Alicia 🍉 LadyTaphos

An updated shot for one of the earliest stones I shared here on the clock app. I scrubbed this one all the way back in March 2021. I think I used it for a cleaning tutorial. I remember because there just wasn't much of anything to scrape off. Fannie Chamberlin Brown and her husband Lyman had three children and were residents of Massachusetts. Their daughter married a native of Bedford, Virginia, and this is how Fannie ended up buried there instead of in Massachusetts next to her husband, who had passed more than 30 years before. #creatorsearchinsights #cleaning #beforeandafter #gravestonecleaning #transformation

I'm bored today. Felt like plucking a nerve lol. So here I am showing off wrong information at the visitor center in Smith Mountain Lake State Park. It's been over 5 YEARS since I first contacted them about fixing this. I am super disappointed that absolutely no effort has been made to correct it because it is easily proven wrong. #speakup #honesthistory #tellthetruth #virginia #genealogy #history

Alas how changed the lovely flower Which bloomed and cheered our heart Fair fleeting comforts of an hour How soon we’re called to part #creatorsearchinsights #cemetery #graveyard #gravestonecleaning #asmr #beforeandafter

I headed out to the cemetery early this morning while the lighting was good. There was a lady there walking around with her grandbaby. We had a nice conversation, and I realized pretty quickly that she had been a teacher at my elementary school. I think she taught one of my sisters. Small town life. She showed me the condition of this marker that belongs to one of her family members, thinking it would be a challenge to restore. It was completely covered in lichen and unreadable. After she left, you know I had to take a few minutes to clean it up! Aside from a little iron staining, I think it looks much much better now. Rest in peace little Maurice. #gravestonecleaning #beforeandafter #transformation

Little Jewell succumbed to diptheria. #creatorsearchinsights #asmr #gravestonecleaning #cemetery #beforeandafter #cleaning #transformation

I have been super in my feelings lately. Lost in my thoughts. Reflecting on who I am and how I got here. This video kept replaying in my mind. Preserving the memory of my aunt Hattie was so important to my granddad. He even saved her grade school report cards, hoping he could give them to her descendants someday. I can't help but think about how much he would have loved to be a part of this whole experience with me. Seeing Aunt Hattie's picture broadcast on GMA would have made him so emotional. But he didn't get the chance. My sweet granddad passed away on January 24, 2020. On October 3, 2020, the cemetery where Hattie is buried was the location for the Virginia stop on the first 48 State Tour. I met Jonathan Appell for the very first time that day. Inspired by him and his workshop, just a couple weeks later, I shared a sloppily recorded video on here and went mega viral in a matter of hours. I think it was only the third video I posted. Things sure were different on here back then, right? October 3, 2020 also happened to be my granddad's birthday, and it was the first one of my life that he was not here with me. I had absolutely nothing to do with the date selection, and when I was informed, I couldn't believe it. I don't believe in coincidences. I was deeply convinced it was a sign from my granddad. Maybe it was. And less than a year later, I was free from a toxic relationship, and Jonathan and I had fallen crazy in love with each other. He swept me off my feet and redefined for me what love is. Love heals everything. If it hurts, it isn't love. Anyway, I don't know why I'm writing this here other than it being on my mind. It seems I just can't keep locking things away inside my mind anymore, even silly stuff that doesn't really matter to anyone but me. So there it is. And you know what? I already feel better for doing it. Thank you for sending him and the whole world to me, Granddad. That day changed my life. I love and miss you always.

I love this one, but I'm wondering if I should have waited a little longer to share for those last little shadows to fade away. Oh well, I'm too eager. Thomas's young life was cut short by flux, known today as dysentery. His parents seem to have had only one other child, a daughter named Sarah born in 1831. Thomas wasn't born until 18 years later, with no siblings in between. Right or wrong, my imagination runs wild in these scenarios. I can't help but wonder what the circumstances were that led to such an age gap between brother and sister. What do y'all think? #gravestonecleaning #beforeandafter #transformation #cleaning #cemetery

Jennie Matthews has been a huge challenge to research! Does anyone want to give it a go? I will say, it seems she might have been born in Buckingham County, Virginia, where there is a catastrophic loss of records. I keep digging for an obituary, but no luck yet. I believe her maiden name was Monroe. She also could have gone by Jennie instead of Jane. She married Thomas Matthews, and they had at least one son, James. #gravestonecleaning #asmr #clean #transformation #beforeandafter

Replying to @camjam543 Thank you for your kindness.

I just wanted to share a beautiful transformation with you. Hope you like it. #gravestonecleaning #beforeandafter

I cleaned Lucy's stone three years ago, and I forgot to share it with you. It looks amazing now. 😍 A descendant of the founder of Ijamsville, Maryland, Lucy and her husband Paul only had one son, Paul Townley Bradley. He passed away in 1950 and was the last of their line. #gravestonecleaning #beforeandafter #transformation

Per her obituary, Caroline Gills was very healthful and never sick. She was "just worn out." Three daughters and four sons survived her. One daughter, Emma Johnson, would tragically take her own life five years later. #gravestonecleaning #beforeandafter #transformation

I scrubbed this one exactly a year ago today! It looks amazing!! 😍 Martha Tate Mitchell didn't marry until 41, and she had no children of her own. Imagine my excitement when I connected her to my family tree! She is my 2nd cousin 5 times removed. Her grandmother is my aunt. That makes me wonder, should I do a video on cousins and cousins removed? #gravestonecleaning #cleaningtok #asmr #transformation #beforeandafter

Another quiet clean with AMAZING results! I love it!! John Clifton James was married to Susan Fitzpatrick for 14 years, but they never had children. Local newspaper reports indicate he was often ill and bedridden before he ultimately succumbed to cirrhosis and cancer. #gravestonecleaning #beforeandafter #asmr #cleaning #cemetery #transformation

Artie Plymale Miller. How my heart hurts for you, sweet girl. Married at 18 to a 51 year old man and in the ground only two years later. No children, though you were barely more than a child yourself. I can't find the cause of your passing, but I tried my best to honor your life. #gravestonecleaning #beforeandafter #cleaning #cemetery #transformation

Adline's gravesite stirs up many different thoughts and feelings each time I visit her. There are countless unmarked burials in Fairmont Cemetery, but I can't help thinking she seems a little lonely down there all by herself. #gravestonecleaning #cemetery #asmr #transformation #beforeafter #creatorsearchinsights

I always enjoy a good urban legend, and there were tons in this place! I am always finding footage from the tour and other things to share. I should do that more often, huh? Also, side note...Mittie and I both have an Atlas Obscura article written about us. I loved that interview. Anyway. Random thought. #cemetery #gravestone #monument #story #48statetour #mississippi

I've spent over three years patiently waiting to share this one with you. What do you think? It's been so long since I scrubbed it, I didn't even recognize myself when I was editing the video clips. It's crazy how much life has changed in the time I've been waiting for this stone to get clean. Lucy was never married and had no children. She was named after her grandmother. #gravestonecleaning #asmr #beforeandafter #transformation #cemetery

It seems I have a lot of these to share, and I'm finding the fun in creating again. I hope you don't mind. I do prefer the quiet shorter videos. They have always felt more therapeutic to me. Lillian and her husband George rest in Fairmont Cemetery in Bedford, Virginia. They had three daughters, but only one had children of her own. Maybe some of her descendants might see this video? Lillian's stone cleaned up beautifully, and I am grateful to the town for giving me the opportunity to care for it. #gravestonecleaning #beforeandafter #transformation