Friday, March 28, 2008

In the Middle of it All... Great Loss

Of course, life is never simple. In the middle of all the busy-ness of an early Easter season coinciding with the church AGM and family visits I learned of my dear friend and mentor's death on the very day I most needed needed prayer. That night I wrote in my prayer diary:

I am grateful

  • that I have Mary at home just now. She understands how/why I feel distraught about... I was so shaken by today's encounter - like standing up to a HUGE bulldozer. So frightening.
  • for young friends [listed] who will pray. I miss Bunny Foss - a letter came today. She died February 7. She will never write again to her "heroes in Japan."

I feel like the friend who remarked at her funeral, "I woke up the morning after Bunny died and I thought, "Oh, she's not going to be praying for me today."

Bernice Foss 1926 - 2008

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Grieving with you. I have often thought that the day my friend/mentor dies will be one of the hardest days, and I hope and pray that she has many years left. God does not leave us alone, and yet he has given us such help and companionship with people we can see and touch, or talk to.

Another thought -- are you sure she will not be praying for you? Doesn't even Jesus intercede for us? Maybe she will be talking directly with the father about you and your affairs, rather than "through a glass darkly"...

Love, hugs, and prayers,
Bresca