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Mearl Jacobs’ body was at the funeral home．The memorial service was 1 for the next day．We 2 in the family room to tell stories, sharing 3 of her．She had lived a life 4 with stories．Most people didn’t know that she had worked for thirty years at Rockwall International to help the homeless, or that 5 she really didn’t care much for baseball, she loved listening to the 6 because her son loved baseball．

Before long the 7 turned from stories about Mearl to stories of how she changed and 8 the lives in the room．

Her daughter Carol, said, “Just a few hours before Mom died she said she wanted to go home．I asked her if she 9 back to her apartment．She said, ‘NO!’ I asked, ‘Home in Heaven?’ ‘YES!’”

A series of love and 10 was realized that night．Mearl had lived a life that affected the young and old 11．When she did so, you became a different person, a 12 and reformed person．She was 13 that way．She knew how to show the things that really 14 in the life．She 15 for values that she held dear and she always seemed to know how to influence people and to accept them “as is”．He grandkids talked of her 16 acceptance of them, no matter what．

Some things have to be seen to be understood, such as love, forgiveness and acceptance．Mearl knew how to help you 17．She had always shown total 18 to the family and friends－to people．

The next day Mearl was 19 the topic．We buried the body, but she lives in all those, present and 20．She is always there, giving and loving．

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