You may remember from previous blog posts that I have a very good friend who is a United Church Minister. She also happens to live in the Vineland region of Niagara and that always lends itself well to escaping the city and for what I always call my spiritual refill. It never disappoints.

When the events of last week were happening, Anita was in Florida, without data. I reached out when I all I knew was that Heath had passed. I didn’t even know where he was. I was out of control with my grief and just hearing her calming voice on the phone gave me consolation. My friends were sitting with me at my house and people were all around yet I had never felt so alone.

Okay, back to yesterday.

I went to Anita’s service and walked in (traffic on the QEW) a few minutes late. She was sitting with the children of the congregation and they were talking about abundance. She asked them, “what do you have an abundance of” – lots of answers, toys, clothes, shoes, stuffed animals and then one child said love. We have an abundance of Love. There was some talk about that and when Anita ended with “Love never dies” I knew that was for me.

After the service we went for lunch. Great outdoor patio, food and vibe. There was a duo singing as we were eating lunch and the acoustic music, their take on different genres of music was very comforting to me. I was having a good time, but struggling through sharing my stories.

Then the duo starting to sing a song that I had an immediate reaction to. I know I had heard it before. It was another sign. It was strong.

Heath lives in a small town outside of Oklahoma City. It is called Wanette and the population is 450. Even though he lived in other places, he called Wanette home. He has so much pride and joy for his town. On the school board, the economic development committee for the betterment of the town and so much more.

Because it out of the city, Heath spent a lot of time in his car. When I was there in December we had a lot of time to listen to music and talk while we drove back and forth from Oklahoma city, Dallas (twice), and more.

Donny and Marie’s – I’m a little bit country and I am little bit of rock and roll comes to mind about our music tastes. He loved current artists but he loved his country.

A song came on and he was singing the words. I was surprised because he had a good voice. I hadn’t heard this song before. It was played yesterday by this duo.

It is called, My Church by Maron Morris

Can I get a hallelujah
Can I get an amen
Feels like the Holy Ghost running through ya
When I play the highway FM
I find my soul revival
Singing every single verse
Yeah I guess that’s my church

I have now added this song to my playlist.

Minute by minute I solider on.

Live your best life,

Lisa

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