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OT Cora Caroline Schindel 1912-2006
11 Jun 2006 18:06:23 -0700 rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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My grandmother passed away this week. On Wednesday night, she was
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tired and felt ill, and had spent the week worrying that she was starting to lose her mind (her heart could no longer give her brain adequate oxygen, and it made her forgetful and confused--in moments of clarity, she was angry and/or ashamed). She said she didn't want to keep on living like that, and crossed over in her sleep that night. Monique Y. Mudama...
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As I was completely unable to find it anywhere on the web, I have reproduced the lyrics of the song I play/sing at personal memorial rituals. Kreisleriana...
* The Near Dearly Departed by Rawlins Cross polonca12000...
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In a world of changes we live and so The tide will turn and the cold winds blow Friends and lovers that we've come to know So swiftly have departed But I live to learn, this much is true The days we have are a precious few And we all become the things we do I will not be downhearted Changes come, and change has come again With the rising sun, and the passing of a friend Through the wiles of nature and the hand of fate We finish what we started You take your chances and you leave behind The near dearly departed World of wonders on a silver screen On a starry night in a childhood dream No use dwelling on what might have been Or otherwise pretending Cling as a victim of circumstance On a wayward trek in a loner's trance You can't give living a second glance Waiting for the ending Changes come, and change has come again With the rising sun, and the passing of a friend We live the mystery right to the end To see if we've been outsmarted Or if hope lies waiting on the other side For the near dearly departed The near dearly departed Sam...
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