Passing this way but once

A year or so ago, I spent a day with a woman, who I will call Sue, whose daughter had recently died from a brain tumour.

Yesterday, in the mail, I received a copy of a beautiful book from Sue. It is a one year devotional; a bound, illustrated coffee-table size book which also includes a CD of inspirational songs.

Sue wrote and produced this book, in remembrance of her 15 year old daughter. She also oversees a Christian charity, inspired by, and named after, her daughter. It continues to raise thousands of dollars for a worthy cause.

And I think with sadness that no book has been written about Ben, to inspire people’s faith, and no excellent charity has his name blazoned on it.

And like I have so often, I think about him being forgotten and how to appropriately continue honouring and remembering him.

And again, like I have so often, I get to hoping and praying that the impact of his life and the way he died, will be remembered in and through the way we continue to live our lives without him.

‘I shall pass this way but once; any good that I can do or any kindness I can show to any human being; let me do it now. Let me not defer nor neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.’ Etienne de Grellet (1773-1855) Quaker Missionary.

Lindy