Just wanted to say "Thank you" for your prayers over the last month.
Sometimes we think the Lord has put more on us than we can bear, but it's then that our faith is strengthened.
My husband, my son-in-law's mom and I cleaned out all of Erin's things from her and her husband's house. Her husband had already carefully packed many of the things from their bedroom in plastic bins for me.
He couldn't be there when we took the things out so his mom helped us.
He had told me to take anything I wanted so I got pretty much all her things, even whatnots I had given her. I sat in her closet floor, crying aloud as I gathered up all her shoes and then remaining clothes that I remembered her wearing. It was one of the most difficult times in my life. Now my house is filled with boxes and bins of her things that I can't stand to look through much yet.
Then, while my older sister was home from Wyoming for Christmas, my brothers, sisters and I met at my mom's (she died in June) and began to decide how to settle the estate and house. Looking through my mom and dad's things a flood of memories hit me and again I wept. (Seems that's all I do now!)
But I know that God's grace is sufficient through it all. He knows how much we can bear and I have to remember He bore our sorrows on the Cross. But it's up to us to release them to Him. I think sometimes I try to hang on to it. I feel that if I give up the grief I give up all that remains of my daughter here on earth.
But I know that your prayers and the prayers of others kept me strong during this very difficult time for me, my son, and my husband .
Sometimes we think the Lord has put more on us than we can bear, but it's then that our faith is strengthened.
My husband, my son-in-law's mom and I cleaned out all of Erin's things from her and her husband's house. Her husband had already carefully packed many of the things from their bedroom in plastic bins for me.
He couldn't be there when we took the things out so his mom helped us.
He had told me to take anything I wanted so I got pretty much all her things, even whatnots I had given her. I sat in her closet floor, crying aloud as I gathered up all her shoes and then remaining clothes that I remembered her wearing. It was one of the most difficult times in my life. Now my house is filled with boxes and bins of her things that I can't stand to look through much yet.
Then, while my older sister was home from Wyoming for Christmas, my brothers, sisters and I met at my mom's (she died in June) and began to decide how to settle the estate and house. Looking through my mom and dad's things a flood of memories hit me and again I wept. (Seems that's all I do now!)
But I know that God's grace is sufficient through it all. He knows how much we can bear and I have to remember He bore our sorrows on the Cross. But it's up to us to release them to Him. I think sometimes I try to hang on to it. I feel that if I give up the grief I give up all that remains of my daughter here on earth.
But I know that your prayers and the prayers of others kept me strong during this very difficult time for me, my son, and my husband .
