I think it's common to question what you believe spiritually when you experience grief. I honestly believe we don't have all the answers, and as long as you're happy believing what you believe go for it. But reading this book I came across this passage, it's actually a quote from a mother they interviewed for the book. I love it.
"Part of what I believe is that we exist as a soul or whatever, as an entity, before we are a body. We decide how and when and to whom to be born and what kind of life to lead, which is not to say it's all predestined and cast in stone, because we make changes as we go, but that we have a purpose for being born, almost like something or some things we want to accomplish. And when those get accomplished, then we usually die. Some people accomplish these quickly and some people take a long time, and I had the sense that Stephanie had some particular things that she wanted to do in this lifetime and she had some things to help us learn and she had a reason for being here....She needed to know that she was loved, and she knew that the whole time I was pregnant and she knew that the five days she was here and that she wanted to share that love with us, and then she didn't need to stay around here any longer. I also had another sense about her-I have a real issue with letting go of all the way from trivial things to people and relationships, and I think one of the things she was here to teach me was how to let go."
From Empty Cradle, Broken Heart by Deborah L. Davis.
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