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The Happiest Saddest People

A very true story.

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    To New Life

    The end...*The Happiest Saddest People is a memoir. It reflects the author's present recollections of experiences over time. As we all know, "Memories are fuzzy things, like bunnies really. Difficult to hold. Quick to run away." *-Follow The Happiest Saddest People on: SubstackInstagramMore from JL Gerhardt: The Goodness-Credits: Writing, Narration: JL GerhardtSound Design: Justin Gerhardt, John RhodesManuscript Editing: Justin Gerhardt, Allison Justus-Also from Hazefire Studios: Holy Ghost Stories 

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    Chapter 16: Cerca del Cielo

    Truths about the wilderness and journeying beyond*The Happiest Saddest People is a memoir. It reflects the author's present recollections of experiences over time. As we all know, "Memories are fuzzy things, like bunnies really. Difficult to hold. Quick to run away." *-Follow The Happiest Saddest People on: SubstackInstagramMore from JL Gerhardt: The Goodness-Credits: Writing, Narration: JL GerhardtSound Design: Justin Gerhardt, John RhodesManuscript Editing: Justin Gerhardt, Allison Justus-Also from Hazefire Studios: Holy Ghost Stories 

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    Chapter 15: My Brother

    Riding waves and seeing visions *The Happiest Saddest People is a memoir. It reflects the author's present recollections of experiences over time. As we all know, "Memories are fuzzy things, like bunnies really. Difficult to hold. Quick to run away." *-Follow The Happiest Saddest People on: SubstackInstagramMore from JL Gerhardt: The Goodness-Credits: Writing, Narration: JL GerhardtSound Design: Justin Gerhardt, John RhodesManuscript Editing: Justin Gerhardt, Allison Justus-Also from Hazefire Studios: Holy Ghost Stories 

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    Chapter 14: Intertwined

    Who's carrying the ice? *The Happiest Saddest People is a memoir. It reflects the author's present recollections of experiences over time. As we all know, "Memories are fuzzy things, like bunnies really. Difficult to hold. Quick to run away." *-Follow The Happiest Saddest People on: SubstackInstagramMore from JL Gerhardt: The Goodness-Credits: Writing, Narration: JL GerhardtSound Design: Justin Gerhardt, John RhodesManuscript Editing: Justin Gerhardt, Allison Justus-Also from Hazefire Studios: Holy Ghost Stories 

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    Chapter 13: Object Permanence

    On seeing and not seeing, reality and unreality, winter and summer.*The Happiest Saddest People is a memoir. It reflects the author's present recollections of experiences over time. As we all know, "Memories are fuzzy things, like bunnies really. Difficult to hold. Quick to run away." *-Follow The Happiest Saddest People on: SubstackInstagramMore from JL Gerhardt: The Goodness-Credits: Writing, Narration: JL GerhardtSound Design: Justin Gerhardt, John RhodesManuscript Editing: Justin Gerhardt, Allison Justus-Also from Hazefire Studios: Holy Ghost Stories 

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    Chapter 12: The Fourth

    What God had for me at the site of the wreck...*The Happiest Saddest People is a memoir. It reflects the author's present recollections of experiences over time. As we all know, "Memories are fuzzy things, like bunnies really. Difficult to hold. Quick to run away." *-Follow The Happiest Saddest People on: SubstackInstagramMore from JL Gerhardt: The Goodness-Credits: Writing, Narration: JL GerhardtSound Design: Justin Gerhardt, John RhodesManuscript Editing: Justin Gerhardt, Allison Justus-Also from Hazefire Studios: Holy Ghost Stories 

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    Chapter 11: A Happy Cross

    When God begins building atop the wreckage…*The Happiest Saddest People is a memoir. It reflects the author's present recollections of experiences over time. As we all know, "Memories are fuzzy things, like bunnies really. Difficult to hold. Quick to run away." *-Follow The Happiest Saddest People on: SubstackInstagramMore from JL Gerhardt: The Goodness-Credits: Writing, Narration: JL GerhardtSound Design: Justin Gerhardt, John RhodesManuscript Editing: Justin Gerhardt, Allison Justus-Also from Hazefire Studios: Holy Ghost Stories 

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    Chapter 10: Look

    This is not a tree…but it is a tree. An oak is an oak is an oak. *The Happiest Saddest People is a memoir. It reflects the author's present recollections of experiences over time. As we all know, "Memories are fuzzy things, like bunnies really. Difficult to hold. Quick to run away." *-Follow The Happiest Saddest People on: SubstackInstagramMore from JL Gerhardt: The Goodness-Credits: Writing, Narration: JL GerhardtSound Design: Justin Gerhardt, John RhodesManuscript Editing: Justin Gerhardt, Allison Justus-Also from Hazefire Studios: Holy Ghost Stories 

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    Chapter 9: Tears

    On being emptied in order to be filled...*The Happiest Saddest People is a memoir. It reflects the author's present recollections of experiences over time. As we all know, "Memories are fuzzy things, like bunnies really. Difficult to hold. Quick to run away." *-Follow The Happiest Saddest People on: SubstackInstagramMore from JL Gerhardt: The Goodness-Credits: Writing, Narration: JL GerhardtSound Design: Justin Gerhardt, John RhodesManuscript Editing: Justin Gerhardt, Allison Justus-Also from Hazefire Studios: Holy Ghost Stories 

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    Chapter 8: Anointed

    What's to be found in the sadness? It may be more than we imagined. *The Happiest Saddest People is a memoir. It reflects the author's present recollections of experiences over time. As we all know, "Memories are fuzzy things, like bunnies really. Difficult to hold. Quick to run away." *-Follow The Happiest Saddest People on: SubstackInstagramMore from JL Gerhardt: The Goodness-Credits: Writing, Narration: JL GerhardtSound Design: Justin Gerhardt, John RhodesManuscript Editing: Justin Gerhardt, Allison Justus-Also from Hazefire Studios: Holy Ghost Stories 

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    Chapter 7: The Spring

    Could it be that the same God who calls us to die…also calls us to live? *The Happiest Saddest People is a memoir. It reflects the author's present recollections of experiences over time. As we all know, "Memories are fuzzy things, like bunnies really. Difficult to hold. Quick to run away." *-Follow The Happiest Saddest People on: SubstackInstagramMore from JL Gerhardt: The Goodness-Credits: Writing, Narration: JL GerhardtSound Design: Justin Gerhardt, John RhodesManuscript Editing: Justin Gerhardt, Allison Justus-Also from Hazefire Studios: Holy Ghost Stories 

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    Chapter 6: Silent Witness

    When the silence is loud*The Happiest Saddest People is a memoir. It reflects the author's present recollections of experiences over time. As we all know, "Memories are fuzzy things, like bunnies really. Difficult to hold. Quick to run away." *-Follow The Happiest Saddest People on: SubstackInstagramMore from JL Gerhardt: The Goodness-Credits: Writing, Narration: JL GerhardtSound Design: Justin Gerhardt, John RhodesManuscript Editing: Justin Gerhardt, Allison Justus-Also from Hazefire Studios: Holy Ghost Stories 

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    Chapter 5: Who to Blame

    On the disquieting implications of anger*The Happiest Saddest People is a memoir. It reflects the author's present recollections of experiences over time. As we all know, "Memories are fuzzy things, like bunnies really. Difficult to hold. Quick to run away." *-Follow The Happiest Saddest People on: SubstackInstagramMore from JL Gerhardt: The Goodness-Credits: Writing, Narration: JL GerhardtSound Design: John Rhodes, Justin GerhardtManuscript Editing: Justin Gerhardt, Allison Justus-Also from Hazefire Studios: Holy Ghost Stories 

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    Chapter 4: Portals

    The miracle of my brother’s funeral and the miracle of my death. *The Happiest Saddest People is a memoir. It reflects the author's present recollections of experiences over time. As we all know, "Memories are fuzzy things, like bunnies really. Difficult to hold. Quick to run away." *-Follow The Happiest Saddest People on: SubstackInstagramMore from JL Gerhardt: The Goodness-Credits: Writing, Narration: JL GerhardtSound Design: John Rhodes, Justin GerhardtManuscript Editing: Justin Gerhardt, Allison Justus-Also from Hazefire Studios: Holy Ghost Stories 

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    Chapter 3: Many Baptisms

    On dying in the water*The Happiest Saddest People is a memoir. It reflects the author's present recollections of experiences over time. As we all know, "Memories are fuzzy things, like bunnies really. Difficult to hold. Quick to run away." *-Follow The Happiest Saddest People on: SubstackInstagramMore from JL Gerhardt: The Goodness-Credits: Writing, Narration: JL GerhardtSound Design: John Rhodes, Justin GerhardtManuscript Editing: Justin Gerhardt, Allison Justus-Also from Hazefire Studios: Holy Ghost Stories 

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    Chapter 2: Inseparable

    On the easy-to-master Art of Losing*The Happiest Saddest People is a memoir. It reflects the author's present recollections of experiences over time. As we all know, "Memories are fuzzy things, like bunnies really. Difficult to hold. Quick to run away." *-Follow The Happiest Saddest People on: SubstackInstagramMore from JL Gerhardt: The Goodness-Credits: Writing, Narration: JL GerhardtSound Design: John Rhodes, Justin GerhardtManuscript Editing: Justin Gerhardt, Allison Justus-Also from Hazefire Studios: Holy Ghost Stories 

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    Chapter 1: Eden

    What happens when everything right goes wrong? Is there any going back to Eden? *The Happiest Saddest People is a memoir. It reflects the author's present recollections of experiences over time. As we all know, "Memories are fuzzy things, like bunnies really. Difficult to hold. Quick to run away." *Follow The Happiest Saddest People on: SubstackInstagramMore from JL Gerhardt: The GoodnessCredits: Writing, Narration: JL GerhardtSound Design: John Rhodes, Justin GerhardtManuscript Editing: Justin Gerhardt, Alison JustusAlso from Hazefire Studios: Holy Ghost Stories 

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A very true story.

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JL Gerhardt

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