Paths Intertwine

Quite awhile back, in February of 2021, I wrote about a special scarf that was given to me in a grocery store parking lot many years prior to that post. It was a beautiful moment shared with a beautiful soul. (I’ve attached the link to that post.)

A couple of nights ago, D and I were talking about different things that happened to us in our community over the years. I talked about a photographer who saw me and four of my kids in the checkout lane of a grocery store that is no longer here. This photographer was amazed by the color of our eyes. The kids eyes were bright and slightly different from one another. He was captivated and wanted to photograph us. He gave me his card but I never called him back. This incident led D and me to discuss another photographer in town. He said he took a painting class in the photographer’s studio. D is an artist and painted a lot many years ago. Our home looks like an art gallery.

My favorite painting of his is this one of a cabin. Any of you who know me well, know that living in a cabin has been a long-time dream of mine.

Anyway…he said that he painted the cabin picture in that studio and that the instructor was a woman named Julie B.

I repeated, “Julie B?!”

I explained that a Julie B. is the woman who gave me my colorful scarf all those years ago. I said I had heard she passed away a few years ago. So I found her obituary and she did pass in 2019. He looked at her picture and said that she was definitely his instructor. The obituary noted that she had been a local artist.

He said, “Look at these branches in my painting. She actually painted this one.”

Oh, how sweet this was to discover this connection by such a sweet woman. Paths cross all the time. It’s pretty cool when you discover just how they do.

My scarf and this painting mean all the more to me now. And I hope that when I’m no longer here that others will see me as I see Julie B. She was a beautiful soul and years later people still talk about the kindness she showed to others. I only wish I could talk to her today to let her know just how special she was.

As I wrote in yesterday’s post, life is a mist that comes and goes very quickly. Leaving a legacy of compassion and kindness should be our ultimate goal. This is one way we can serve God.

Thank you, Julie B. ♥️

Andi

The Scarf