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Leila

American  
[lee-luh, ley-] / ˈli lə, ˈleɪ- /

noun

  1. a female given name.


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Eighteen-month-old daughter, Leila, had died of scarlet fever a few years before.

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Leila’s spirit repeated her request for help, spelling out, “try to.”

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But when Sarah reached forward to help her baby daughter up, the circle was broken, and Leila disappeared.

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Leila and Frankie, the Taylors’ dead children, were the stars of these sessions.

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According to the adult spirits who cared for them, Leila and Frankie were happily growing up in Summerland just as they would have at home: “Your children live for you here and love you deeply.”

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