By Patti Dansereau — Mar 26, 2015 1:46am Today Catherine asked me if we could do something together so when Marc came home from work we took off and went to Salmon Arm. We went to the library to see Susan but she had left work already (or didn’t work today). We ran to mailContinue reading “One-on-one with Catherine”
Category Archives: Grief
After party blues
By Patti Dansereau — Mar 22, 2015 9:44pm We all had a wonderful time at Pepe’s birthday supper. The meal was simple but oh so delicious. Zoe even ate mushed up rice and carrots. She particularly enjoyed the dessert though, an angel food cake layered with a yummy custard and garden strawberries. For Pepe’s birthdayContinue reading “After party blues”
The Communal Nature of Heaven
By Patti Dansereau — Mar 22, 2015 4:55pm Today when we arrived at Mass there was only one pew that was empty enough that we could all sit together. It was the back row of all places! Imagine, in a Catholic church, the back pew was still empty ten minutes before Mass. Some would call thatContinue reading “The Communal Nature of Heaven”
Detour
By Patti Dansereau — Mar 21, 2015 1:40am The last couple days have been very busy with different friends popping in for tea, Catherine having friends over to play every day (as it is spring break), and doing a lot of reading about grief and how to work through it and move forward. It all seemed toContinue reading “Detour”
What little girls think are miracles.
By Patti Dansereau — Mar 18, 2015 9:34pm Today Catherine had her two friends Amber and Sienna over to play for the day. The plan was to go see the live action “Cinderella” movie in the afternoon. About a half an hour before we were to leave, Piper, Catherine’s friend from down the street popped inContinue reading “What little girls think are miracles.”
Not my imagination but eyes opened
By Patti Dansereau — Mar 17, 2015 12:01am This past Sunday our Pastor told us that we all suffer from blindness in one form or another. When our focus is on one thing we miss something else. I think he said that a lot of the time we are also blind to the ways God worksContinue reading “Not my imagination but eyes opened”
Reality is sinking in slowly.
By Patti Dansereau — Mar 15, 2015 11:41am The mind is such an amazing thing, the way it can protect the body and the spirit in times of trauma. When Bernadette first got sick and we told Catherine the truth of the situation she cried in my arms for a good twenty minutes or more. Continue reading “Reality is sinking in slowly.”
Signs of new life
By Patti Dansereau — Mar 13, 2015 1:51pm It appears that spring really has come to the Shuswap. And its first sign? Not buds on the trees and bushes, not little flowers popping up from under last years fallen leaves, but tiny flying insects that look like baby mosquitoes just outside our kitchen window. How unromantic. But onContinue reading “Signs of new life”
The hurt and the healer
By Patti Dansereau — Mar 11, 2015 2:16am This afternoon Marc went to order Bernadette’s monument for her grave and he dropped me off at the thrift store as I was deliberately avoiding the funeral home for fear I’d burst into tears. My goal at the thrift store was to do something more cheerful – find someContinue reading “The hurt and the healer”
Flowers for Bernadette
By Patti Dansereau — Mar 9, 2015 8:09pm Marc, Joseph and I went to visit Bernadette’s grave site yesterday afternoon in honor of her birthday. I think a few people were a little worried about us as they were quick to remind us, “Bernadette is not there, justContinue reading “Flowers for Bernadette”
Journey With Jesus Children's Book 