Well it is a while since I wrote in this blog. In fact it is so long ago that my only follower has now passed away and what a heart-breaking story that is. I am privileged to hear the memories of this wonderful lady from her surviving husband and add them to my own. We have met a few times for coffee locally and I do my best to sit and listen - in fact it is not difficult because the stories are so filled with love and bittersweet happiness that it is a true privilege to hear them. She was a lady who seemed complete in herself - full of intelligence, as well as awe, wonder and joy of life, not to mention her loving heart and serving spirit. But of course what made her that way was not just her faith in God but having the loving companionship of her husband and bringing up a wonderful family of 4 children and her first grandchild. These are what made her complete. We would do well to follow her example and enjoy the little and the big things in life and recognise our completeness comes not from within ourselves so much as from all those connections in our lives - the every day encounters as well as those closest and dearest to us. The everyday stories of our lives cumulate into that one big story. We are completed by connection.
Apologies for not posting this blog in May 2022 when I wrote it. Here it is now as a testament to a lovely lady.
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