Each morning and evening (and often in between), as I turn the pages of my well-worn, beloved Bible, I search for pictures of my sweetheart, Hilda, which I have tucked in at specific pages. These pages contain promises which the Lord has given to me about my life together with Hilda in eternity. These promises […]
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This morning I began browsing a little book, which Hilda seems to have left lying under the coffee table for me to read at some point. She was like that. So intuitive, loving and caring, leaving little things around which she knew would be special to us. In the book was a lovely cross-stitched bookmark
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“It is good to say thank you to the Lord, to sing praises to the God who is above all gods. Every morning tell him, “Thank you for your kindness,” and every evening rejoice in all his faithfulness.” Psalm 92:1-2 (TLB) This morning, as I read through one of Hilda’s many “Joy Journals” I was
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Choose the Best Instead of the Good In Hilda’s Prayer Journals, she would compose more lengthy handwritten prayers in which she poured out her heart to God. They were written as she found the time, sometimes with gaps of several months. She got alone and spent time writing out these prayers when she felt the
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For many years Hilda has treasured this little girl figurine piggy bank and brought it from one home to the next. Somewhere along the way it was knocked down. Hilda carefully reset and glued the broken pieces around the cute girl’s blonde hair and continued to display it proudly in each home. It actually looks
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Do you need encouragement to move forward with bold confidence to believe that God will help you? I’m still walking through a “night” period, since my treasured sweetheart Hilda passed into Heaven with Jesus. The Bible says “weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning” (Psalm 30:5). During this time, God’s
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Precious friends, God gave me a beautiful vision of my sweetheart Hilda in Heaven this morning as I lay in bed. I will share over the next few days, with some artwork as I have this scene vividly in my mind. Hope I can draw and paint it and to do it justice. So glorious
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This painting shows a sunny winter view from our highest window, above our back balcony. It is my second painting of 2023. Part 2 of 2 in “Perspectives on Grief.” When our hope is in Jesus, we can believe His promise of eternal life with Him, and with our loved ones who love Him, for
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Thank you everyone who attended The Celebration of Hilda’s Life today in-person or online. It was so special to have such an outpouring of love and support from family and friends. Hilda was watching from Heaven. Jesus was lifted up as the reason for Hilda’s life well lived. I’m so excited to know I will
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My precious sweetheart Hilda, spent her last hours at Lisaard House in Cambridge. Tuesday, late afternoon she arrived by ambulance with her beautiful friend Alison, who stayed with her overnight at Juravinski Hospital and joined her in the ambulance to Lisaard House. Thank you Alison and Dan, who picked her up. That evening family and
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