The Magic Doesn't Expire

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In the beginning, I did it for my children - or that's what I told myself. I made Halloween costumes, for them. I asked my husband to fashion a giant spider web between two oak trees on the front lawn, for them. I dangled creepy looking spiders and bats from ceilings, bought plates festooned with witches, packed away everything that was summer and replaced it with anything that was Halloween.

I even painted my face green…

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A light of love and joy toward others

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A light of love and joy toward others

"May I always put the needs of others before my own. May I so love my family, friends, and co-workers that they see only Your goodness in me. May Your love and Your light shine through in everything I do." - A prayer for growing spiritually. Beth Spence Cann may never have said this prayer. It's Catholic and she was Congregationalist. But she lived it. She put the needs of others before her own. It was the best thing about her. And, in the end, it was the worst. She was murdered two weeks ago by a man she tried to save…

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