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As you can imagine, Mom,
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and certainly you too, dear Dad,
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our decision caused us
both heartache and headaches
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because even though we're sure
of what's best for us,
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it's something else entirely
to decide the fate
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of the one we love above all else.
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Perhaps you'll remember last Easter,
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when we all heard
that cantata at your church.
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It said:
"I rejoice at the thought of death."
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And Evi said afterwards:
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"Me too"...
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and you were so scared.
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We've talked about it
a lot since then
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and I know that death
doesn't scare Evi at all.
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Now that we've decided
to take her with us,
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we've talked about it again with her
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and it was both
beautiful and sad
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to realize
how easy it was for her
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to agree to stay with us.
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I think that, remembering
the life we led,
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it is easy
to accept the idea of an end.
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I beg you, don't be sad
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don't blame yourselves
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and don't take it as
any kind of criticism:
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What I'm telling you
is a simple observation
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that has nothing to do with you.