Dora, Star
Child??
"In late August of this year, I was scanning photos for a digital
album. I came upon a couple of odd photos from my grandmother's
collection. I was amazed at what was before me in these old
pictures! Immediately, I called Gran and played twenty questions
with her concerning the photos.
She told me that Dora, the baby being held in the pictures
(close-up above, full images below), was a special child unable to
walk, talk, and truly communicate in any form, but somehow they
always knew when she needed and or wanted anything.
She also stated that many times strange things happened in Dora's
presence, and it was as if she was using "her mind" telepathy to
get their attention; things would move without being touched and
she always had a glowing around her... an aura if you will.
She called her "a gift" but never told me if my great-grandmother
had given birth to her or if she was indeed a gift from above or
elsewhere. On the night of her death in the late 1920's, my
great-grandmother told everyone that Dora would be leaving them
soon, she had seen angels above her bed and they had come to take
her back home.
I am still in awe of these photographs and the feelings I have each
time I look at them. In the photos from top to bottom, left to
right... great-aunt Sally, great-grandmother Mary, Dora being held,
in the back-ground my great-grandfather John, and in the
fore-ground great-uncle Jake. Untouched upper left photograph,
retouched upper right photograph. Bottom, grandmother Annie,
great-grandmother Mary, Dora being held, great-aunt Billie."
Roger T.
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Clairfield, TN
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