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You have Ruth now, my dear, and Ellie – and you have my Hilda, whose affection for you will grow. How much she trusts you already. Please, always be there to offer her your love, for she has many obstacles still to face before her time on earth is done…. Oh, and by the way, my friend, you have me as well. Think you can cope? |
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Did this truly spiritual woman really converse with her dead? |
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Bossy and high-handed she might be, but Gwynneth had the kindest heart in the world under that crusty exterior, and had been manna from Heaven for her since Nell died.
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You have Ruth now, my dear, and Ellie – and you have my Hilda, whose affection for you will grow. How much she trusts you already. Please, always be there to offer her your love, for she has many obstacles still to face before her time on earth is done…. Oh, and by the way, my friend, you have me as well. Think you can cope? |
Travellers Joy wrote: |
I can see a whole new saga presenting itself when Hilda's reaches an end! |
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Blunders and absurdities? Oh yes, Vivien, they creep in every day. How very astute of you. Most people only see the impassive face, not the mistakes and flaws. But you are astute, aren’t you, and would make a most magnificent Headmistress here. However, that post is already gone – and you wouldn’t want it anyway. I have a feeling there’s a differert sort of post awaiting you somewhere, a post you’re not even aware as yet that you want. But please don’t go too soon. I need the light from your particular candle, Ellie needs it, too. It is such a gentle and healing light. |
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Not just little ones, either, but mighty big ones at times, beautiful, golden, sweet-smelling candles that warmed her through and through, as well as shedding their radiance on her path |
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Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it well and serenely.” |
Luisa wrote: |
AFter avery long day, can there be anything better than this post? Thank you Mary - I hope you are intending to follow Vivien's destiny as well. |
Chris wrote: |
It's that 'man' thing again isn't it (no offence to any men on the board!) - burying himself in work and keeping away from the situation. |
MaryR wrote: |
“You’re like a blinking sheepdog. You won’t let go and rest until all your lambs are soothed and comforted, no matter the weather or your own condition – because you love them.” Hilda picked up the beaker, turned to the door. “And you, my friend, are a yapping terrier, nipping at my ankles, pulling on my skirt, determined to get my notice and make me change direction – because you love me.” |
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You’re like a blinking sheepdog. You won’t let go and rest until all your lambs are soothed and comforted, no matter the weather or your own condition – because you love them.” |
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"We find in ourselves things we didn’t know were there.” |
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We’re not asked if we want these challenges, we’re simply asked to face up to them with some sort of courage, and in the process we find out who and what we are. We find in ourselves things we didn’t know were there.” |
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She considered Mireille silently a moment, but the girl remained mute, needing more. “Mireille, you’ve had to learn this term that life is all about the unexpected – troubles appear out of thin air and seem to take away from us what we desire the most. We’re not asked if we want these challenges, we’re simply asked to face up to them with some sort of courage, and in the process we find out who and what we are. We find in ourselves things we didn’t know were there |
linda wrote: |
Mary, how do you manage to write such beautiful emotional scenes? |
Cath V-P wrote: |
I have such a clear picture of that house standing firm in the storm and Hilda the last to sleep. |
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The next instant she found herself blinded by sudden tears. This love of hers for Ellie was still so new and so astonishing that it could catch her unawares, take her by the throat and shake her to the core. Please God she never let this most courageous child down. |
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That’s a given, lovely girl. I’ll be here, not just this night, but every night, as long as you feel you need my presence. Do remember to cast all your anxieties on Him, dearest. He cares for you so much. I'm afraid you’re not quite ready for the strait-jacket just yet – I’m working on it! Sleep well, and wake refreshed...... |
Fiona Mc wrote: |
Mary this is awe inspiring as always. You seem to touch the matters of the heart and explain them so exquisitely and oh ever so gently and make sense of all the confusing thoughts and emotions. |
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She also found a terse note telling her that there were two hot water bottles in her bed and would she please join them in very short order! |
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Before she had even spoken, her needs were being met. Then, Nell’s cool, logical mind would worry at the problem, Nell’s loving heart would ease the load, Nell’s sardonic humour would tease away the frown |
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When kept in the San after Nell’s death, and the others thought she had achieved some kind of acceptance and had all opened up about their own sorrow, she had wanted to scream at them that they had no idea – that her grief was such that she felt maimed, cut in half; that life as she had known it was now impossible |
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Hilda had to allow her to go on testing her fledgling wings against any buffeting winds that came her way. Only thus would they become powerful enough to allow her to soar upwards, to fly, to make her dreams become reality. |
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Hilda will come back, and until then, perhaps she'll go on telling you about some other bits of her life - we'd be delighted to share them! |
MaryR wrote: |
she had woken to hear the still, small voice of Love Himself, and had seen the late afternoon sun casting its long, golden beams into the room, burnishing the carved wooden door of her wardrobe and intensifying the new and deep sense of peace that permeated the room. Her spirit had basked in that peace, feeling dreamily that angels could have danced in those sunbeams, heaven brought to earth, just for a few solemn moments..... |
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“Good morning, liebchen,” she murmured and held out a hand. Ellie quickly moved across the room and curled up on the bed close beside her beloved guardian...... |
MaryR wrote: |
this episode is by way of being simply nuts and bolts |
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Nell was her mind’s first port of call every morning when she awoke - and her very last before she slept each night |
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Nell was her mind’s first port of call every morning when she awoke - and her very last before she slept each night. |
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a hallowed place, where she could trace those happy memories, even through her tears: a hopeful place, filled with kind things from her past and her future, where her spirit could forge a new life |
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How could it be anything now but what it was - a hallowed place, where she could trace those happy memories, even through her tears: a hopeful place, filled with kind things from her past and her future, where her spirit could forge a new life. |
Elder in Ontario wrote: |
It's equally lovely to see Kathie Ferrars' attitude - clearly she means what she said last night, and is so much happier than we have seen her in recent months; I do hope that will continue. Certainly she will be heartened by the reception the girls are sure to give her. |