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A dear friend, and a tragic loss

By Jemele Hill
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Friday, October 2, 2009

The obituary is taped to my desk, right underneath a stack of old notebooks and just to the left of some envelopes and my checkbook. The obit is worn, yellow, and has a slight tear in it. I've placed Scotch tape over it so the first paragraph is still readable. "A bright light passed on to heavenly realms when Daniel 'Danny' Arambula left this world to rejoin our Lord …" This time of year, I read the obit over and over, remembering a dear friend and the worst night of my life. When the ...

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