I'm a long way from finished on this blog. As, I'm sure, you can see.
If you're a meanie, you probably noticed this a while ago and quietly sniggered into your teacup thinking, 'I knew she'd never manage it'. If you're a nice'un and were impressed by the attempt I initially made at creating and maintaining this blog, you were probably pretty disappointed in me and a little sad that something so potentially life affirming could be neglected so apparently easily.
I'm also a long way over the deadline. But - despite admittedly getting very sidetracked - I'm definitely not a quitter...if anything, once started, I'm obsessively bound to completing a task, so I intend to do so with this one. Even though I stopped writing entries on this project months ago, I've often thought back to it...I've come across moments, situations and people that I feel could benefit from these letters and I've felt lazy and guilty that I haven't sat down and written anything. So the next few entries will be filled with me going back over those moments I wish I'd captured at the time, in the vain hope that the old adage 'Better late than never' will stand true.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Letter 14...
Bradley,
I haven't seen you for a few months. I haven't really been all that much in touch with you. But the day I saw a message on your Facebook wall saying someone was praying for your family and talking about your sister, my heart stopped. I've thought about you and your sister a little each day since then and, without ever having met her, I'm so sad for her, for you, for your family and for all her friends. I know you have family and friends encircling you right now. I know that I'm just another person offering words of comfort and empathy, a person much much less close to you than the ones currently there for you in Indiana. So I don't want to labour the point. I just wanted you to know I'm thinking of you and praying for you like so many others. Your last two blogs have been absolutely beautiful and moved me just so much. Your brotherly qualities and love shine out and I think you sister was so lucky to have you.
I wish you all the best Bradley. I think you're amazingly brave. I hope to see you in happier times.
Lucy
I haven't seen you for a few months. I haven't really been all that much in touch with you. But the day I saw a message on your Facebook wall saying someone was praying for your family and talking about your sister, my heart stopped. I've thought about you and your sister a little each day since then and, without ever having met her, I'm so sad for her, for you, for your family and for all her friends. I know you have family and friends encircling you right now. I know that I'm just another person offering words of comfort and empathy, a person much much less close to you than the ones currently there for you in Indiana. So I don't want to labour the point. I just wanted you to know I'm thinking of you and praying for you like so many others. Your last two blogs have been absolutely beautiful and moved me just so much. Your brotherly qualities and love shine out and I think you sister was so lucky to have you.
I wish you all the best Bradley. I think you're amazingly brave. I hope to see you in happier times.
Lucy
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