On the ride home I was thinking about my Great-Grandma Lorene. I think about her often.
Lorene was born in 1901 and she died in 2000. I wish she could have lived forever. She was a quiet, Scotch-Irish woman, 4’10” with a tuft of snow white hair. She could touch her toes and swim three miles a week at age 80, and best of all she loved me unconditionally. If not for her I wouldn’t have understood unconditional love. I miss her somethin’ fierce. Her kind of love is the kind that lasts you all your life and makes everything else “enough.” I could only wish to be able to love like her.
I hope each person gets to experience that kind of profound love at least once in his or her lifetime. Unconditional love doesn’t have to emanate from anyone in particular; what I mean is that unconditional love is not reserved for any specific relationship. Unconditional love can emanate from anyone — friend, lover, mother, father, sibling, child, grandparent, mentor…I’m sure there are more titles and labels out there. Reciprocated Unconditional Love is the greatest gift. My great love happened to be with my Great-Grandma Lorene.
I hope you have had a great love in your lifetime.
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