Her Hope

                              The Grief Journey:   Summer Grace
                                 
     "I shall not die, but I shall live."     PSALM 118
    The grace of summer is one of discovery---the discovery that, yes, you will live.
    But it's more than a discovery; it's also a decision,
    A decision that awakens within you as the summer days go on;
    A new optimism that is growing within you;
    A laugh that comes naturally for the first time in a long, long while;
    A dream that leaves you feeling freer and more at peace;
    A spirit that is re-forming an energy that is re-gathering.

   The grace of summer is one of guidance---a sense that new life is more than just a choice you are making.
    It is also an opportunity that you are being offered;
     a gift that you are being given;
     a blessing to be accepted and trusted;
     a guidance through your season of grief.
   You and something wiser than you have a word to speak, and that word is
                                               Yes.