Marc was at the Hospice Society a few weeks back and they gave him a couple copies of this poem. Just So You Know by John Pete I can’t stop grieving just because you believe it is time for me to move on. I can’t stop hurting just because you do not understand theContinue reading “Just So You Know”
Category Archives: Grief
A Road Sign
By Patti Dansereau — May 2, 2016 5:16pm Two weeks ago, after Mass, a friend of ours gave me a book to read. He was excited to share this book with me, so excited in fact that he told me he needed it back when I was done because he was anxious for his wife to readContinue reading “A Road Sign”
Silence from the heavens
By Patti Dansereau — Apr 14, 2016 11:46pm Today Catherine was bugging me that she’s old enough now to watch Zoe while I go out. So this evening I decided to walk down to the Village Grocer for some buns for fish burgers tomorrow and Catherine could watch Zoe while Marc was outside working on theContinue reading “Silence from the heavens”
“Out of the Mouths of Babes!”
By Patti Dansereau — Apr 6, 2016 11:44pm I don’t know why, but it never really occurred to me that my kids would be deep thinkers when they’re little. I thought that the only things they thought about were what they wanted, what they weren’t getting that they wanted, and what they could get away with. In the lastContinue reading ““Out of the Mouths of Babes!””
Royal Birthday
By Patti Dansereau — Mar 9, 2016 3:30pm According to Google they can be called your ‘Golden Birthday’, ‘Grand Birthday’, ‘Lucky Birthday’, ‘Champagne Birthday’ or ‘Star Birthday’. ‘Royal Birthday’ can be found in Urban Dictionary. When your age lands on the date you were born has many names but in our family we know it mostly as yourContinue reading “Royal Birthday”
Our Struggle with Death
By Patti Dansereau — Mar 6, 2016 12:13am I remember a while ago writing about asking God the question, “Why do we have such a hard time with death?” and I felt I heard “Because in the beginning it was not so.” When God created us death was not in our original programing. Well todayContinue reading “Our Struggle with Death”
Compassionate Friends meeting
By Patti Dansereau — Mar 3, 2016 2:52pm Let’s try this again. I had an entire entry written last night, then I went to delete the last paragraph and it deleted the entire page. At 1:00am I decided to call it a night and try again in the morning. esh Marc and I went toContinue reading “Compassionate Friends meeting”
An Answer to the question about Grace
By Patti Dansereau — Jan 29, 2016 3:55am Sunday after Mass a lady came up to my friend and I and was excited to share the news of the sale of her house. In explaining how everything worked out she gave God all the credit for how He arranged every detail perfectly. I confess that at the time in my heart I questionedContinue reading “An Answer to the question about Grace”
The truth will set you free….
By Patti Dansereau — Jan 14, 2016 2:04am A few weeks ago I reread C.S. Lewis’ A Grief Observed. It’s funny how a second reading can be so completely different from the first. The first time I read it I totally missed the point of the book. Maybe because at the time it was withinContinue reading “The truth will set you free….”
Remember my Son!
By Patti Dansereau — Dec 25, 2015 4:59am The other day I caught another glimpse into the heart of God the Father that took me totally by surprise and literally rocked my inner world. I was trying to read The Dialogue of St. Catherine of Sienna but I didn’t get more than a forth of the way through. Continue reading “Remember my Son!”