LOVE COMES WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT IT

On Friday morning my 90+ year old Uncle lost his very dear friend who had just turned 88 in February. She was affectionately known to us as Angie.

My Uncle met her at the McBride Senior Center in Vacaville where Angie was taking painting classes. They fell instantly in love and have been an item ever since, which is approximately 3 years. After his wife passed away from a long illness with cancer, my Uncle Cy never thought that he would ever find anyone to share life's precious moments with. But there, in the senior center, he met Angie.

Angie was an avid painter, lived entirely on her own out in the countryside in a house that sat up on a knoll overlooking a beautiful pond. She was self-sufficient and still managed the family business. She had four wonderful children and one lovely granddaughter. When I visited her home yesterday for the first time, I was amazed at how prolific she was with her painting. There were paintings on every wall in every room of the house. Lovely, wonderful paintings filled with flowers and lush scenes. She painted happy paintings. It touched me deeply to see her work. You can see a person's soul in the work they produce on a canvas. Angie was a happy, well-loved, soulful person. I could see it in her paintings. I wanted to take photos of her work but did not think it was appropriate. Maybe some day I will be allowed to share some of her work in my blog.

Until then: I was glad that I got to meet and know you Angie. I thank you for making my Uncle Cy's life joyful and happy. He found love in the winter of his life. He will miss you. He already does. He doesn't know what to do with himself now and feels that he has nothing to live for. You took great care of him and now he is spoiled and lonely without you.

Life is mysterious, isn't it? People find love when they least expect it and in the most unlikely places. But...they find it! That is what is important. When you give love, you get love. My Uncle Cy loves deeply. He will be turning 91 the end of May. I hope that he continues to find the love in his life that keeps him so vital and alive. Love comes when we least expect it. And it can strike more than once in a person's lifetime.

"The Universe has a violent as well as a harmonious aspect, but it is consistently creative in the larger arc of its development." Thomas Berry