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If I Had My Life To Live Over...
Erma Bombeck was an American writer and humorist who wrote more than 4,000 newspaper columns and had a following of more than 30 million readers in the United States and Canada. She also published over a dozen books many of which became best sellers. Erma died in 1996 at the age of 69 after a battle with cancer and kidney disease. She was buried in her family's plot in the Woodland[...]
Regrets of the Dying for the Living
Bronnie Ware is an Australian nurse who has worked in palliative care for years spending her time caring for those people who know their time on this Earth is coming to an end. Bronnie plays an integral part in the last few weeks of people's lives and they often share many intimate times with Bronnie. She noticed through her personal discussions with them that certain patterns emerged[...]
Mitsuo Aoki Lived His Own Dying Twice
Mitsuo Aoki died for the first time in 1960 when the car he was a passenger in hit a telephone pole and his body was thrown from the car. Aoki remembered with vivid detail looking down at his lifeless body and hearing the firefighter on the scene pronounce him dead. Hearing this he said, "No, I'm not dead!" and then miraculously found himself back in his body. From that day forward Aoki[...]
A Mystery of Eternal Love
Over 50,000 flowers have been placed on the grave of a young girl who died almost 145 years ago in Freiburg, Germany. Who places them there, no one knows. Every morning, under summer's sun and winter's snow, a fresh flower has been placed on the grave of Caroline Christine Walter.Caroline Walter and her beloved older sister Selma moved to Freiburg to live with their grandmother after[...]
Shrouded in Mystery
The Shroud of Turin is a linen cloth that bears an image that is generally believed to be that of Jesus Christ. It's name is derived from the fact that it has been kept in the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist in Turin, Italy for more than 600 years. The Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke all state that Jesus Christ was wrapped in a linen cloth before he was placed in a tomb after his[...]
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