When my mother died in my arms, I feel I witnessed her spirit leaving her body, so let’s just wait and see.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
You have to go to the end of the line.
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I don’t know, and I’m completely OK with not knowing.
I am so curious. We had my son christened because there may be a god but, equally, my partner is a science teacher, so I am also completely open to the possibility that nothing happens.
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