title: Can't You See Them?: True Stories of Love, Life and Near-Death Experiences
author:  Mirian Bethancourt 
description: Mirian Bethancourt was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1927, and lived most of her life in that colorful state of bayous, steamboats and great food. She was married to Joseph Bethancourt and raised four children. She graduated from Dominican College with a BA degree and worked as a social worker for the city. The work consisted of serving the financial and counseling needs of families including their elderly members, who, in some cases also needed physical care in nursing homes. In her work with the handicapped, she served clients at United Cerebral Palsy of New Orleans, and to give them an opportunity to advance and receive a paycheck, despite their handicap, she started a T-Shirt printing business at the site. The enterprise was successful for eleven years. She turned her interests to art and writing, later in life, as she moved into retirement. At that time, as an artist, she painted and sold portraits of tourists in the historic section of the city known as Jackson Square. She also painted on consignment many old plantation homes, and the state flower  the magnolia. Mirian was also very involved with the most famous celebration of the city  Mardi Gras. She designed all the costumes for the Krewe of Iris for the Kings Court, and costumes for their parade. In addition, she was commissioned by the New Orleans department of travel and tourism to design and create an artistic rendition of a typical German city for their annual German Festival. In the mid-1970s, she established and managed two art schools for children and adults in the lakefront area of the city. It wasnt until Mirian moved to California that her interests in writing became more prominent. At that time, 1998, she turned to writing magazine articles and free-lance inspirational stories. Many were published in the Ventura County Star in Thousand Oaks, California, where she now resides.
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  The Duke’s Library
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Laura Cabrerizo
  
  The Duke’s Library
  
  Published through Amazon
  
  First edition, print on demand
  
  Copyright © 2018 Laura Cabrerizo
  
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  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events,
  locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or
  used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or
  dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The Duke’s Library
  
  Laura Cabrerizo
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Table of Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter 1
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 2](index_split_005.html#filepos20883)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 3](index_split_006.html#filepos38414)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 4](index_split_007.html#filepos47015)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 5](index_split_008.html#filepos