After dinner conversation last Sunday with my Dad, stepmother and stepsister was very interesting. My stepmother could not relate to us - from lack of experience or doubt or whatever.
Anyway, my parents are serious history geeks (something they passed along totheir kids) and Dad shared several stories about being at various battlefield/historic locations in the US and England and having experienced something he could not call "visions" - well here's a brief paraphrase: He was at Appomattox Courthouse, standing in the road that in April 1865 was lined on both sides by Union troops while the Confederate troops marched up the centre to surrender their weapons. Dad said this feeling like electricity shot through his feet and up his body, then he could "hear" the drums, the marching troops, the horses, someone saying "here they come", etc. He said it was all so familiar and he felt as though he had seen this all before.
Mom knew about this and saw it happen to him. Once they were somewhere (Tappan, NY I think) and Dad was taking a photo but froze and just stood there with the camera. Mom asked him if he was going to take the photo and his told he he couldn't just then. She asked him "Is it happening?" and he told her it was.
Pretty cool stuff. I'll post about my stepsister later - I need to get ready for work now.
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