By Patti Dansereau — Oct 30, 2015 12:54pm For the past few weeks we’ve been having the main floor painted so all our pictures and calendars are off the walls, the furniture is in the middle of the rooms, and the dining room table is covered with the family crucifix, years worth of dried palms, knick knacks,Continue reading “The Record Keeper in Me”
Category Archives: Journey through the loss of Bernadette
Thanksgiving weekends . . . . mixed emotions.
By Patti Dansereau — Oct 12, 2015 5:50pm In our family Thanksgiving weekend marks a few special occasions that we always remember. Twenty-five years ago Paul was baptised on Thanksgiving weekend, during the Sunday liturgy. Two years ago Paul and Christiana were married Thanksgiving weekend, on the Saturday. Both those events were occasions of great joy. Now it alsoContinue reading “Thanksgiving weekends . . . . mixed emotions.”
Looking into the eyes of Jesus
By Patti Dansereau — Oct 3, 2015 2:51am Tuesday marked eight months since Bernadette went to heaven. It will never cease to amaze me how time can tick by at a snail’s pace and yet as fast as the speed of light. The last few weeks I’ve been struggling with the memories of ‘this time last year’. Remembering how Catherine andContinue reading “Looking into the eyes of Jesus”
Middle of the night collision of thoughts!
By Patti Dansereau — Sep 14, 2015 5:49am It’s almost 2:00am and I’m up and at the computer recording what just flashed through my brain while I was still mostly asleep. This is a first, but having a thought in the middle of the night is not. So what makes this thought so special… well nothingContinue reading “Middle of the night collision of thoughts!”
Advice from an Old Man
By Patti Dansereau — Aug 26, 2015 2:09am My friend sent me this tonight. It was a response online to a person’s comment, “My friend died, I don’t know what to do.” Just thought it was accurate to my experience so far and to the advice I’ve received from others who have experienced tremendous lossContinue reading “Advice from an Old Man”
God, Our Real Mother
By Patti Dansereau — Aug 18, 2015 5:46pm When Bob and Joan were visiting last week, Bob gave me a book to read: Prayer, Our Deepest Longing by Fr. Ronald Rolheiser. It is an incredible little book, actually a collection of articles Father had written over the years and compiled into three chapters. Bob suggestedContinue reading “God, Our Real Mother”
A Stone and a Story
By Patti Dansereau — Aug 7, 2015 3:38am A Stone: It will be the 7th in less than ten minutes so I can honestly use the term ‘today” because by the time I’m done writing this entry it will be ‘today’ – the 7th. Today is the six month anniversary of Bernadette being laid to rest inContinue reading “A Stone and a Story”
The New Normal?
By Patti Dansereau — Aug 5, 2015 3:19am Ever since a lady asked me once if we’d settled into our ‘new normal’, that phrase has irritated my brain like a rock in my shoe. I’ve looked for that ‘new normal’ over the last six months and haven’t seen any sign of it yet that I’mContinue reading “The New Normal?”
Six months already!
By Patti Dansereau — Jul 30, 2015 3:45am From all the reading I’ve done over the last six months to do with grieving, the one thing that doesn’t seem to stick in my head is the warning about memory problems. I don’t know why it still surprises me that I forget so many things. YesterdayContinue reading “Six months already!”
Book Report: Making Sense Out of Suffering
By Patti Dansereau — Jul 27, 2015 4:42pm Yesterday I finally finished reading Making Sense Out of Suffering by Peter Kreeft and am thrilled I did. I stopped reading it about half way though the ‘clues from the artists’ because it just didn’t seem to be what I was looking for and it was the typeContinue reading “Book Report: Making Sense Out of Suffering”
Journey With Jesus Children's Book 