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This is a story about love.

I came into this world knowing that Love was my birthright. From the very beginning, I felt it all around me. I felt Love in the people who cared for me, in moments of connection, encouragement, and closeness. I was comforted and strengthened by this Love, but its impermanence left me longing for more.

I found Love in my mother’s nurturing and affection, my father’s devotion and admiration, and my sister’s curiosity and attention. I felt it in the natural world around me as well.

As I grew, Love continued to shape my life. I found it in friendships, in relationships with boyfriends and with Rich, and in the deep joy of my children, their spouses, my grandchildren, and even my grandkitties.

Nature itself became a source of Love, wrapping me in its beauty, its intelligence, and its tranquility. 

Love is now a constant presence that shapes and guides me. It is a gift I give to those around me, like a cup overflowing. I cherish that Love comes easily… and that it quietly waits beneath all that I experience.

And still, I have come to see—

Love does not come and go.

It only seems to, when I look outside for it.

But when I turn within,

it is always there…

waiting, patient,

unchanged.