A TRUE STORY - LOST IN TIME

A TRUE STORY - LOST IN TIME   By Tessa Harvey     In her dream Lucy saw herself standing by an open front door, looking at a glass cabinet. Inside were grandma's treasures and grandad's medals from the Somme and other terrible war places.     In the end, he had never told her of his war, but she saw in her dream, he had called on God's help in hopeless situations. God had answered: I will be with you in troubles.     All the treasures, medals and bracelets had gone, lost to rivalry between her sister aunts. A different war. A home war.     Then she saw herself with her own children.....The family had suffered tragedy which had nearly destroyed the survivors. Her brothers, Johnny and Ben and their spouses and children had died in a terrorist attack, lunching as a birthday treat in a crowded London cafe.     The shadows in the dream were real, then words she somehow knew were Biblical shone bright and clear to her sleeping spirit. "Ar...

A TRUE STORY - LOST IN TIME  By Tessa Harvey     At the thrift shop later in the week, Lucy found some good bargains. Taking them to the counter, she was confronted by an older lady, instead of the usual pleasant middle-aged ladies.     This lady had glasses shaped sharply and a voice to match. "You got some good bargains," she groused. Clearly the unspoken words were: you were crafty.     The woman held up each article. At the last item, a small pink and white crochet rug, she deliberately asked more than it was worth. Lucy paid. It was not worth the hassle.     She drove home, dispirited, missing her family, regretting saying she would be fine. Her cat greeted her at the door. Probably hungry, she thought, feeling tears welling as she fed him.     Sinking down into an armchair, her purchases strewn around her, Lucy wondered what life was all about now she was alone....     Her cat, Jimbo sniffed her bags, then leapt slig...

A TRUE STORY - LOST IN TIME  By Tessa Harvey JULY 2023     Lucy sat on the hard metal chair at the airport. She had said her final, thankful goodbyes. Her lovely family had gone to a land of better work prospects, and possibly more freedom to love their God.     Lucy hadn't wanted to tell them about her recently diagnosed heart condition. She felt that vital organ fluttering beneath her fingers. Unwillingly, shakily, she turned and watched as the plane turned to taxi down the runway/     Seven years ago, Sean , her beloved husband of forty years had died suddenly of a massive heart attack. Alive and laughing one minute, gasping soundlessly the next, then nothing. Jim had believed totally in God. He would have called his passing as going home.      The airport strummed with noise around her. Lucy could not let go of the hard chair. A large heavy-set middle aged man plumped down next to her. He oozed massively over the chair seat. Lucy tho...

A TRUE STORY - LOST IN TIME  By Tessa Harvey     Grandfather was silent. "I sensed a Presence," he whispered at last, "just as I did in the war trenches.....but my life is nearly over. That man spoke truth. My purpose now is done."     "Hey," Amy almost shouted, then glanced at the other patient who, now awake, was staring at them blankly. "You have wisdom, old man. Your son and I need this. You have memories. We need this memory. People do not learn from history. Most of all we need You." The old man smiled his gratitude and was instantly asleep.     Amy tiptoed away down the shadowy corridor. She heard snores and coughs, groans. The night staff glanced up. One smiled. "All ok, Mrs. Burns, she queried. Briefly, Amy recounted the incident of the man with the syringe. The ward staff nurse looked startled, almost disbelieving, Amy noted. But the other nurse seemed angry - at her. "We will alert security," he growled. "Don't ...