tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3382629264175127167.post1889662552654041759..comments2024-03-25T05:22:40.086-04:00Comments on Widow’s Christian Place: The Year in Review: Cathy's StoryFerree Bowman Hardyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10739485535852107104noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3382629264175127167.post-80097267100205116532013-01-03T12:26:24.344-05:002013-01-03T12:26:24.344-05:00What beautiful women visit here, Ferree and the wi...What beautiful women visit here, Ferree and the wisdom they share as they continue on their solo journeys is amazing in spite of their heart-aches. I am always blessed when I visit you and your community. Thank you!Renee' B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18298547598684930937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3382629264175127167.post-36156645865805560602012-12-28T22:35:27.737-05:002012-12-28T22:35:27.737-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3382629264175127167.post-9808042444815107822012-12-28T15:07:52.379-05:002012-12-28T15:07:52.379-05:00Thank you Cathy for your story....I had to look tw...Thank you Cathy for your story....I had to look twice to see If I didn't write it myself. I don't even remember 2012 it is as if a whole year has passed, and I don't know where it went. I was married to my bestfriend and soulmate for 33 years and he had a massive stroke and lived three weeks (Thomas) Nov. 13, 2011. I am still numb, going through motions of living, doing only the necissities. I do have pets and a specical needs adult daughter I try to be a caregiver too, but they have suffered also. Tell me what one does with the photographs on the walls, when looking at them it seems my emotions go wild. They jump from lonliness to anger, to remember when and so on. C.S. Lewis said after Joy (his wife) died that photos are just the image of that individual and not the real person and they can do more harm than good if we soak into them. I heard a christian song the other day which the lyrics in it said " beyond the cross is an empty tomb and beyond the tomb is the resurrection and beyond the ressurrection is life everlasting and peace forever more.<br />So I rejoice in Thomas's new home and I actually said to God.... "I was happy for Thomas but sad for me" <br />I awakened the other morning and thought about that one verse in the 23 Psalm........ "yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death" and it's as if the Lord spoke so clearly......"my child in order for there to be a shadow there must be a light, Tom is with me" Blessings DodiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com