Hope in the Valley

By Penelope Bourdillon

Penelope Bourdillon felt moved to write this book six years after her beloved husband died. Her fervent hope is that some sentence, paragraph or chapter will speak deeply into the heart of each of her readers. She believes that by sharing her personal journey of grief it could help others in their suffering. Of course everyone's experience is different, and Penelope never says that it is going to be easy, but she suggests that there are ways of easing the pain - not least by having total faith and trust in God.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse UK
• Release date: Apr 3, 2012
• ISBN: 9781467889957

Penelope Bourdillon

Penelope has been through the refiner's fire in her personal life. Having lived with her husband in the family home on Wales for over forty years, they then handed it over so their son and his family. Under her (Penelope's) hand and perceptive eye, an old farm cottage further in the hills was converted into a new home. It was here that she nursed her husband through his final illness and steered her family and friends through the insecurity of grief. Her new home has become a stepping stone to Paradise; a place of reflection on life amidst the beauty and tranquility of the Welsh hills.As a devoted wife she supported Mervyn as Lord-Lieutenant for many years, and in his many other interests. Immediately after his death she fulfilled her role as High Sheriff of Powys. Yet with all her public duties she always had the care and interests of her children and grandchildren at heart. Her restlessness abounds and she is always seeking, through learning and witness, to find ways of serving God and spreading his Word.The continued desire to share her spiritual experience both in the beautiful solitude of her home (as well as in Oxford where she now spends the winter months) has found an outlet in this book.