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AI: Well, I also wanted to ask you, before we got too far along here, getting back to when your mother had passed away, that you had what sounds like a very unusual experience the night of her funeral. And that you were outside, that you saw something unusual. Wondered if you could talk about that.

PB: My husband and I were on our way to the funeral, and we were driving, and all of a sudden I see this huge ball of light. It was huge. And first I thought it was the moon, but it was much bigger than a moon, and it was just bouncing along like a ball. And it was just huge, and I thought, "Could that be an airplane?" No, it couldn't be an airplane, it's perfectly round, it's just like a moon but it was much bigger than a moon, and it was just bouncing along right in front of me. And I said to Jack, "Oh, look at that huge ball." And then all of a sudden, it went zip and disappeared. It just went down and disappeared, and I had often heard about the spirit that remains, but I didn't believe it until I saw this for my own eyes. And that has always stayed with me, because I had never actually believed that the spirit remained. But I saw this huge light, and to this day, I know I saw it and Jack saw it, and it wasn't the moon, and it wasn't no airplane. It was just, I believe it was a spirit.

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