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“Can you remember another time when your chest felt like this?My fingers splayed across my aching chest as I carefully pondered herquestion. Then I nodded vigorously as I remembered. Tears streamed ...”
“In the midst of the darkness of loss, I found light. Admittedly, in those first weeks, it might have been but a single small spark I sensed deep inside of me, but that spark guided me in the twiste...”
“You who have never been there in the throes of grief, have no idea what is going on inside the head of the grieving spouse: the scatteredthoughts, the constant worry that we will forget something o...”
“Dont you believe that Jacob can be healed? some persisted, pressuringElizabeth to believejust believeand Jacob would be healed. Theunderlying message was that Elizabeths faith was not strong enough...”
“Tonight I attend my thirty-fifth high school reunion with some trepidation.I have not seen most of these former classmates for thirty-some years. I am not the same young girl they knew in high scho...”
“You have no idea how well you are doing, John complimented mejust a few minutes after he mentioned the Christmas card. What did that mean: That I was doing well? That Id come to a family gathering?...”
“That evening I sat across from Jeremy Bulloch and Jacob at the dinner table. I watched as Jeremy, who seemed to speak Jacobs silent language fluently, drummed his fingers up and down on the edge of...”
“I often wondered after Davids death: Had they known something then? Did their very souls recognize each other? Did Jacob, closer to God than anyone else I knew, somehow sense this was the last time...”
“The whole encounter was surreal. No one had mentioned cancer. I hadnt requested special treatment for Jacob. Yet hed just nabbed a private meeting with an actor from his favorite movie. I would lat...”
“What were you going to make for Christmas dinner? one of myolder children asked in a very reasonable tone. I cleared my throat,but couldnt speak. There was no real explanation for my behavior. Id b...”
“I held back from seeing Jacob much during those weeks. He wanted only his mother, and I wasnt sure I could handle seeing him like that. I stopped by to pick up his siblings and take them away, but ...”
“Can you remember another time when your chest felt like this?”My fingers splayed across my aching chest as I carefully pondered herquestion. Then I nodded vigorously as I remembered. Tears streamed...”
“You who have never “been there” in the throes of grief, have no idea what is going on inside the head of the grieving spouse: the scatteredthoughts, the constant worry that we will forget something...”
“Don’t you believe that Jacob can be healed?” some persisted, pressuringElizabeth to believe—just believe—and Jacob would be healed. Theunderlying message was that Elizabeth’s faith was not strong e...”
“You have no idea how well you are doing,” John complimented mejust a few minutes after he mentioned the Christmas card. What did that mean: That I was doing well? That I’d come to a family gatherin...”
“I often wondered after David’s death: Had they known something then? Did their very souls recognize each other? Did Jacob, closer to God than anyone else I knew, somehow sense this was the last tim...”
“The whole encounter was surreal. No one had mentioned cancer. I hadn’t requested special treatment for Jacob. Yet he’d just nabbed a private meeting with an actor from his favorite movie. I would l...”
“What were you going to make for Christmas dinner?” one of myolder children asked in a very reasonable tone. I cleared my throat,but couldn’t speak. There was no real explanation for my behavior. I’...”
“What were you going to make for Christmas dinner?” one of my older children asked in a very reasonable tone. I cleared my throat, but couldn’t speak. There was no real explanation for my behavior. ...”
