A week after my dear cousin died from brain cancer in October 2023, I picked up The Bible. It was always going to be a tough one to conquer from the 100 Book Challenge but it seemed like a fitting read to take me through the inevitable grief to come.
Thirteen years earlier, my stepmother Margaret died from pancreatic cancer. I was overseas during her final weeks and never got to say a proper goodbye. She was a lifelong Christian, and left each of us girls The Message Remix versions of the New Testament bibles, with the following message pasted in the front cover.
And this is the version I decided to read.
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Jessie Ansons 