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That the beginning, and the end may have been chosen for us, the string already spun, but the middle had always been left undetermined, to be woven and shaped by us.

No matter what happens, I still feel the same.

I always used to wonder about these other versions of myself potentially leading different lives, but now I know that this life is the one I was meant for.

She didn’t want to talk about the ending. So she talked about the story itself.

“Tell them that I always wanted to be an explorer. That I always tried to take the first step, to be the first one to dive into the freezing water, the first to taste the strange looking food, the first to get on stage and sing. And now I’ll be the first to know what happens next, the first to find out what’s waiting for us all. I promise to do enough recon that I can tell you all about it when you get here.”

And in true Maura fashion, she even gave me a final message to ensure that that hers was the last voice we would hear at her service:

Celebrity mugshots: they’re a reminder that sometimes we screw up, and sometimes the system screws with us, but if you love your life with enough passion and boldness, then that’s what you’ll be remembered for. Not the crap that happened along the way.