The beginning Part 2

A long and difficult journey to birth, and a questionable welcome

One month in, Don is all smiles, Helen still seems to be struggling

Regardless of how often Suzy has chosen to incarnate, she always underestimates the journey, and the vast differences she will encounter living on Earth. Breathing air once again is traumatic. It feels as if someone is pulling a pipe cleaner down one’s windpipe straight into the lungs, likely the reason most babies enter life crying. Suzy is no exception.

To little avail, God and the angels have debated this reality for millenniums, strategizing how to make re-entry easier for souls who have chosen to participate in God's work on Earth. The atmospheric differences are enormous and, to date, impossible to reconcile. But all agree, perhaps to soothe their own consciences,  that given the tremendous effort required in the human incarnation, the initial breath is nature's way of preparing the soul for the journey ahead. 

Thankfully, after that first breath, breathing becomes natural. The initial tears are typically soothed by human touch, which, after all, is the number one reason most souls return to the physical body. The human senses are hard to resist, especially when coupled with working to become an enlightened soul.

Within a minute or two of Suzy's first breath, she finds herself in the arms of a lovely woman who feels safe and warm. It has been a long and challenging journey to Earth. The woman bathes and swaddles Suzy, cooing to welcome her before she returns Suzy to Helen, who is instructing the doctor not to mention "baby" again.

Suzy wonders who baby is and why Helen seems unhappy with baby.

Slowly Suzy comes to understand that she is baby.

Knowing this assignment would be challenging, she allows Helen time to settle, telling herself that regardless of the rocky journey and less than warm welcome from Helen, she will find the light because that is what she has come for.

Suzy will allow for the transition and will work to win Helen over.

In contrast, Don wants to talk about nothing but the baby. He draws Suzy close, his crippled fingers softening around her tiny body. Suzy can feel instantly the pain that has ravaged his soul for far too long. His tears baptize Suzy as they spend their first moments together.

Within hours, Suzy understands that her reality will entail slightly more than she anticipated. But she's always enjoyed a challenge. She smiles inwardly since her lips cannot yet smile, remembering her favorite scene in Young Frankenstein.

 In the other world, time is not linear. Suzy enjoyed Young Frankenstein years before the movie was ever made on Earth. 

After deciding to enter the monster's chambers unaccompanied, Dr. Frederick Frankenstein instructs Frau Blūcher, Inga, and Igor to lock the door behind him after he enters and that under no circumstances should they open the door after he has entered, even if he asks them, even if he begs them. They follow his instructions locking the door behind him as he enters. Within minutes, he is pounding on the door, screaming to be let out.

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: 

Let me out. Let me out of here. Get me the hell out of here. 

[Turns to the Monster, then back to the door] 

What's the matter with you people? I WAS JOKING! Don't you know a joke when you hear one?

 [Sarcastically] HA HA HA! 

Begins pounding on the door; outside, Frau Blūcher stops Inga and Igor from trying to open the cell.

Jesus Christ, let me out of here! Open this goddamn door or I'll kick your rotten heads in! 

MOMMY!!!

Another thing Suzy adores about returning to earth is the humor that accompanies the human experience.

Until next week.

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