Reincarnation
Embedded in Kabbalism is the notion of the rebirth after death; certainly reincarnation is spread across most Indian religions and even in Buddhism there is the notion of the eternal – a stream of consciousness, a collective infinite thought that winds through us all. Tatjana believes my mom has returned though Tin, in the spirit of beauty. His natural beauty mirrors my mother’s, his headstrong defiance shades of her stubbornness, and his general good nature as attractive as her’s once was.
Naturally I fear associations of spirit because I fear the dark sides – the bloodline of addiction, the dangerous romantic vision, the cut off your nose to spite your face donkey-ism.
I truly believe my mom has been reincarnated into Heidi. When Heidi came to us there was something about her that reminded me of my mom. She’s blonde and gorgeous with her permanent black eyeliner applied so perfectly. She’s stubborn to the point of being ridiculous. She’s loyal beyond belief and most always good natured. She’s the strong one in her calmness much like my mother was in our family.
Tatjana is training Heidi to be a therapy dog and she keeps passing her rungs with flying colors. She’ll be visiting nursing homes cheering up those whose lives are mostly behind them where minutes count as years. Much like my mother devoted her life to service in the last two decades of her life. It is no coincidence Heidi will attend to the same patients my mother attended to at the New Orleans Home for the Incurables – if that is not reincarnation, then tell me what is?
