tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2699042885255346769.post2555107812076578306..comments2023-05-12T05:17:32.379-06:00Comments on Good Grief: Widow Care PackageNoelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13714541394769902623noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2699042885255346769.post-74262937586665587532013-05-11T14:52:04.314-06:002013-05-11T14:52:04.314-06:00I should add that the socks were all cotton heavy ...I should add that the socks were all cotton heavy tube socks that didn't melt in the microwave.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02779023185303694810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2699042885255346769.post-65691857803311599242013-05-11T14:44:41.602-06:002013-05-11T14:44:41.602-06:00When my Dad passed away, my mom filled some new so...When my Dad passed away, my mom filled some new socks he'd left behind with rice and tied them off. She heated them in the microwave and slipped them under the sheets to warm her feet. My dad had always been her foot warmer and these were a comfort to her.<br /><br />Thank you for the list of thoughtful and practical things to gift grieving people with. I will keep them for future reference.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02779023185303694810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2699042885255346769.post-73045847418523030812013-05-11T14:24:50.051-06:002013-05-11T14:24:50.051-06:00Thank you for quoting this poem. I recently lost ...Thank you for quoting this poem. I recently lost my mom and I was in tears at the end of it. I must find my copy of Streams in the Desert again.<br /><br />I also love your suggestion of thank you notes and a roll of stamps. Lovely idea!Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02779023185303694810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2699042885255346769.post-72410926464315704592011-09-20T11:01:08.283-06:002011-09-20T11:01:08.283-06:00I love the hot water bottle idea! I may just have...I love the hot water bottle idea! I may just have to get one for my mom this year! LOVE your blog!Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02555583712121912993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2699042885255346769.post-38446856356782393192011-09-19T13:48:15.512-06:002011-09-19T13:48:15.512-06:00@Addie,
You sent that poem to me before, and I LOV...@Addie,<br />You sent that poem to me before, and I LOVE it.<br /><br />And I wish I had said the thing in there about thank you notes and stamps. Someone sent me a roll of stamps when Sawan died and it was just so meaningful and thoughtful. And now I'm going to check out Mindy Smith...<br /><br />xoNoelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13714541394769902623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2699042885255346769.post-41910901544670897492011-09-19T13:40:51.082-06:002011-09-19T13:40:51.082-06:00Letter to a Grieving Heart by Billy Sprague (I was...Letter to a Grieving Heart by Billy Sprague (I was so skeptical, but it was so gentle and sweetly healing for my heart)<br />Streams in the Desert (devotional) by C.E. Cowman<br />One Moment More (CD) by Mindy Smith<br />Thank you notes<br />A roll of stamps<br /><br />Streams in the Desert has my absolute favorite poem about death:<br /><br />E'en for the dead I will not bind my soul to grief.<br />Death cannot long divide.<br />For is it not as if the rose that climbed my garden wall<br />has blossomed on the other side?<br />Death does hide, but not divide.<br />You are but on Christ's other side!<br />You are with Christ, and Christ with me.<br />In Christ united still are we.<br /><br />It still makes me cry.Addiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08141998685403350378noreply@blogger.com