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An officer appeared and told us that we were already dead. We were already ghosts. As soon as you realize this, there is nothing to fear.

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They all knew he had cancer before the doctors gave the final verdict. His wife wept and his parents held him tightly. It was a dreadful time for all. Out in the hall his children looked on with fearful faces and shook their heads as he begged them inside with a…

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You Shine Brightest Under the Starlit Sky

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