Friendship

For

DR. ELISABETH KUBLER-ROSS

who has changed the world’s understanding of death and life, and who first dared to speak

of a God of unconditional love with whom we might be friends.

and for

LYMAN W. (“BILL”) GRISWOLD

whose friendship of thirty years

has taught me acceptance and patience and generosity

of spirit and so many things that names cannot name,

but souls can never forget.

Introduction

Try telling someone that you’ve just had a conversation with God and see what happens.
Never mind. I can tell you what happens.
Your whole life changes.
First, because you’ve had the conversation, second, because you’ve told someone about it.
To be fair, I should say that I did more than have a conversation. I’ve had a six-year dialogue.
And I did more than “tell” someone. I kept a written record of what was said and sent it to a
publisher.