Monday, April 11, 2011

the most extraordinary feeling of relief....

washed over her......
literally drenching her in CLOSURE...
yes...
DRENCHING HER IN CLOSURE....
ahhhh.....
how to describe this 'completing' feeling...
she had spent so much time worrying and dreading and anticipating....
and PRAYING....
praying for GOD to simply 'hold her hand' through these trying times...
through these arduous, yet necessary, tasks....
and then as well...
there was a sense of .having absolutely DONE THE RIGHT THING....
having honoured her family....her parents...
in Godly ways...
even though, at times, it seemed utterly impossible....
an EXTRAORDINARY relief.....
she slept like a baby that night.....
dreaming of ice cream and feather pillows and smiling, pink angels...
Ahhhh...

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