Divine Healing brought by babies. I was the happiest little girl in the world. As an adult, I grieved for my childhood in my dreams, until one amazing dream combined my past as a little girl with my newborn baby girl entering my life.
This post was originally written on April 10, 2012.
Happiest Little Girl in the World
That would be me, in the mid and early 1980’s. I had the best childhood any kid could ever ask for. There were no trips to Disney, no fancy summer camps, or anything like that. We just used our imaginations and created our own magic. From board games to hide and seek. And our treasure hunt bike trails and our dance routines, our club house….and so much more, we always had something fun going on.
But the main reason why my childhood was so wonderful and magical was because of the heaven-sent parents the Lord chose for my sisters and me. They did a wonderful job of shielding and protecting us from the many dangers that hunt so many children and rob them of their childhood. As we got older, of course, they had to slowly let us find our own way in this world, but they certainly laid a solid foundation for us.
I miss the innocence and magic of my childhood so much
So much actually, that years ago I started having these dreams where I am a little girl again. I am very happy and without a care in the world. I’m protected, stress-free, and oblivious to the many ills of the world. I’m playing and enjoying myself, and then suddenly in the dream, the realization comes that this sweet and innocent candy-coated world of mine will not last forever. In the dream I begin to realize the harshness and cruelty that awaits me when around age 11.
Things such as puberty, certain family members turning to drugs, the neighborhood becoming violent and beginning to deteriorate, my cousins and friends starting to take a faster and negative path in life, noticing and experiencing sexism and hatred against females, becoming more aware of racism etc. I could list many more things, but basically those are the things I woke up to once my dreamy, lovely childhood was over. It is almost like my entire world changed over night.
Besides those heavy things, things like Saturday morning cartoons, family-friendly and classy Black sitcoms, classy music and classy videos would also come to an end. Playing all the yard games, board games, dance routines, riding our bikes miles away from home, going on long walks away from home, etc would also be coming to an end as everyone grew up, found different interests, and the entertainment world changed for the worse.
So about 2 weeks ago, I had the dream again. I was in my childhood home, walking through the long brown hallway. I had my long ponytails, and was smiling and as happy as they come. Then it hit me that eventually I’m going to grow up. As in all of my dreams like this, I began crying hysterically in the dream and shouting over and over how much I do not want to grow up. I cry so hard in the dream that I can actually (physically, as in real life) feel the tears in my eyes and I can feel the lump in my throat as I sleep. I would wake up with actual tears in my eyes.
But this dream was very different!
In this dream, as I was crying, someone brought Megan to me. I don’t know who brought her to me, but it was a woman. In the dream, I was told that it’s time to stop crying and stop grieving for my childhood. The message was: now that I have Megan, I can use those same memories to create magical and wonderful childhood memories for Megan. She is my new magic, innocence, joy, and everything that my childhood represented; I can find it in Megan.
So actually, it’s not the end of my childhood. It’s actually a new beginning.
