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By Elsie K. Neufeld
Paperback by means of Elsie okay. Neufeld. On behalf of herself and all mourners, Elsie ok. Neufeld recollects her brother, stocks her tears, strives to forgive, and asks the place within the darkness God dances.
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Did God cause my brother's death? Or is God helping me face his death? This book had to be finished, primarily for me, I think. It was my audible grief. It was my goodbye to John, my farewell to a brother who will always be loved, always remembered. Now it's time to let go, to face life again, with eyes and ears and mouth and hands and mind and Page 16 feelings washed clean by the thousands of tears I have shed over the death of my brother John. On the first anniversary of John's death I placed a notice in our local newspaper.
Page 31 2 The Sting of Death February 23, 1988 What shall I recount tonight, as I listen to Mozart's Requiem? Which part shall be the least painful? And how can I say any of it adequately? There is no language to describe the hell that enters your soul, that permeates your entire mind and body when death occupies your home. If I could have entered my screams, never to return, I would have. Is that how people go crazy? I wonderhow do you let yourself enter that other world? Is it a conscious decision?
Page 31 2 The Sting of Death February 23, 1988 What shall I recount tonight, as I listen to Mozart's Requiem? Which part shall be the least painful? And how can I say any of it adequately? There is no language to describe the hell that enters your soul, that permeates your entire mind and body when death occupies your home. If I could have entered my screams, never to return, I would have. Is that how people go crazy? I wonderhow do you let yourself enter that other world? Is it a conscious decision?