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Robin Heart Shepperd's avatar

I love this story. Hats off to Mr. Mello, as I also love your book cover! I worked with the departed spirits for a while, and then quit. I don't know why. I need them again, and am back to that. I've got to build a new shelf to handle more photos.

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Perdita Finn's avatar

Dear Robin, it is easy in this culture to fall out of the habit of calling on the dead....that's why I begin my morning with fretting and assigning. Every day a miracle, every day a tale of wonder. I'm serious.

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Robin Heart Shepperd's avatar

I tend to call on the same ones regularly, and I would like to expand my interactions to include others. I have included Flip Wilson, a fabulous comedian from the 70s who made me laugh hysterically without ever using foul language. When I'm down, I ask for his help in getting back my sense of humor. Also I learned about a little baby I was carrying that I lost. A psychic saw her and told me it was a girl and her name was Ivy. She told me back in 1985 that Ivy was with me always and loved me dearly. I have no idea what job to assign to Ivy (incidentally, that was my beloved grandmother's name that the psychic had no way of knowing) but I try to remember to thank her for staying with me.

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