Think of a pinball machine...
the flippers send the ball up the sloping table
and as the ball bounces between the posts 
the bell rings and the score climbs higher and higher...

That's what happens when suddenly life presents you with those references that trigger resonant experiences from deep in your heart. It is more than empathy, as you can hear as Melissa comforts, consoles, caresses the aches and wounds she knows so very well.  The bbqu line was a blessing. A holy moment arranged by the individual answers to hundreds of choices that put those two women side by side in a line at that precise moment.  And neither woman let the gift of that moment pass by. It took Melissa's eyes to see and ears to hear and a tug on the heart. 

Not letting the moment pass, letting the gentle movement of the Holy Spirit fill the space...

thank you Melissa
for being an instrument of peace
and a Sign of God's love