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''Wednesday,
the third of September.
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''The tang of autumn
fiills the clear, still air...
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''but it's mild and fiine.''
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My sisters, Karin and Maria,
have come to see me.
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It's wonderful
to be together again...
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like in the old days,
and I am feeling much better.
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We were even able to go
for a little walk together...
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such an event for me...
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especially since I haven't
been out of doors for so long.
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Suddenly we began to laugh
and run toward the old swing...
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that we hadn't seen
since we were children.
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We sat in it like three
good little sisters...
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and Anna pushed us,
slowly and gently.
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All my aches and pains
were gone.
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The people I am most fond of
in all the world were with me.
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I could hear their chatting
around me.
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I could feel the presence
of their bodies...
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the warmth of their hands.
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I wanted to hold the moment fast
and thought;
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''Come what may,
this is happiness.
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''I cannot wish
for anything better.
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''Now, for a few minutes...
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''I can experience perfection.
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'And I feel profoundly grateful
to my life...
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''which gives me so much. ''