Today is a great day. I am feeling hopeful for the first time in a month.
My friends continue to be awesome with their support and love. Their prayers and comforting. My prayers and helping.
Today I was going through a box of papers from 2005, during the time we moved to Atlanta from Chicago. I found several daily calendar pages torn off and saved in that box. One of them I read said this:
Now the God of hope fill you with joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. Romans 15:13
I checked that page in Anita’s bible and found she had underlined a different passage from Romans 15: “through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.” And she circled “hope”.
Next to those calendar pages, I found this card from Anita to me on Father’s Day 2005.
For My Husband with Love
If I could go back in time,
would I do it all over again?
Would I take
the bad with the good,
the tears
wiot the laughter,
the hurts
with the joys?
Even though
things aren’t always
perfect,
I wouldn’t trade
one minute
of our life together…
…and if I could go back
in time,
I wouldn’t hesitate
for a second
to do it all over again –
with you.
Happy Father’s Day
I Love You
You’re the greatest!
I love you –
A –
Hope…and a wonderful day. Thank you for your prayers. I hope you all are having a great day.
Thanks for sharing. This gives ME hope! You are an inspiration. Glad it was a geat day for you!!
Greg – It’s been a long time since we’ve been in touch. And I’m very sorry for your loss. I have been praying for you. I wanted to simply say that you and Anita were amazing friends to me — That first year of law school was very tough, and you two were there for me in so many ways. I remember, in particular, YOUR kindness AND Anita’s when my grandfather passed. I regret we lost touch, but you and your family are not (and have not ever been) far from my thoughts. I simply want to say that I hope that you can hold on to that HOPE and perhaps do some healing through it. Your blog is beautiful and Anita was an amazing person – that’s my favorite word to use when describing her.
All the best – and God’s peace be with you!
~ Heidi