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"A gentle disease" (said Bev) "What is?" (I replied) "Motor Neurone Disease." Now I had heard of MND being "cruel", "unrelenting" and so on; but never had I heard it described as a gentle disease. Maybe it had started to affect Bev's mind? I…read moreOur Journey Through The Valley (66)
I took a bit of a leap in my last post by owning the fact I am afraid of what lays before us on our journey through the valley. I also asked the question based on what Psalm 23 declares "....I will fear no evil for you are with me". So where has the fear come from? In one way it is…read moreOur Journey Through The Valley (65)
Every so often on this journey we have had what a friend calls those "Aha!!" moments. Those occasions are like a moment of revelation where fuzzy thinking is suddenly clear. These moments only last a brief time but they impact us in such a way that helps us know where the next step is to…read moreOur Journey Through The Valley (64)
Two days ago, Bev asked me what state I was in. I was pretty sure it wasn't a question about geography and she confirmed my suspicions when she pressed a little harder making it clear that she really wanted to know how I was managing our journey emotionally and spiritually. I waffled around for…read moreOur Journey Through The Valley (63)
There was a time back about mid-year when, such was the rapid pace of Bev's deteriorating condition due to Motor Neurone Disease, I really felt that, come Christmas, her seat would be vacant as we sat around the family table to celebrate the birth of Jesus. Her absence would be due to either…read moreOur Journey Through The Valley (62)
FROM BEV 27th December 2013 Today is our sons's 48th birthday, but we spent only 4 months of those years with him as a physical part of our family. Despite the fact that he died so long ago, he is a special part of our life and I look forward to having him greet me as I leave this world and…read moreOur Journey Through The Valley (61)
Another emtion that seeks to accompany us on our journey is GRIEF. All grief is the result of loss of some kind. We usually reserve its use for a bereavement situation. But the loss can be in almost every area of life. It can be the loss of a limb in a car accident, the loss of your home through…read moreOur Journry Through The Valley (60)
Here is another emotional reality that we are beginning to experience FEAR. This is not so much the fear of physically dying. No, this is the fear of losing one's way on the journey...of being distracted and becoming confused as to where all this sickness stuff fits theologically. What if I…read moreOur Journey Through The Valley (59)
Here is one of the emotional dynamics that are emerging as the journey continues. Those who use this journal as a basis of prayer for us might take particular note. FRUSTRATION. To no longer be able to do what we once did without thinking is very frustrating. To repeatedly drop things on the…read moreOur Journey Through The Valley (58)
Thus far in reporting on our journey, we have focused on the physical nature of MND (Motor Neurone Disease) and the impact this has on Bev as she finds mobility diminishing more rapidly than either of us would like. Her version of MND (and there seems to be a variety of MND manifestations) is first…read more
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