It is almost two months since Maggie died! I find that almost unbelievable. It really does feel like yesterday – so important and crucial was the event. Life, however, goes on. Indeed it is one of the few things of which one can be certain. Descartes with his “I think therefore I am” was onlyRead more
Journalling
Terry, a practicing Catholic, took our service yesterday and commenced it in a striking way. “He had heard,” he said, “that we had suffered quite a few deaths recently and he wanted to remind us of Bonhoeffer’s great words”. “There is nothing that can replace the absence of someone dear to us, and one shouldRead more
It is now eleven weeks since Marg died and, thanks to Bonhoeffer, I think I see the end of the valley of the shadow of death. For the first few weeks I thought of it in terms of making a new life without my beloved partner for over sixty years. That, Bonhoeffer showed me, wasRead more
I awoke this morning “strangely pensive” – and where that phrase came from, God only knows! That, however, is not strictly true. I can identify a number of catalysts. (1) The enlightenment by Bonhoeffer with respect to Marg’s death has been, and is, extremely significant – so much so that at the gathering of theRead more
Eleven weeks after Marg’s death, where do I find myself? Someone asked me that the other day and I replied along the lines of “I think I am just about crawling out of the valley of the shadow”. They looked at me in a strange kind of a way, and that’s ok. It is aRead more
