It is now over a week since our wee darling Raghma died and as you can imagine it has been a week of highs and lows with many memories of her and the joy she brought us. We had the burial for her on Saturday and we know that we were carried on the prayers of others, we both coped better than we thought knowing that she is in a better place and will have no more sickness. The children were amazing and gave her a splendid sendoff.
Sunday at Sunday School we spoke about her and her struggles to the children and used the well known 'Footprints' passage which we have a poster of here to testify the feeling of God carrying us. We then all made a set of footprints on paper to remind us.
Sunday also saw the arrival of the dentists. This is a team of five dentists and two dental assistants from Holland who come to check the teeth of all here and the surrounding villages as well as several other places in Uganda. So we had our yearly check up FREE, one of the percs. Both of us were clear though Marilyn has a couple of fillings that may be a bit dodgy in the future. Richard had a tooth out, Timothy had a filling, and Mark needed 4 fillings but he wouldn't open his mouth when they came to do them so next year they will probably need to come out. Otherwise the rest were OK for another year. They leave tomorrow to return home.
During the week there have been many times when our thoughts turned to Raghma. 3.30pm, when we got Raghma down here are empty times for us now, Friday we relived her day of struggle and yesterday remembered her being put in the ground. We have also had some happy memories; the way she swam/crawled, the glint often present in her eyes, her excitement at seeing us when we went for her, the way she walked sideways around our furniture and more recently walked our white plastic chairs around the house. We also miss the way she blew us kisses when we took her back. She had one special Aunty who looked after her a lot in the home, Aunty Miria, and she has found it hard this week also, so please pray for her.
Tomorrow we are going away for three nights as we are both quite tired and drained. Marilyn had a massive headache yesterday and is still fighting it so we definitely need some time out. We are only going to Kampala to chill out around a swimming pool, rest , relax and recover. One of the teachers is coming to look after the boys and they have promised to be good (Yeah right). They have been very good during all this upset, they really are good boys.
I tried to post some photos on the blog of Raghma but have been unable to which is probably a good thing as we have so many wonderful shots of her. We will carry her in our hearts forever as our first 'grandchild', but not our last.
Till next time God Bless and thank you for the many messages of support.
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