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KEELEY’S APRIL 30-DAY CHALLENGE
He Was Dying To Meet Me
Or had he already died?
Day Seven: Do you believe in reincarnation?
There’s little I know about death — other than it scares the willies out of me. I haven’t experienced the deaths of loved ones often, and while that’s left me feeling fortunate, it’s also left me unprepared to find comfort in it. I’ve only seen two deceased corpses, enough to last me a lifetime. My religion has brought me to believe that reincarnation doesn’t exist. However, I have never challenged the notion.
I am both a dreamer and a realist. Caught between what I wish for and what I believe makes me inquisitive, but I admit, I’d rather believe in spirits than that a person returns to life in an alternate state. I lost my friend last year, and I still can’t believe she’s gone. I can’t wrap my head around the fact I will never see her again. Her memory is still fresh, but while I wonder if she’s around watching me, I have no question about whether she’ll come back to life because I have no experience supporting it. And I need proof for it to exist, while others need faith.
I used to own a boxer. I loved that dog and was extremely sad when he passed due to cancer. Many years later, I was walking down the street in the same neighbourhood where we lived and saw an SUV…
