If this was a movie, there would be an awfully spooky soundtrack.

In what may have been the eeriest Sixth Sense-type moment I've had in a while, my 3yo started talking to me while lying in bed, trying to fall asleep. "I'm sad...."

"Why?"

I'm sad because my sister died.... She told me she died and she's in Heaven. With all the other people who died--they're ghosts."

"Who?" I asked incredulously.

"My sister; she died before I was alive. I miss her. She was in your tummy before I was," she said. "She said her mother's name was Lisa. That's your name too."

I was sort of dumbfounded by the situation. Was she pretending? Making this up? Is a three year old even capable of creating a scenario like that? Does she have an imaginary friend, and if so, where did she come up with this dialogue? Was it something she saw in a book or movie? Should I be alarmed by this? Uhh...?

On the other hand, I also totally believe in the idea of spirits, ghosts, and energies. Aren't kids supposed to be more receptive to that type of thing? I think anything's possible. If she is communicating with past spirits, good for her. 

Taking the "I'm kind of curious as to what she'll say next" route, I asked if her sister was happy in Heaven, and when she said yes, I told her that if her sister isn't sad, then she has nothing to be sad about.

She was quiet. Then she asked me when I would be getting another baby in my belly. I told her I wasn't sure.

As I watched her lying in bed, she said the sweetest words my heart could ever hear, "I'll pray for you," then after a moment, "Mommy, let's pray together."

In so many amazing ways, she is a blessing to me in every sense of the word.