Rest in Glory Eternal

~ Dave, in Florence, Italy, alongside the Arno River ~

"Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting:

The soul that rises with us, our life's star,

Hath had elsewhere its setting,

And cometh from afar:

Not in entire forgetfulness,

And not in utter nakedness,

But trailing clouds of glory do we come,

From God who is our home."

~ William Wordsworth ~

Dave, to paraphrase Lewis, 
"your absence is like the sky, spread over everything." 
Today, marks two years of utter despair. Had I not the Godly example of 

Aunt Esther, Aunt Bonnie, Grandmother Hattie and Grandmother Margaret, I don't think I could have borne your death. Had I not watched and waited for you for six years, the surprise would have completely overwhelmed me.

Had I not God and His promises, 

surely I would have done something awful. 
Even so, dear God in heaven, when does it ever abate?

Bless God for His faithfulness, mercy, love and grace. 

Amen.

Blessings ~ to have been Dave's companion and wife for twenty-two years ~ to be God's daughter, safely kept ~ God's promises, known and unknown ~ God's blessings, known and unknown ~