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Death did not end my life
They said, "He's dead," and they were pounding on my chest and everything.
At 17, I joined the Navy. About four or five years later, while I was on a destroyer, I had an appendicitis attack. There was no doctor on board—just the corpsman. And so they sent me to an oiler, another ship that was traveling with us and that had a young doctor.
He said, "You've got appendicitis, and we're going to operate." He proceeded to give me a spinal injection, which was supposed to keep me from feeling the pain of the operation. But when he drew a line where he was going to make the incision, I said, "I felt that."
"No, you didn't, you can't feel it," he said, and went ahead with the operation.
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July 2, 2001 issue
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Life with no boundaries
Bill Dawley
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YOUR LETTERS
with contributions from Wendy Mades, Suzanne Connolly, Ron Walker, Walt Stockman
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items of interest
with contributions from Lynn Rosellini, Frank York, John J. Thompson
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Death did not end my life
By Howard Johnson
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GRIEF: BLOCKED OR DISSOLVED?
J. Thomas Black
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Real life is never lost
By Nate Talbot
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DON'T GO THERE
Kay Olson
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Rock of Ages-new help from an old hymn
By Gay Bryant
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DEAR DAD
Jewel
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A WAY TO HELP
Joy Booth
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FOUND: A LIFE WORTH LIVING
Donald Shipman
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WE ARE THE SONG
Lisa Troseth
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Applesauce prayer
By Gwendolyn Joy Forest
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The big bad boss
By Karla Vallance
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A new way of living found
Pamela D. McKean
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The power of the Bible
Alma Chico Green
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Prayer in the face of accidents
Ana Maria Duret
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Divine Love restores the body
Rob Gilbert