Today’s attempts to explain a journey of different help offered to a grieving child have all been met with problems.
His beloved grandad had gone and this encouraging and only positive Christian influence shattered this small boy’s confidence. He had been told his birth was ‘an accident’ (dad and older brother0 and he was a waste of space.
HIs POP Left him a picture of an anchor on the sand and his teacher had attached a poem/meditation called THE ANCHORED LIFE.
So many folks responded to his need with displays of GOD’S love.and many folk showered acceptance and understanding on him,
He shared later when he was a teenager that what had the biggest impact after his pop’s sudden death was a picture of a snoopy comment he had seen on a wall. Headed SNOOPY”S reminder of his doctrine of abundant life.
I m a wife, mother and grandmother. I have always enjoyed writing even from an early age. My book Beyond the Ashes has been written as a labour of love. All the characters are real to me and their story needed to be told. As a Christian my desire is to write General Fiction stories about real people but Hope and a desire for 'better' will always be part of the journey. I have had several short stories published over the years and moderate success in writing competitions.
I realized as I was thinking today (30/01/15) that perhaps I should add here that I have had life experiences of many valley times but also many mountain top experiences. I can understand and be beside anyone who finds their life in tatters because I have 'been' there. Of course as I have got older as well there have been the added sorrows of losing not only older family members but also one by one finding the dearest of friends and the ones of greatest support and care also dying. On the site of rich mountains has been my certainty of the value of marriage and how grateful I am that after loss and sadness I made a happy and long-lasting marriage commitment. The one who was my best friend back then is still my best friend 45 years later. Beyond the Ashes touches upon the POWER of LOVE when folk can forget about their own personal 'feelings' and reach out in LOVE to a desperate and broken person.
PASSIONATE CREATIVE CHRISTIAN 