I Stumbled Upon a Headstone in the Woods and Saw My Childhood Photo on It – I Was Shocked When I Learned the Truth

It was my birthday.

Lily reached for my arm. In my shock, I hadn’t realized how close she’d gotten. Her voice was quiet but firm.

“Travis, please.

This is too strange. I don’t know what this is, but I want to go home. Come, Ryan,” she said, holding her hand out for Ryan.

“No. Wait!

Just a minute, please, Lily,” I said, shaking my head once. “I just want to… see.”

I knelt down and touched the edge of the ceramic frame.

It was cold. For a second, everything around me dulled. I felt something shift inside me — not just panic exactly, but something deeper.

It was like…

recognition I wasn’t ready for.

That night, after Ryan was asleep, I sat at the kitchen table with the photo pulled up on my phone.

“What on earth is going on here?” I muttered. “I don’t understand. That is me, there’s no doubt.

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