Family takes photo then dad sees a strange detail on vacation a family takes a photo and it’s only later that they notice what’s in the backdrop this young family took their first multi-day vacation excursion last year of course they’re the most memorable moments worth photographing they invited a passerby to snap some family shots including this typical
Vacation photo with mountains in the background when the family returned home and viewed the photographs they were taken aback it appeared to be an ordinary vacation photo at first sight but when they peered closer they couldn’t believe their eyes what was it that gave them the chills.
When they got hundreds of messages from relatives and friends the messages were all about a family photo that they’d shared on social media many in the community were drawn to the shots because of the setting they were taken aback when they read the comments at first i thought it was unusual that i was getting so many reactions for a basic holiday shot winona recalled however when i looked at the photo more
Closely i noticed it as well you may see something extremely remarkable when you get close to this family portrait to fully appreciate the significance of this photograph we must travel back in time a few years winona and her husband robert married when they were both still in their early twenties they decided to marry as soon as they graduated from high school winona belonged to a native american
Tribe that was still highly traditional according to robert they needed to marry as soon as possible in order to stay with her despite their youth this decision proved to be the most important of their lives when winona and robert married at the age of 18 they both moved in with the winona tribe robert on the other hand would not be accepted into the group without a struggle in a lot of disagreements with
The tribal kids but then something happened that would alter the course of his life for the rest of his life winona’s grandma came to see them after robert had lived with his wife’s clan for a few months winona had always described her as a wise old woman who commanded the respect of the entire tribe robert on the other hand was skeptical of the tribe’s beliefs and rituals he wasn’t convinced by winona’s
Grandmother’s exalted position she spoke and looked like any other grandmother lovely and elderly when he saw the old lady though he knew he had made a mistake she wasn’t an ordinary woman to say the least winona’s husband robert felt a surge of emotion run through his body when grandma katori’s son cradled her in his arms they exchanged glances for a brief moment and robert felt immediately
Linked to her he described the sensation as indescribable this extraordinary bond was also sensed by katori he slowly let go of his son’s arm and approached robert he got so near that he started to feel uneasy kotori laughed and placed her palm on his cheek don’t be afraid she replied emphatically my granddaughter has made a wise decision you have the spirit of an elderly person
She then left the room to rest with those words what robert didn’t realize at the time was that grandma katori’s presence would forever alter his relationship with the tribe robert was finally admitted into the tribe with this wise woman’s permission he was now a complete member of the tribe and the tribe’s youth were no longer bothering him within the commune winona and robert led
A basic but happy life mellie their beautiful daughter was born after they had been together for four years mellie resembled her grandmother in appearance and everyone adored her grandma katori told her all the tribe’s stories and taught her her ancestors customs the site of the two of them together was breathtaking but then after a few years fate intervened and abruptly altered everything
Grandma katori was in a bad way she on the other hand refused to see a doctor because she believed it was time for her to return to her ancestors her ancestors the tribe believed would always be there to protect her therefore she could never leave katori got her desire a few weeks later when she died peacefully in her sleep and was reunited with her ancestors the family however as well as the entire neighborhood were saddened
No one however was said and then melly she couldn’t envision her life without her grandmother because she was so close to her and her anguish persisted no matter how many times her parents assured her that grandma katori wasn’t quite gone her relatives didn’t know what else to do because her young daughter’s grief was so profound as a result they made the decision to take harsh measures
Now was the time for something to happen mellie would be taken on a journey around the world by the family to show her all that life had to offer they packed their belongings and braced themselves for a long voyage ahead their journey began in mexico where the family soaked up the culture and took advantage of the wonderful weather they then journeyed to europe starting in spain and exploring all of scandinavia’s mountains
The family posed for the holiday photo that sparked so much controversy in the community mellie felt his shiver travel down her spine just as the photo was being taken she jerked her head around but there was nothing there it was as if someone was breathing in her ear from behind her mom there’s a visitor the little girl began to wail inconsolably and crawled into her mother’s shoulders
Winona had a glance around as well but couldn’t find anyone she shook her head my dear it was simply the wind she explained to her daughter melly on the other hand was certain there was more to it she continued to sense the presence of something or someone during their track but she couldn’t put her finger on it when they arrived on their voyage though everything fell into place the family shared a variety of images on
Social media during their trip but just one shot in particular earned hundreds of likes when they returned home to their neighborhood they decided to revisit their social media accounts they didn’t pay much attention to their social media networks in addition to sharing images however they were taken aback when they read the comments on the photo of the scandinavian highlands winona summered her family who examined
The scene closely when mellie noticed the background she said grandma and certainly there appeared to be a figure in the photo’s backdrop mellie was persuaded that grandma katori had accompanied them on their journey despite the fact that it wasn’t entirely obvious even winona and robert couldn’t deny it they had sensed the presence as well and there was proof
Grandma katori remained with them and would always look after them those who live in the hearts of those they left behind are not dead as a native american proverb goes someone we adored has passed away it’s difficult to know where to start dying was viewed as an essential enormously important component of existence by religions it was supposed to happen at a time set by god or fate it wasn’t a humiliating
Or depressing conclusion rather it was a transformation the soul would continue its life in a different shape or in a different location those who perished had just passed away and continued to live in other places perhaps our souls will be reunited with theirs after we die death on the other hand cannot but come off as an insult in modernity it’s a fundamental affront to meritocracy progress technology and
Individuality it’s a failure of self-determination modernity has extended our lives but it’s also taken away the solace that religion used to provide as our lives come to an end here are some concepts to mull over in our minds to help us cope with our loss and tears death’s irrational nature death is both the strangest and the most ordinary event that might occur in one’s
Life atoms assembled in an unavoidable distinct sequence are now forever defused a beloved of infinitely complex consciousness the moment appears to be a rebuke to everything we are and hope for it runs against everything we desire in terms of stability and continuity but it was predetermined from the minute we were born
Nothing particularly horrible has occurred there was no other option and they knew that as well as we did death feels so unnatural but it’s a part of the contract of existence what has occurred is both an outrage and the fulfillment of a basic promise we all made at the time of our birth the oddity is that it’s life not death that’s the anomaly death is our one and only common fate the source of all our love and
Compassion we miss them terribly grief’s status we are and will continue to be under pressure to overcome what has occurred it will be advised that we move on that we put things in context that we comprehend what had to happen there isn’t any reason for this we’ll never be able to get over our loss in any straightforward sense we’ll never forget or naively recover and we don’t have to
Our unrelenting pain is merely the cost of having loved one day far in the future the memory of what happened will still be capable of striking us with full force as if we had only recently gotten the news we’ll never be able to put it completely behind us and we shouldn’t hope to death is not something we should ever want to be free of in this way love is eternal mourning does not have to come to a conclusion we
Can accept the fact that this loss will never be forgotten gratitude our cries would have an impact on them they’d be saddened by our melancholy they would want us to miss them but they would also wish that their memory would not be a source of misery they’d like us to remember that there was joy tenderness interest insight loyalty and moments of pure fun behind and before this sorrow
They’d like us to persevere they would not want us to believe that we couldn’t exist without them even if they were deeply moved by our current belief that we couldn’t ambivalence we can have a strong desire to speak highly of the dead we want to express our love and respect above all else however we can freely accept that the dead are no different from the living they were just like us charmingly
Imperfect and fascinatingly convoluted our relationship with them was complicated obviously it did there were disappointments and frustrations as well as misunderstandings that could not be resolved resentments and fears and tantalizing dreams that were never realized because this is the nature of all human loves our relationship with them was
Like this it’s not a denial of love because love necessitates proximity which is inherently complicated love reaches out to include the entirety of a person’s being which is a kaleidoscope of infinite variety ambivalence is a result of the most profound sort of love not a rejection of it love does not imply that someone is flawless rather it entails using a great deal of creativity and kindness in order.