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Gretchen Joanna's avatar

Your March 24 journal especially touched me, as that day marked ten years since my husband’s repose. Death is ever-present, and it’s helpful to think about it in the context of our earthly life, just as that day’s entry was one of several in a week’s collection.

The reader who remarked about your switching from concrete to abstract might not understand the wholeness of reality “visible and invisible.” The movements of the Holy Spirit are mysterious and unseen but they enliven and give meaning to the movements of the blackbirds, who also contribute, when we pay attention, to fleshing out the hidden things of the heart.

I enjoyed these musings on your relationships with your human and animal friends. ❤️

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Latayne Scott's avatar

Sober, evocative writing. I love this description: "Bruce and I sat vigil with Bruce's mother as she panted for breath like a schooling racehorse, or a woman giving birth to her new life in Christ. (I am looking forward to meeting her in glory with her terrible loneliness fixed right up. I am looking forward to seeing all that light pouring off of her.)".

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