Herself speaks.
I had a short text conversation this past week with my mother-in-law. We'll call her Buela, because that is what everyone calls her.
Buela inquired after my parents' health, and I let her her know that things are going as well as possible. She was delighted to hear. She then she inquired after Cherished Friend, saying that she hoped he was doing well also. I answered in the affirmative and let her know I had spoken to him recently. And she replied:
Mija, that is wonderful! Please give him my regards next time you talk to him, tell him he is not forgotten. <3
And this simple statement somehow both broke my heart and healed it. She keeps my Cherished Friend in her prayers and in her heart, always, even though she hasn't seen him for years, because she knows how important he has been, and continues to be, to me and my family.
This is the kind of person Buela is: she loves a person, because someone she loves, loves that person.
It is the kind of person I try to be.
What a shining example of Love. Buela, an angel among us.
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