This is my post for #freewriters Thursday prompt open your coffin hosted by @mariannewest
The above photo is of a church graveyard. The graves are burnt because it and the church are straight across the street from the world trade center buildings. I was talking with one of the caretakers of the church and he told me that all of the buildings around the church had their windows broken. He said the fire made its way to the graveyard, but the church never caught fire and not a window was broken.
This Headstone is on St George Island in Jacksonville Fl.
I have never seen a Headstone with 12 people's names on it. It is sad that 3 of them were infants, and one was only 4 weeks old.
I wonder about the story behind it. Alvin Johnson was the first adult to pass on. This is what I think happened.
Alvin had 7 toes on one foot and this embarrassed him, he had a fear that one day someone would open his coffin and find out his secret, so he told his family that if they wanted some of his money, they all had to be buried with him. This way they will open your coffin, he said as he went to his grave with a happy heart.
photos are mine
