“And so the fact is, when I sit down and think in the morning yard, and I think back to the childhood and what Jenny has done. There must be something, somewhere out there. My mother was with her, my mother is in her. I know that my mother, my mother did not rest until she knew that her family was (reunited).” “I find it difficult when people look upon it just as a (belief). As I don't actually believe in reincarnation, I have experienced it. I know that's how things happen.” Are (birth defects) somehow linked to tragedies from a past life? A (growing) number of past life researchers believe there is a direct correlation between the physical ailments we suffer in this life and (traumatic) events we experienced in a former life. Before he reached age two, Patricia Austrian knew that her son Edward was different from his six older (siblings). On rainy days at their home in Connecticut, Edward would cry (uncontrollably) and tell strange stories. As he (wept), Edward talked over and over about his shot and pointed to his neck. His parents did not understand what he was saying. “I just figured this is who my son is, and that’s it. Accept him for who he is.” Edward was a (sickly) child. He suffered from (chronic) sore throats and repeated bouts with tonsillitis. In 1988, when Edward was four, his father Donald, a doctor of (internal) medicine, took his son to a (specialist). Edward was diagnosed with a rare birth defect—a (cyst) on the thyroglossal duct in the front of the neck. If left untreated, the cyst could become (infected) and lead to death. It would have to be surgically removed. But first, the doctor wanted to (remove) the source of the infection—Edward's tonsils. A few weeks later, Edward was admitted to the hospital for a tonsillectomy. The (surgery) went smoothly and Edward awoke (announcing) that he would not need to have another. That evening, four-year-old Edward told his mother a (peculiar tale). He insisted that he had been an eighteen-year-old soldier named James, (trudging through) the mud on a dismal day in France. He didn't know what year, what war. Tired, cold and hungry, his arms ached from the weight of the gun he carried. Without warning, he heard a shot ring out from behind.
Vocabulary:
sore throats: pain in the throat due to inflammation of the fauces and pharynx
tonsillitis: Tonsillitis is a painful swelling of your tonsils caused by an infection.
cyst: a lump containing liquid that grows in your body or under your skin, and that sometimes needs to be removed thyroglossal
duct: 甲状腺舌管
tonsillectomy: the surgical removal of the tonsils
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