The Celestial Room of the Idaho Falls Temple.
Note the reunions depicted in the mural on the wall.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe second reason why we cannot die alone is that we will always be met by those who preceded us in death and whom we have loved. This could be a child we lost, perhaps decades earlier, or a grandmother, a father, a mother or another person who has been significant in our lives.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
I believe Dr. K\u00fcbler-Ross to be as right as Orson Welles was wrong.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re born alone, we live alone, we die alone. \u00a0Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we\u2019re not alone.\u201d Orson Welles \u00a0 I believe Orson Welles to have been profoundly wrong in what he said above. \u00a0The truth is so much better. \u00a0 Here\u2019s a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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