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A Nation in Mourning | Healthy Aging Series: S12 E22

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My grandfather died when I was 13 years old. He was the first person that I knew to died. He was born in 1898 and died at the age of 69. The death certificate stated that cause of death was my grandmother (JK). In fairness, Grandpa wasn’t an easy person to live with. In a…

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Life Without God | Healthy Aging Series: S12 E21

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Religion can bring out the best in people and the worst in people. My two grandmothers spent most of their lives proving this point to me. Ida Louise and Lulu. One was a Catholic and the other was a Pentecostal. My father, like his father, had little interest in Pentecostalism and because he wanted to…

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