In November 2019 Jonathan wrote this blog about the ‘D’ word in which he said:

As I look forward to being in Jesus’ garden forever, I am also trying to prepare my sisters for when I am not here. I am their big brother after all. And I long for them to experience the freedom to follow Jesus who wept at the grave and who has conquered death.

As part of that preparation he wrote a Christmas letter to his sisters, dated December 2019, with instructions for me to give it to them in preparation for their first Christmas after he died.

With their permission I share now what he wrote, in the hope it will be of some help to other people who are grieving at this time.