MENTAL illness is so prevalent in our humanity it is both stark and startling, until we realise it is not the evil it's often made out to be. Mental illness ought not to intuit guilt or shame, but support, care, and understanding.
The email message on my computer screen was from a couple who were members of my church. It asked recipients to get involved in random acts of kindness as memorials to their deceased daughter. Their daughter died of cancer a year ago and I was touched by the thoughtfulness behind message. “I will be glad to remember her with a random act of kindness,” I replied.
This,too has become an all consuming task. When our son Keith left us Feb. 26,2006 ,we couldn't get past ourselves. Mindful that we also had a 17 year old daughter to take care of ,we awoke every morning....for HER. Replacing feelings with monetary things,we taught her all the wrong lessons about healing and moving forward.
What Helps...
Part 2
If you call, that helps.
More weeks have past
Since I last saw your face.
Still at home
It may seem odd to read this story without the dramatic conclusion in verses 38-44 where Jesus raises the dead man Lazarus back to life. Verse 44 is graphic: The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped in a cloth.
A part of me is gone and I can never get it back.
When you left me here my whole world turned black.
All I have now are the memories we share.
The tears that fall are to let you know I care.
A Mother’s Grief
Heart still broken
