You have been much on my mind, Jan, as I know you are preparing for your trip. I hope that whatever you do and wherever you go, blessing will follow you.
I hope that I may someday reach the place that you sometimes touch - that place where past, present and future are one, where this life and whatever is beyond it mingle.
Today is a sad and hard day, for reasons I do not know - shot with longing and loneliness and an ache too acute to be described as dull, though too pervasive to be sharp.
The sun is shining, the purple and white flowers in my garden nod gracefully in a gentle breeze, and none of this touches me. My eyes stream with tears without ceasing.
The only sweetness I know is remembering Reuben. I want so much to do more than remember him. I want to let him live again, with me, through me - even instead of me - though it is not in my power. Perhaps the love touches him wherever he is, I hope so.