to live and die
During a trip to Singapore, I was fascinated by the variety of cemeteries found there. One featured aboveground crypts with openings at the bottom. When I asked why the holes were there, my host explained that it was due to religious beliefs. The families of the deceased believe that the openings allow the spirits of the dead to move freely…
love & hell
On an American ship, navy personnel crowded around their chaplain and asked him, "Do you believe in hell?" He replied, "I do not." The crew members quietly took in his response and fired this shot across the bow: "Well then, will you please resign? If there's no hell, we don't need you . . . and if there's a hell,…
final reunion
We giggled over crushes, passed volumes of notes during study hall, and once we even braided our hair together! Silly—I know—but our friendship was famous in the halls of our high school. After graduation, we moved hundreds of miles apart. Eventually she got married; I stayed single. The letters and phone calls slowed until they stopped completely.
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