Tag: death
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A Picture of Heaven – Chapter 5
[In case you are joining our serial short story about grief a little late, here is a link to the beginning.] “Do you see all those stars,” the little girl asked? “There are more of them in heaven than sand on the beach. Know how I know?” I nodded that I didn’t and her dad…
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A Picture of Heaven – Chapter 4
When we were children, all of us remember “visiting” some favorite great grandpa, or grandma, or aunt or cousin… (The connections of the generations do keep getting closer, don’t they?) … and we had to file past an open coffin with a corpse, all the time thinking things like, ‘Grandpa never wore a suit,’ or…
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A Picture of Heaven – Chapter 3
As I looked about the church, I noticed a former love of my youth and recalled retreat from my initial impression. I looked forward with some hesitation to some later inevitable conversation between us. I thought of others about whom I had also been quite mistaken: some by positive first impression, others by discovery of…
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