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If something happens to your son, your thoughts about not having him in your life is what your terror is. It's not about his life.

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Byron Katie
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: December 6
Author
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Breckenridge
Texas
Byron Kathleen Mitchell
Terror
Son
Thoughts
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Life

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