Monthly Archives: April 2017

In writing Quiet Love, writing for my blog, and posting on Facebook, I have been working out my beliefs on life after death and on love and marriage. I have been reading Sheldon Vanauken, C. S. Lewis, Cynthia Bourgeault, Tom … Continue reading →

Woke up just before 5 am for the usual reason. Got back in bed and couldn’t get back to sleep. So, I lay on my back and found a comfortable position with no stress or tension in my body. Emptied … Continue reading →

I started reading Tom Harper’s ‘There is life after death’ his revision and expansion of ‘Life after death’ I had read years ago. Interesting that so often spouses that have an after-death experience and/or feel the presence of their departed, … Continue reading →

Everyone says that in the grief journey, holidays are the worst. Well I had a lovely Easter. Good Friday, James and I enjoyed Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis performed magnificently by the Grand Philharmonic Choir. Saturday was a good day too – … Continue reading →

It seems I am not getting through to many what I mean when I say I believe the death of a spouse is truly different from the loss of any other family member. I found that those who understood were … Continue reading →

Why do people worry when you speak, fantasise. or write about wanting to die. Easter, of all times of the year, is a time surely when it is permissible to want to die. Christ’s resurrection gave us all something to … Continue reading →

Patricia and I were two halves that together complete wholeness. Pat and I were the starting point in the sacrament of marriage where God joins two entities into one. When something is whole, it is unchanging and complete. So, when, … Continue reading →

Eventually C. S. Lewis accepted the presence of Joy, his departed wife, though he believed it was not the soul but her intellect. He speaks of the experience, “It was incredibly unemotional. Just the impression of her mind momentarily facing … Continue reading →

The writings on grief are filled with survivors blaming God for their loss and as a result abandoning their faith. Some religions try to comfort the bereaved by saying it was God’s will and there are some that say the … Continue reading →