It’s nice to have additions to your relationships and family. We usually receive themed invitations to celebrate when people are added to our life.
We all ooh and ahh at wedding and baby shower luncheons as gifts are opened.
However, when subtractions come along to your marriage and family, where are the invitations to come sit around the table?
Subtractions from life tend not to be remembered in the same way as additions.
This last week I had the opportunity to do life with a group of ladies who had experienced the subtraction of a spouse. One of my dearest neighbors, and one of her friends, started a new ministry this week for Widow’s.
I was invited to a luncheon where every lady was a widow, except me.
“She is not a widow; but she is my neighbor…” was how I was pleasantly introduced at the Widow’s Luncheon as I slipped to the kitchen to get the rolls out of the oven because the kitchen timer had just *dinged*.
Thank You this was a beautiful post.
Bless you, dear Brenda. Love and hugs to you today. So thankful this touched your heart.
Such beautiful words and even more beautiful heart. Thank you for sharing your gift of words with us, as well as your ❤.
Your words are a blessing, April. It was such a warm and welcoming luncheon. I hold the ladies who started the ministry in high esteem.