Miraculous provision
A blanket of shock clouded my mind as my sister Arlene and I drove along. We’d just been at the hospital visiting my close friend Suzanne, who had suddenly become seriously ill. Shafts of memory pierced gentle clouds of reminiscing as we travelled towards home. Su and her family were an important part of my life and I had always expected she’d be here long after I’d gone. She was younger and fitter than I was. Rarely sick. Her sister Libby had rung me. ‘Jeanette, Suzanne’s very sick.’ I wept into my phone as Libby told me the details. Su was suddenly terminally ill. Suzanne – dying? Well, let’s say it as I see it, after all: Suzanne leaving us to relocate in her dwelling place in heaven. But …already? A few days after I’d received this shocking news, Libby rang me again. ‘Jeanette, she’s going down fast. You’d better come up and visit her now .’ So my sister Arlene and I drove up to Su’s house ( oh, Lord, so many happy memories here ). Libby drove us down to ...