This story brought lots of old questions to the surface. Thanks to Michael for sharing it and the entire Tenx9 community for being so exemplary.
Here is Michael McRay’s story from Tenx9’s August theme “I Was Never the Same Again.” He tells of standing with his father in a place of death and hearing one sentence that changed his life.
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