A bit odd, right? How could a 17 year old boy know how this person, who would be in his 50's by now, died to the exact second? Well I had a front row seat, essentially, or at least my soul did. I remember those 17 seconds down to a T. My soul belonged to the coach at the time, he had convinced himself that it was his fault, 14 days later he took his own life. Remembering the deaths has always been the rather bittersweet aspect of this whole thing. Especially the last one, my mother. The mother of my two sisters is my stepmom. Due to the unfortunate fact that I've never met my birthmother, I don't bother saying "step", she is a mother to me.
I'm not completely sure of this, but I have a theory that when a soul passes from one body to the next the two physical bodies are usually within 20 miles of each other. My situation was the most lucky I've heard of so far. March 15th, 1999, in a hospital in Norcross, Georgia. This hospital chimes a bell every time a baby is born there , and for every person that passes someone comes on the pa system and asks for a moment of silence. That day was the first and only day that one has been right after the other. She was in labor for 13 hours, and I still get nauseous at the fact that I put her through that. From the moment I was crowning to her soul passing to me was a total of 15 minutes and 32 seconds. She pushed and strained until she was screaming at the top of her lungs. I can almost feel the pain I caused her, I feel it in my bones and coursing through my veins. I used to blame myself until I realized we can't control this. I don't believe it's random, I think some higher power decides. I'm not sure it's this "God" person, but I won't deny it. Maybe it is and if God and heaven are real and I end up there then I'll feel like a huge twat, but I believe it's fate that decides each soul's path. My mother knew what was happening, she knew that her soul was going to become mine. It was a gut feeling, really. I never take a day of my life for granted because my mother gave hers for me to have mine.
AN/// I think I need to create a writing schedule bc I've been trying to crank out a chapter every day and it kinda feels like its quantity over quality right now so stay tuned~
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Old Souls
General Fiction"What happens to our being after we pass? Well, in this world, there is a fixed number of souls. One body to the next, no memories of the previous, with one exception. "
