Lovely Dance

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Rockland, Maine. I wake at dawn and walk to the water. I see red, then pink, then gold, then yellow, then white - a rising sun - a new day - a beautiful thing.

I see beauty everywhere. I feel calm. I see the boats move slowly, toward each other, away from each other. It is a lovely dance. I reflect - is this a metaphor for my life - a lovely dance? I feel grateful. I am blessed.

The Alzheimer’s years were, albeit a dreadful disease, a lovely dance. Bad days. Good days. Growing. Loving. I learn patience. I feel Patty’s trusting reliance. I love Patty as she loved me. I am an advocate for her, not at the level she was for me, but a valiant effort. I am grateful. I am blessed.

I am inspired to finish Live LOVE, before Patty’s memorial (a reminder for those wishing to attend - St. Joan of Arc - 4537 3rd Ave South, Mpls., MN. 612-823-8205. July 30th 10am visitation. 11am service and lunch)

The text and images of Live LOVE are on MikeSipe.com. Purposeful passions. Priorities. SCG (Self-realizing, Connecting, Giving). Love of self, others. My best thinking, feeling. Living LOVE is a purposeful passion of mine, of the highest priority. I am grateful for feeling love. I am blessed.

Patty had a big influence on my understanding of living love. She quietly lived love in her own effective way. I include Patty in my daily affirmation to ‘Love in the moment’.

Patty, one recent Sunday evening, had a hand in introducing me to the wonderful woman, hospice chaplain, who was sitting in my favorite spot, looking through the wall of windows, at Lake Champlain and the beautiful Adirondack. I was in the sanctuary at All Souls Interfaith Gathering place. I went to sit down at the start of a great service, and there she was, an angel. We talk. We connect. I call Lin, my Angel of death. I drop the death part, mostly, because she makes it easy to live LOVE.

Live LOVE

Lovely Dance Impasto