FRONT OF CARD:
Nothing
can make up for the absence
of someone we love~
and it would be wrong
to try to find a substitute~
we must simply hold out
and see it through~
That sounds very hard at first~
but at the same time
it is a great consolation~
for the gap ~ as long as
it remains unfilled~
preserves the bond between us~
It is nonsense to say that
God fills the gap~
God does not fill it~
but on the contrary keeps it empty
and so helps us to keep alive
our former communion
with each other~
even at the cost of pain~
INSIDE MESSAGE:
WITH DEEPEST SYMPATHY
