[potatote]

A great story. It's similar in a lot of ways to how people believe that Buddhas (according to Theravada Buddhism, many, many Buddhas live among us and almost all of us will become one) fulfill his path to enlightenment this way--reincarnation after another, absorbing all experiences along the way until he is ready to become the Enlightened one.

Disclaimer: I was born Buddhist, but no longer. But I still admire a few aspects of Theravada Buddhism.

[magicbuzz]

Agreed. And the story was well-written. It takes time for people to appreciate that their mother and father is them as well.