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A Question

by Linda J. Austin

I received an email asking what I thought about the grim reaper - was this really the person who took us away at the time of death - a faceless person in a black robe carrying a scythe? I don't think so. It has been my experience working with dying people that deceased family members welcome the soul. What happens after that I don't know.

My wedding plans are practically ruined!!

by Paul V Johnson

I am a 27-year-old graduate student who is engaged to be married in four months. We just found out that my fiance's mother has pancreatic cancer and has been given only three to five months to live (because she has had breast cancer for four years and also has a tumor on her kidney).