I have to share something that just made my day today!

There is a gentleman (R) at my church who I am so fond of. He lost his wife to cancer in the early fall of 2015--they'd been married 40 years. She was an absolute gem and I was sad for myself to lose her as a friend and so sad for him, of course. He is a brilliant man, an impassioned liberal, a worker for climate change and peace issues, and so kind.

Last fall I went out to lunch after church with a big group of people and ended up sitting next to a woman (C) who had just started coming to our church. She is a widow, lost her husband right around the same time R lost his wife, in fact. Early 60s, tall, pretty, brilliant, funny...and I talked to her for a long time and thought, "This woman could be perfect for R."

I didn't think too much more about it...I saw them chatting after an evening Christmas service and thought about it...and then I've been absent from church since Christmas due to traveling and being sick. Today I was there and we had communion and I saw her standing behind him in the line to receive and thought about it again. 

So I had a meeting after church and the ladies were buzzing about R and C. I said, "Wait, is this really a thing?" thinking they were just gossiping or making much ado about nothing, but apparently they really are seeing each other! They cleared it with their grown kids and everything. I am just completely tickled pink, been smiling about it all day, which feels so good because there just hasn't been much to smile about lately.   It makes me so happy when the people I care about are happy! Thought I'd share in case you need a smile, too.