Category Archives: Family

Happy Easter! He is risen!

Posted on April 5, 2017 by thebows99krug

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 →

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Graven image vs Real presence

Posted on April 4, 2017 by thebows99krug

C. S. Lewis’ fear that the real image of his wife, Joy, would be replaced by his memories of her changed by what he wanted her to have been or remembered her to have been without the parts that he … Continue reading →

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GOD and US

Posted on April 2, 2017 by thebows99krug

Pat wrote, “Perhaps it is enough simply to believe the spirit does not died.”  We all have some doubts about life after death. I can’t imagine that there isn’t life after death but there is still that little nagging occasional … Continue reading →

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The Presence is REAL

Posted on March 31, 2017 by thebows99krug

Pat is at peace, that same love and peace of God also surrounds and uphold all of us, her family, and all who mourn. Neither death nor any created thing is able to separate us from the divine love we … Continue reading →

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True Love is for all eternity

Posted on March 29, 2017 by thebows99krug

I am reading Vanauken’s “Under the Mercy” and am deeply moved and completely agree with his thoughts on marriage (the one-flesh union) which LOVE promises and points to. Marriage vows are NOT vows to each other but the vows are … Continue reading →

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Three more poems by Patricia Bow.

Posted on March 27, 2017 by thebows99krug

Pat kept notebooks in which she wrote writing ideas; story ideas, characters, poems, etc. When she had used one she carefully crossed out the notes she had used. In her 1978 – 1986, notes (some still unused) I found three … Continue reading →

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C. S. Lewis seems to speaking directly to me in Pat’s own words.

Posted on March 25, 2017 by thebows99krug

Wow this is remarkable! In “Quiet Love” I quote Pat’s thoughts on our marriage as “sort of communicating bubbles” and how she thought our type of marriage, two touching circles,  “is the best”. Reading C. S. Lewis “A Grief Observed” … Continue reading →

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Am I dying?

Posted on March 23, 2017 by thebows99krug

I woke up this morning thinking I am dying; odd as physically I feel fine. No aches and pains or lumps in the legs or migraines like Pat. While I am eagerly and impatiently waiting to see Pat again, I … Continue reading →

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ACQUAINTED WITH GRIEF

Posted on March 20, 2017 by thebows99krug

Originally posted on Eric C. Bow:
There is a question that keeps coming up on all the Grief boards I read: “does my loved one in heaven feel grief and sorrow for her earthly losses?”  There doesn’t seem to be…

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ACQUAINTED WITH GRIEF

Posted on March 20, 2017 by thebows99krug

There is a question that keeps coming up on all the Grief boards I read: “does my loved one in heaven feel grief and sorrow for her earthly losses?”  There doesn’t seem to be a satisfactory answer; especially as Christ, … Continue reading →

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