Last Thursday we buried my mother, and the most positive aspect of the afternoon was seeing the entire family together (my mother’s siblings with spouses and some offspring, and my siblings with spouses and most offspring). Continue reading →

This morning, shortly before eight in the morning, my mother went home to the Lord. For quite some time already she had suffered from increasingly severe old age dementia, and after a stroke was partially paralyzed. In the few lucid moments which she had right up to the end one could tell that she was aware of this, and that it troubled her greatly. As a believer in Christ she longed to be liberated from this prison which her body had become, and to go home to God. Today her desire was granted. Continue reading →