Threshold of Heaven<\/a>, takes readers to the foot of the cross.<\/p>\nPeter lost his precious little boy, Jesse, to cancer a year ago. Threshold of Heaven is a tribute to Jesse and a searingly honest account of the hardest grief any person can know; the loss of a child.<\/p>\n
Peter\u2019s posts make me think of Our Lady. She had to watch her child die, too. St Simeon told her when Jesus was only a few days old, \u201cA sword shall pierce your soul.\u201d And it did.<\/p>\n
Yet, the Archangel Gabriel called Mary blessed.<\/p>\n
This isn\u2019t an award. It\u2019s an acknowledgement of a beautiful, brave little boy and his loving and brave Dad.<\/p>\n
Thank you Peter, for your generosity in sharing your love for Jesse with us.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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