The American lady adopted two babies from Chinese orphanages in Shanghai, before the Chinese baby market collapsed. “There were hundreds of babies lined up in a room the size of a football pitch. Ours cried non-stop for attention. She’s now 11, with ADHD, and Oppositional Defiance Disorder. She argues about everything,” she said.
“Like what?” I asked.
“Like saying how President Reagan was shoved to the ground instead of being smothered. My daughter wasn’t even born, but said she saw it happen.”
“Maybe she has ODD,” I replied. “Or maybe she did see things before she was born.” I explained how Teadora saw her mother before birth. “Maybe you could ask what else your daughter remembers, and look from her perspective?”
“Oh no, I couldn’t look at things from her perspective like that,” she replied. “I’d be frightened.” She turned away and switched on her tablet.
I turned to the young Chinese lady, Emily Xiao on my right, a sweetly smiling and giggling accountant. Emily said she felt God’s love inside her, and wanted to help others, and find God’s love in others. So she trained as a social worker. But other social workers weren’t as nice as she’d expected. So she re-trained as an accountant. No horrid people to cope with, huh? Typical angelic soul who feels God’s love within, and reacts against people when they’re not loving enough.
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A pretty young Moslem Somali lady sat next to me on the flight from Minneapolis to London. She wore a patterned headscarf and henna hands, a stunning smile, and a 5-months’ pregnancy. Her hands were henna designed specially for her accountant husband in London, who she hadn’t seen for 2 months while she visited Minneapolis relatives. Henna wears off after about two weeks - perhaps a better idea than tattoos?
“My name’s Ifrah,” she smiled. “It means happiness.”
“Nice to see someone living their name,” I said.
We discussed Moslem faith and belief in angels. “Lots of verses in the Koran say what angels do," she said. "Angels communicate between God and Prophet Mohammed. Also, one angel writes our good deeds so we go to Paradise. Another angel writes our bad deeds, when we might get punished and have another life. Then after death, everything in this life is presented to us for a lesson.”
“Did you have a previous life?” I asked.
“No,” she smiled sweetly. “I came direct from God.” She rubbed her tummy.
“Maybe your baby has happy memories of being with God,” I said. I explained about Teadora last night.
Ifrah was intrigued, and read this blog post in draft. “That’s amazing,” she said. “There’s so much we don’t know.”
“Yes, and perhaps your child will tell you more one day!”
Ifrah simply looked at her tummy, rubbed it, and smiled.
She'll not get frightened about mystical matters her child may know more about than her...