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GLEANINGS from Claudia: Grief – Ten Thousand Reasons

I haven’t posted about grief for a while. We are in the eighteenth month since Becky died. Life has taken on the color of the new normal. Many good things, so many blessings have come about for Jacob and the … Continue reading

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GLEANINGS from Claudia: “Waiting Toward That Day”

“The eye that now sees me will see me no longer; you will look for me, but I will be no more. As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to the grave does not return. … Continue reading

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GLEANINGS from Claudia: Happy Birthday Becky!

Becky Collage 12-7-11 It is a hard day and a day of delight! Thirty Three years ago today Rebecca Dawn Lee made her appearance in our world. What a blessing ‘Becky’ is in our lives. I hope you’ll humor a … Continue reading

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GLEANINGS from Claudia: Eleven Months

Dear Becky, Eleven months. I still expect you to walk in the door anytime. I still expect to see a  Facebook or email message or to call you and talk for an hour. You were so present in your absence … Continue reading

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GLEANINGS from Clauda: Grief Again

“I am confined and cannot escape; my eyes are dim with grief.  I call to you, O LORD,  every day; I spread out my hands to you.”  Psalm 88:8-9 Five days until we end our ninth month since Becky died. … Continue reading

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GLEANINGS from Claudia: Joy and Grief; Grief and Joy

“Are you asking one another what I meant when I said, ‘In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me’? I tell you the truth you will weep and … Continue reading

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GLEANINGS from Claudia: The ‘Mom’ Muscle

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to … Continue reading

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GLEANINGS from Claudia: The Big Change

“Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. . .” Psalm 23:4 As I’ve written earlier, life has changed. A lot. With Jacob and the girls … Continue reading

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GLEANINGS from Claudia: Letter to Becky

Dear Becky, I’ve wanted to write you again and life is hectic and busy and the time has been hard to come by.  So much has happened since the letter I wrote you just 15 weeks after you left us. … Continue reading

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