Journal entry by Joanne Negstad — Oct 22, 2018
At breakast this morning I tried to have a bit of Norway so I lit a candle and opened the one liter package of gjetost I brought home. When Joanne and I traveled Norway we would buy a loaf of heavy dark bread, a jar of strawberry jam and gjetost for our meals. Eating out in Norway is so expensive that natives seldom do it and we did fine with our bread based dinning.
Breakfast today would have been much better if her chair were not still empty. This recent Norway excursion was one after Joanne's heart. Had she been with me we would have had many "remember when" conversations recalling our previous trips, the first of which was in 1990. With Berger we drove through the Olso University Campus where Joanne attended summer school in 1957, her first trip to Norway. We also drove by the house on Dalsveien. where Hansons lived while they founded the American Lutheran Congregation, Oslo. That neighborhood has changed dramatically as the large yards now have houses instead of grass.
Yes, we'd have much to talk about but instead there is the presence of absence in this land of grief.
Blessings,
Al
Breakfast today would have been much better if her chair were not still empty. This recent Norway excursion was one after Joanne's heart. Had she been with me we would have had many "remember when" conversations recalling our previous trips, the first of which was in 1990. With Berger we drove through the Olso University Campus where Joanne attended summer school in 1957, her first trip to Norway. We also drove by the house on Dalsveien. where Hansons lived while they founded the American Lutheran Congregation, Oslo. That neighborhood has changed dramatically as the large yards now have houses instead of grass.
Yes, we'd have much to talk about but instead there is the presence of absence in this land of grief.
Blessings,
Al
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