by Amy Bretall | Jun 30, 2017 | Blog, Faith, Inspired, Life, Love
I gave my best presentation one year ago today. This one was in the form of a eulogy for my sweet Jean – Lova Jean Mullins, my dear friend and adopted grandmother for 21 years. Jean is my great love story. How many of us get a real opportunity to be redeemed?...
by Amy Bretall | Jun 23, 2017 | Blog, Faith, Inspired, Life, Love
This month I took a handcrafted vintage dress made by Jean’s sister, Lorene, some 30 years ago to be tailored. It has never been worn before. I found it three years ago, this summer, while helping Jean clean out her four long closets of clothes before moving...
by Amy Bretall | Jun 16, 2017 | Blog, Faith, Inspired, Life, Love
Have you ever received a few words that bring an immediate change in perspective? In the summer of 2007, after a cycling accident brought months of forced downtime from my active lifestyle, my patience was tested. I asked my Dad for some words. Literally, I said:...
by Amy Bretall | Jun 11, 2017 | Blog, Faith, Inspired, Life, Love
Last March, talking to my 89 year old sweet Jean, I told her I learned a new word…Paraclete. I said she probably knew it, but it was new to me. She said it sounded familiar, but couldn’t recall it. So I reviewed a little of what I just learned:...
by Amy Bretall | Jun 2, 2017 | Blog, Faith, Life, Love
Have you ever wondered if a person who is passing away can hear your words? They can. I know. Even in the fuzziness of dementia, there is clarity. June 1-3 of 2016, I visited Jean in the nursing home after receiving a call alerting of her “rapid...
by Amy Bretall | May 7, 2017 | Blog, Faith, Inspired, Life, Love
A little girl in Cuba, Yordielis, is my next. I have written often about my sweet Jean as my adopted grandmother, how we met 22 years ago at my first job out of college. Jean was age 68 and I was 23. I held onto her over the years, loved her and cared for her...