Category Archives: Marriage

Love and Death: to Patricia my beloved

Posted on December 7, 2017 by thebows99krug

Pat, this whole year is as if I have been living our last year physically together tear by tear, over again. All the special days and anniversaries were times of vivid memories relived and tears. Well now I am in … Continue reading →

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December 1, 2016 to January 7, 2017 was the worst time in my life!

Posted on December 6, 2017 by thebows99krug

Quiet Love: … eyes to see and words to tell the truths that are most true. by Patricia A. Bow & Eric C. Bow  (http://www.lulu.com/ca/en/shop/patricia-a-bow/quiet-loveeyes-to-see-and-words-to-tell-the-truths-that-are-most-true/paperback/product-23110534.html)    Pages 203 to 209 : Thursday December 1 2016 Advent Another so – so night. … Continue reading →

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Jealous of God!

Posted on December 5, 2017 by thebows99krug

Sometimes a dream can speak to one of your innermost truths. My dream last night was one of those dreams. Both C.S. Lewis and Sheldon Vanauken write about the surviving spouse of a Devoted Christian becoming jealous of God. It … Continue reading →

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The Best of times the worst of times

Posted on November 25, 2017 by thebows99krug

Wednesday, November 15, 2017 was the forty-ninth anniversary of Pat and my first date and the first anniversary of that dreadful diagnosis. It was the best of times and the worst of times. On Friday, November 15, 1968, Pat was a fellow student’s date at the Red Lion on our FLIS weekly pub crawl. I was attracted to her and sat beside her. [ 515 more words ]
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Dreams (of your departed spouse) take us forward

Posted on November 17, 2017 by thebows99krug

“My departed spouse dwells in me and I dwell in her.” What are the implications? Let her presence come to the surface – let her be you and you be her. She lives – Love is stronger than Death. When … Continue reading →

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Christians NEVER say goodbye!

Posted on November 14, 2017 by thebows99krug

Christians NEVER say goodbye! For in eternity there will be “time enough”.   If we share Christ’s death we shall also share His resurrection – that is the whole point of the Eucharist.  My beloved Patricia is in the arms of … Continue reading →

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My Departed Spouse is within me here and now!

Posted on November 13, 2017 by thebows99krug

Had one of those dreams so real that you feel your departed spouse and you are actually together in a heavenly Eden. Once again it was along a rocky shore like the shore around White Point Beach N.S. that Pat … Continue reading →

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In the beginning there was LOVE!

Posted on November 2, 2017 by thebows99krug

1 John 4:7-9: “7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and everyone that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. 8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. 9 In … Continue reading →

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Assuring friends and family that I have chosen life and love.

Posted on October 22, 2017 by thebows99krug

Family and friends thank you for the concern. Please be assured I do not intend to take my own life. Pat crocked her finger at me before she died and said “don’t you dare even think about following me by … Continue reading →

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Patricia and the Anglican Rosary

Posted on October 13, 2017 by thebows99krug

Looking back to 2015 – Pat did a lot of praying around my heart attack and operation – I found she was ahead of me religiously then and now. I found on her desktop machine, her folder on prayer and … Continue reading →

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