Category Archives: Family

This One Holy Trinity is our true and eternal home.

Posted on March 15, 2017 by thebows99krug

I have mentioned before that when I awake from a nap I can often see Pat typing messages to me on something that looks like Facebook. It usually goes by fast and I have trouble reading it. This time it … Continue reading →

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Know thyself and thou shalt know God.

Posted on March 13, 2017 by thebows99krug

“A precious point of conscious, blissful, light energy, the soul…
This is you
Imagine a tiny point located where thoughts come from.
That point thinks, remembers and decides.
This point is you.
The point where every emotion is born…
This is you.
A spiritual being interacting through the body…
This is you.” — Brahma Kumaris Continue reading →

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I believe and pray for such dreams as this! God and Pat speak in dreams.

Posted on March 7, 2017 by thebows99krug

From A Severe Mercy, by Sheldon Vanauken chapter X “The Oxford-Vision Dream“ It was morning. I had come back to Oxford two years after Davy’s death and found digs, a ground-floor room with its own door opening onto a large garden with paths angling … Continue reading →

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Patricia, my love, you were a success!

Posted on March 2, 2017 by thebows99krug

Hey Pat in your writings about yourself, you got it wrong!  Thinking about our 48 years together I realise we really had a beautiful happy marriage. Yes this is absolutely true: Our quiet, sharing love was a spiritual union of souls: … Continue reading →

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Pat and Pooka, I loved them both

Posted on February 26, 2017 by thebows99krug

Patricia A. Bow July 20, 1946 – January 7, 2017 Pooka September 17, 1987 – January 8, 2017

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Erin reads at Pat’s Funeral January 15, 2017

Posted on February 23, 2017 by thebows99krug

I am Erin. I’m James’ wife, Pat’s daughter-in-law. I’m here to read a poem. Pat, when she got this diagnosis, of course, sat down and put everything to square and picked out her hymns and specified the wishes for her … Continue reading →

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Blessings

Posted on February 12, 2017 by thebows99krug

Counting our blessings: Thinking about our 48 years together I realize we really had a beautiful happy marriage. Yes this is absolutely true: “Patricia and I  were lucky enough to discover that quiet, intense love that is basic to life … Continue reading →

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Dealing with my beloved’s death

Posted on January 21, 2017 by thebows99krug

Patricia and I  were lucky enough to discover that quiet, intense love so often written about in those love stories that move you to tears but seldom found in real life.  I used to pray nightly that the first girl … Continue reading →

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James Bow’s Eulogy at Pat’s Funeral January 4th, 2017

Posted on January 16, 2017 by thebows99krug

Those who know me know that, throughout my life, I never called my mother nor my father “Mom” and “Dad”. I always called them by their first names, “Pat” and “Eric”. It shocked my friends the first time I called … Continue reading →

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My Eulogy at the Funeral January 14, 2017

Posted on January 15, 2017 by thebows99krug

We are here for the end of one stage of Pat’s journey and the beginning of her journey in heaven.  I thought it appropriate to explain how our marriage journey began. Pat knew this was my favourite story and would … Continue reading →

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