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I walked towards the light. I had left my body, my loved ones, and their tears below me. Their feelings no longer concerned me. I was free from the chains I had crafted in my earthly life:
   The limp I got from jumping of the garage roof at the age of nine
   My wife whom I had met twelve years ago and married four years later
   Our beautiful children, four-year-old Jake and his year younger sister Sarah
   All of that was behind me now. I did not despise them or anything, heck I'd even loved them right up 'til the end, but as soon as Death's embrace took me I had no more feelings for anything from before. I was in a state of absolute freedom without a bother in the world. The warmth of the light above me pulled me closer second by second, minute by minute until I could no longer see the hospital or even the city beneath me. I was in the empty void of space with only the light for company.
   Ahead of me a cloud formed out of the nothingness and I flew closer. Peeking through I could see a garden filled with trees, flowers, and streams. A small path curved along the slight elevations of the grassy field. I stepped down from my floating position and started to walk along the path, deciding to follow it wherever it took me. I could see mountains form in the distance and get closer as I walked for countless hours. Finally I reached a meadow with a small wooden cabin.
   My curiosity pushed me towards it and I peeked through one of the windows. Inside I could see that the cabin contained only one room with a small fireplace as well as a well-made bed. There was a brass plate attached to the outside of the front door, and on it my name was engraved:
   "Here rests Fredrick Miller, loved by family and friends."
   I entered my new home.