by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 12, 2024 | heart, Quotes, Wisdom
CHOOSE HOW TO LIVE From 1/12/2017 “So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view, and demand that they respect yours. Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 15, 2023 | Aging
From 1/15/2015 “Because any day could be the last……. “But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.” 1 Peter 4:7 G. Campbell Morgan: “I never lay my head on the pillow without thinking that...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 6, 2022 | marriage, memories
From August 6,2020 Evening announcement: Bill Byrd, my beloved partner in life and ministry, quietly and gently surrendered his spirit and soul to the loving arms of the Lord at 5:00pm today. Very peaceful. His children and grandchildren gave him a tender send off...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 9, 2022 | grief
So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan which moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night Scourged to his dungeon, but sustained and soothed By...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 27, 2022 | Grace, grief
5/27/14 by Joni Byrd Saying Goodbye with Grace I am studying for a degree in counseling, and in a textbook, I recently read a statement about hospice care that really caught my attention. The book stated that it is often during the last days, hours, or even minutes...