooks.com/cgi-local/cart/show.cgi?ISBN=0689808720[/URL]
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& this 1's from Amazon, it looked like it would be helpfull to the parent of such a child.
-On this link you can look at the table of contents & index by scrolling down & clicking next page.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/1561703907/ref=sib_dp_pt/104-1821079-2835104#reader-link[/URL]

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Link to-Conversations With the Other Side
by Francine, Sylvia Browne/Book Description
This book is designed to probe more deeply into the big questions we all want answered. Readers familiar with her other books will find a broader and more satisfying understanding of her theology.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/156170718X/ref=pd_ecc_rvi_f/104-1821079-2835104[/URL]

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Hope these get you started, I think it's wonderful to encourage her, good luck! (((hugs)))

[ November 26, 2003, 01:44 AM: Message edited by: hallowseve ]

Peg, I think that is so wonderful of Holly to nurture this gift. With that attitude, it would be very hard for her to mess anything up. Even if she expresses initial shock or surprise it is the prevailing attitude that would stay with Lexi.

Holly, I hope you join SK, you would be very welcome. =)

[ November 26, 2003, 06:20 AM: Message edited by: Jeannie ]

Tell Holley that not everyone on the board is real sensitive or have these “in your face” experiences. SpiritKeep is such a well rounded board that we can always use another opinion and especially her medical expertise.

I was always curious but I’d never had an experience of my own. I used to read ghost stories to the kids when they were little but I chose the books that were recounts of true stories and hopefully relayed how the families involved dealt with their experience – this actually kept them from being afraid of monsters under the bed.

One story that I came across involved a young boy that had just lost his parents in a tragedy and he was taken in by an older woman as a foster child. It was around Christmas time and poltergeist type activity started to take place. The older woman panicked and called on her son for help, he panicked and the child ended up being returned to the children’s home. The names of the people involved (except for the child) and the names of the towns mentioned were all familiar to me – these were people related to my Mother’s best childhood friend. These were supposedly strong people that were very involved in the church and I was furious that they’d give up on this child and weren’t able to deal with the situation. Luckily, Mom was planning a trip south to visit my grandparents so I copied the story and sent her on a mission to confirm the story and to give them a piece of my mind. I found that the story in the book ended too soon. Before the child was returned to the children’s home, the older lady also called her minister. By the time the child reached the children’s home, the minister was already there and was getting emergency care papers processed so the boy could at least spend Christmas with his family. It ended up that the minister raised the boy as his own and is now a happy adult.

This story also started me on the path of learning more about the supernatural. I learned that everyone is sensitive to some degree but most people rationalize the experiences they do have. Hearing your name called when no one is there, seeing a shadow in the corner of your eye, smelling grandma’s perfume, etc. is not always a trick of your imagination – opening your mind and paying attention tends to release any sensitivity you may have. Visiting a good board like SpiritKeep and reading books on the subject helps you understand.

Personally, my life hasn’t changed much – I smell my grandmother’s hand lotion from time to time, I understood why my cats went crazy for awhile after my father died (which eliminated any stress that might have been caused by crazy cats) and my intuition has improved a bit – but I did gain knowledge that I can pass on to others and I gained a great group of cyber friends.



[ November 26, 2003, 08:40 AM: Message edited by: Connie ]