A member of our extended family went to be with the Lord not long ago. It was an unexpected but expected death, long in coming and full of pain and torture.
For me, it is Tennessee Williams who usually comes to mind when death calls. In several of his acclaimed works, he brilliantly declares wisdom on dying and funerals.
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