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bedtime story. Tonight, you will be lulled peacefully to sleep by the timeless words of the classic hymn, Blessed Assurance.

So close your eyes.

Settle onto your bed and begin to relax.

Slow your breathing by taking a big slow breath.

Hold it for a few seconds and then slowly release it.

With that release, feel the tension in your body melt away.

Make sure you're in your most comfortable position and continue to breathe slowly and

deeply throughout our time together.

Contract the muscles in your feet and then release them.

Then the muscles in your legs and release them. Do this all the way up your body as you contract and release muscles and feel yourself

relax readying for a peaceful night's sleep.

The hymn, Blessed Assurance was written by Francis or Fanny Crosby in the mid-1800s.

Fanny was a prolific lyricist and wrote many, many familiarmns like pass me not a gentle savior and to God be the glory when fanny was just six months old an ignorant doctor treated an

eye infection in her with hot holtices which left scars, causing

Fanny to be permanently blind.

Just a few months later, her father passed away.

Her mother had to go to work, leaving Fanny in the care of her grandmother, who loved her greatly and taught her many things.

Fanny was a happy, well-adjusted little girl.

Wanting to learn like other children, she attended the New York Institute for the Blind,

married a fellow student who was an accomplished musician and wrote songs poetry

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