I DON'T KNOW that anything can prepare anybody for the shock that comes with the sudden passing of a loved one.
When we were notified that our youngest son had been killed in a hit-and-run accident, the shock was stunning. I couldn't think. I was numb.
Yet, in a way, I was prepared. Ideas I'd learned from the thought-changing book, Science and Health, kicked in, took root, and propped me up. The spiritual insights, revelations really, that all God makes has undying selfhood because God is Life itself, enabled me to function. I had lived with this promise of the eternality of Life in my prayer, and it was natural that it would rise to the top of my thinking. In spite of the constant barrage of agonizing, fearful, grieving feelings, many strong and healing ideas from the book gave me comfort and courage.
