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Beautiful and sad story


Martin McGuigan

Posted on June 11, 2012 at 09:16 AM

Touching story of a life that was cut short by disease. The dignity and strength that Abbie showed are impressive and would put may "adults" to shame. Thanks for documenting this story.

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Caption: Abbie Waters
  • "Abbie Waters: The Habit of Being"
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  • Summary: Abbie Catherine Waters was just nine years and two days old when she left this world. I have heard men and women who knew Abbie refer to her as an “old soul”, yet she was also innocent and fresh as the morning dew. Abbie confronted the terror of her disease with more grace than any human being I have ever met. And when she was gone, and her “peeps”, as she called every student at Holton Elementary School, gathered to celebrate her life, remarkable things occurred that were, for want of a better word, miraculous.

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