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In reply to the discussion: Today is a sad day for my wife and I [View all]Warpy
(111,410 posts)7. Sort of a low Theravada Buddhist here, not Japanese
but may she find a good rebirth.
My Irish Catholic mother was a firm believer in the Irish variety of reincarnation. She always said she wanted to come back as a river otter because it looked like they were getting a lot of fun out of life and had few predators. Six months after she died, there was a blip on the news about river otters being spotted in NM for the first time since the 1950s. I did get a grin out of that.
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