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Journal (7) + Letter
Hi Darling, I must tell you about a “God moment” or “God encounter” I had the day after your “Celebration of Life” service. I was in our unit struggling to come to terms with the fact that you had left my life. The finality of that truth was confronting…read moreJournal (6) + Letter
As indicated in my last journal entry, I am experimenting with a format that I am calling "Letters to Bev". If you are unsure about that that means, please read Journal (5) Hi Sweetheart, As I promised in my last letter, I want to tell you about your funeral and especially about the…read moreJournal 5 + Letter
My Darling, I’m quite sure in my own mind that you will never read what I write in my “Letters to Bev” but writing thus will help me to process my grief and loss as well as being a creative way of writing my journal. I don’t think people ought to worry about my…read moreJournal (5)
Last night as I thought about “resuming the journey”, somewhat unexpectedly the thought came to mind, “Why not report on your journey in the form of letters to Bev?” I say “unexpectedly” because, for me, it was a brand new thought. No one had suggested it. But it…read moreJournal (4)
I never imagined that getting through the loss of one’s life partner would be easy. But I think it is going to be harder than I thought. Every day is replete with reminders of the enormity of what has happened. “Hey Dad, I think you should put this with your papers”. In so…read moreJournal (3)
Maybe this preparation stage should include some in-depth reflection on the journey to this point? What have I learned thus far? About God? About myself? About the place and role of others? As I look back over our journal entries, there are some recurring themes that were not immediately obvious…read moreJournal (2)
In my last posting I mentioned about this period of grieving being a time to re-group in readiness for me to resume the journey. Bev and I walked this journey together until the last few hours when she walked without me. That was because the Shepherd was with her. Now she has reached her heavenly…read moreJournal (1)
It is now coming up to 2 weeks since we had that private Cremation Service – the final farewell to my wife of 50 years. As the curtains closed over the casket I heard my voice saying, “Goodbye, my love. I love you”. The next awareness I had was standing at the front of the chapel…read moreJournal 9 + Letter
Hello again, my love, It should come as no surprise to you that I have a lovely picture of you on my desktop so you are the first person I see when I switch on the computer in the morning and the last person I see at night. In my last letter to you I flagged that there is a question that…read moreJournal 8 + Letter
I am finding that processing my grief is not something that I should try to control. If I try to do that it will be little more than a “head thing”. I have to be prepared to face up to the emotional dimension of grief and how that manifests itself in my life. I’m about…read more
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