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Which Herein - Practicing What I'm Preaching - I Thus Dedicate To My Ever(lastingly) Beloved Long-Deceased Gram/Granny/Grandmother Wilhelmina ('Billie'), Who Died 23 1/4-1/3 Years Ago and Was Born 117 Years Ago Today...About Whom My Dad, Looking Toward Me Quizzically Awhile After Her Death (Probably Before Her Funeral), Sought Some Sort of (Re)assurance From Me As to the Subsequent/Ongoing State of Her Soul, Whether She'd Be Well (i.e. in the Hereafter Etcetera), and, Not Knowing Quite What to Say, I Simply Responded (& Still to This Day Believe that My Lord and Saviour Gave Me the Right Words for The Occasion): "God Knows Her Heart, Dad, and He'll Make the Right Decision."

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