Oct 25 2021

Monday, October 25, 2021

Dear Jen,

Today marks twenty-six years of you being in heaven.

During those twenty-six years, I only knew you for ten weeks.

I would have loved to have spent more time with you.

However, God had other plans.

He had prepared a place for you in heaven.

I can picture you surrounded by family and angels.

This gives me peace.

Although you are there, you live in our minds and our hearts.

I ask that you will continue to guide our family on this journey toward heaven.

Death isn't something anyone can prepare for. When it happens, it hurts. It will always hurt. But, knowing the loved one is experiencing the love of God, that gives me joy.

"In the hour of our agony, in the hour of truth, when at the moment of our appearance before God, we perhaps review in our memory our whole life, with so many miseries and weaknesses, so many failings and falls, I hope that with contrite hearts but immense confidence we shall say to Jesus, "All this I give You. Did You not come to earth to seek out my sins and take them upon Yourself? In exchange, give me the price of Your Blood, the treasures of Your Redemption, all Your merits; they are mine." It is in this spirit that little Saint Thérèse said, “In the evening of this life I shall appear before you with empty hands,” and “It is just this—to find myself at my death with empty hands—that gives me joy, for having nothing I shall receive everything from God.” - Fr. Jean Du Coeur De Jesus D'Elbee

"For me prayer is a burst from my heart, it is a simple glance thrown toward heaven, a cry of thanksgiving and love in times of trial as well as in times of joy." St. Therese

Love you, Jenny! Pray for us!

Mom, Dad, Sr. Jordan, myself, Maddie, Nicole and Max.

We have been listening to Josh Groban’s Christmas Album today to celebrate Mom and Dad listening to Christmas music with Jen.