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”
Category Archives: Journey through the loss of Bernadette
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”
First Negative First
By Patti Dansereau — Feb 23, 2016 6:00pm It’s funny how we can wish for something to be true even though we know it won’t be but it doesn’t stop us from wishing it anyways. Repeatedly I’ve read or been told by those who are further down this path than us that the second year isContinue reading “First Negative First”
Feast Days are like Birthdays
By Patti Dansereau — Feb 1, 2016 12:51am In our family our birthday celebrations tend to run for about a week, give or take a day – so why not a feast day too! It’s interesting, we had a few people ask us if we had any plans for the 29th or plans to mark theContinue reading “Feast Days are like Birthdays”
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!”
God’s Not Dead
By Patti Dansereau — Nov 28, 2015 10:38pm As we mentally walk down memory lane of ‘this time last year’ when we were trying to prepare for Advent and Christmas while having it totally overshadowed with Bernadette’s expanding needs, care, and the fear of the unknown; we continue to struggle with Bernadette’s absence every day, not just during these seasonsContinue reading “God’s Not Dead”
Feast of All Saints
By Patti Dansereau — Nov 3, 2015 12:50am Yesterday was the Feast of All Saints and late last night I received a beautiful short email from Paul: As we were just finishing evening prayer it came to me, I guess today is the day we celebrate Bernadette huh? Feast of All Saints. As difficult asContinue reading “Feast of All Saints”
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