Skipping Church this morning as I have succumbed to a nasty cold and thought as I chill to the sound of Classic FM with a decaffeinated coffee and jaffa cake in hand, I would blog. (Try the jaffa cake grab game! My best time is 12:89 can you beat it?)
Been feeling a bit worried about my last entry as I was feeling a bit morose when I wrote it. I don't want any of my readers to feel burdened by my entries, yet I do want to maintain my integrity and report on life as it is - authenticity is important to me. However do let me know if they ever seem too heavy!
The sun is beaming this morning and I would love to report that despite my cold I am on top of the world but unfortunately it has been another tough week as I had to say good-bye to another dear friend. Val suffered from Multiple Sclerosis for at least 2 decades and I met her 14 years ago when we first moved to Bristol. She was great fun and at times we had such a laugh together. My favourite memory is when we went on a healing retreat together about 13 years ago and discovered that we were woken up each morning by a 'thought for the day' which boomed through a speaker into our individual rooms. Neither of us were too impressed as there was no switch to turn it off and were looking forward to a 'lie-in'. The next morning Val did not appear for breakfast and I knocked on her door. Waking her up I said "how did you sleep through the morning talk?" By this stage she had opened the door and I burst out laughing as I saw a number of towels draped over the speaker!
So it is with great sadness that I let go of Val, but when I think of life from her perspective I am glad that her suffering has ended and that she will now receive what she so much wanted; an imperishable body, which will be raised in glory and with power.
