Before I was me
Lisa Talbott
- Evan
- was
- born
- an
- 'old
- soul.'
- As
- a
- toddler,
- he
- would
- remark
- as
- being
- 'here
- before.'
- He
- never
- failed
- to
- amaze
- Sarah,
- his
- single
- mum,
- and
- Bill,
- his
- doting
- grandad
- at
- the
- stories
- he
- told
- of
- his
- past
- life
- as
- Eddie,
- a
- valiant
- soldier
- in
- the
- First
- World
- War,
- and
- then
- as
- the
- winner
- of
- the
- Tour
- de
- France
- in
- 1920,
- along
- with
- his
- cycling
- buddy,
- Jack
- Kowalski.Evan
- talked
- about
- being
- in
- Heaven
- with
- past
- relatives,
- including
- the
- grandmother
- he
- never
- met,
- and
- his
- unborn
- aunt,
- explaining
- the
- lessons
- of
- Heaven
- and
- how
- he
- came
- to
- be
- born
- again
- to
- his
- new
- mummy.As
- he
- grew
- in
- years,
- his
- stories
- became
- more
- lucid
- and
- he
- became
- more
- and
- more
- distressed
- at
- not
- being
- able
- to
- see
- previous
- family,
- especially
- his
- favourite
- sister,
- from
- decades
- ago.Sarah
- and
- Bill
- were
- determined
- to
- listen
- to
- him
- and
- help
- him
- live
- in
- the
- present
- whilst
- remaining
- steadfast
- he
- never
- forgets
- the
- memories
- of
- being
- the
- incredibly
- brave
- and
- talented
- man
- he
- had
- once
- been,
- before
- he
- was
- him.A
- simple
- case
- of
- a
- child's
- wild
- imagination,
- or
- is
- it
- a
- whole
- lot more?
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