Topics:<\/b> Acceptance; Death; Grace; Grief; Love; Mercy; Parents<\/p>\n
References:<\/b> Romans 5:20; 2 Peter 3:18<\/p>\n
Fifty-five years ago, sitting up with you after midnight while the nurse rested, I watched you take your last breath. A few minutes before you died, you raised your head and said, \u201cWhich \u2026 way?\u201d I understood that you were at a dark, unmarked crossing. Then a minute later you said, \u201cYou\u2019re a good \u2026 boy \u2026 Wallace,\u201d and died.<\/p>\n
My name was the last word you spoke; your faith in me and love for me were your last thoughts. I could bear them no better than I could bear your death, and I went blindly out into the November darkness and walked for hours with my mind clenched like a fist.<\/p>\n
\u2014Wallace Stegner, Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs<\/i> (Penguin, 1993)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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