Thoughts In Solitude

We lost our beloved "Manang Beth" today to cancer. She has fought long and hard, now she is finally at rest. For the past year, time and again she has told us, how tired she was and how she was wanting to come home to our Father already, but as I've said to her, it is between her and God. I told her to pray and discern what God still wants her to do on this earth, why He isn't calling her home yet. Perhaps, she had made a deal with God and He has finally allowed her to come home.  Yes, I have my own sorrow, although deep in my heart I know that she is at peace, but me, for now, I'm not. I would have gladly taken care of her some more, if it meant a little more time with her, but yes, it is her time. A friend - I will boldly say this! LOL (if she ever gets to read this, I think she will understand the boldness! - but for now, that's my secret to keep :)) told us that she was once asked when her father died and she was saying she wished he wasn't, that if th...