Angels Among Us

Being at home with Levi has been such a joy this summer. Without question, I enjoy spending time with him, playing with him, smelling him, kissing him, but my time off also allows me time to do other things. Yesterday afternoon Levi and I went with my Mimi to visit her sister Louise in the nursing home.  What a blessing it was. Louise and their other sister have lived next door to Mimi for years until her other sister remarried.  After the marriage, Louise moved, without complaint, to a nursing home.  As a child, Louise suffered several seizures brought upon by spiked temperatures which resulted from a mosquito bite.  Strange, huh???  This left her mentally disabled and unable to live by herself.  Despite her disability, Louise is an incredible woman.  She, without question, is an angel among us.  She has the kindest disposition and never once complains, not even about the fact that she had just had a fairly large seizure at lunch yesterday.  As a child, I remember playing with her, making silly faces, and laughing...Louise loves to laugh.  In fact, she got herself tickled yesterday and couldn't stop!  What a heart she has and such a peace.  I'm convinced there's not a finer woman.  We often push people aside who don't appear "normal" to us instead of taking time to learn from them and their character traits.  Louise could teach us a lot about loving life, loving her family, and loving her Lord.  She doesn't sweat the small stuff and is just happy to be anywhere.   Thank you God for Louise and for the angel you created her to be.