Old Soul

A attends a Co-op Preschool. If you are unfamiliar with this it is a preschool where you pay tuition, but it is generally a lower fee because you are required to help in the classroom, help clean the building, etc. We love it! 

Anyway, today was my co-op day. My son, A, took two hand puppets, a goat and a triceratops, that he had gotten at church yesterday to show to his teacher. Being the awesome person that she is, she said, "Well hey! Let's use those for circle time today!" And they did. The goat was the big billy goat gruff (as A had explained for her) and the dino was the troll. Awesome. 

At the end of school I was walking A to the bathroom and said, "You sure are lucky to have such a nice teacher to use your puppets for circle time today." To which he responded, "Yes. I am. I love Mrs. E because she has such a great imagination." 

When I shared our conversation with Mrs. E, she said, "Oh, please don't move away and take A! I just love him. He is such an Old Soul."

I then mentioned to her that he is similar to his Daddy, to which she responded, "Well, wherever he gets it, I think he was just born with an "old soul" because not many 4 year olds can be that sincere with a comment like that."

This conversation made me think . . . I believe that we were all spirit children of our Heavenly Father before we came to this earth and received our bodies. Therefore, it makes sense that our spirits (souls) are a very different age than our earthly body. We just don't know how long we lived as spirits with our Heavenly Father before we came to earth.  

Perhaps, A's spirit (soul) is much older than mine or my husbands . . . perhaps that is why we can learn so much from children. Some of their souls are just more experienced than ours.

I sure count myself lucky to mother an "old soul."