I realize I have not posted anything here in a long time. I have been very busy, with holiday preparations and with work -- too busy, without enough time for contemplation and meditation on my life.
Some time ago I wrote up something I meant to post here which came out in the form of (very poor) verse:
Do not think I am not missing her now
Because I have been silent.
The longing is greater now than it has been
Though the tears are less frequent.
But I was not pleased with these lines and so did not post them -- I am certainly no poet. Still, they are true, and so I post them here.
I will put up a separate post about Christmas so far... The holidays over all, from Thanksgiving on, have been pretty good, in spite of warnings about how difficult they should be. I found a book on our shelves that Angela had read a few years ago and which I am working through during Advent and Christmas, Living with Hope: A Scientist Looks at Advent, Christmas and Epiphany. This contains daily reflections, and during Advent his focus was on the four last things, death, judgment, heaven and hell. His reflections have been very helpful to me in thinking about death and what the Christian hope in the resurrection means. Reading this book knowing that a few years ago Angela had read it both connects me to her and helps me to remember how she lived with hope, and faith, and love.
But I have been too busy, as I have said, and I hope to find some quieter time during the rest of this holiday, amidst all the visiting and family and friends.
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