Do you wish to be accepted for who you are? Do you wish to be loved without condition? Do you wish for people to welcome you, in spite of your flaws, in spite of your shortcomings, in spite of your mistakes? Then why do you insist on changing others? -Evening Prayer from the Holy Scrolls of Soeck, Eleventh Binding Third Stanza

Aaron Lee Yeager

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Any death is tragic and our condolences are extended to Mr. Lee and his family, ... We regret his death as with any death.