Sunday Drive

Today I went to meet my Uncle and drive out to the property that we had talked about. It was a good hour drive, but it was nice. Luke for the most part behaved himself. I did find out that I have a lot more in common with my Uncle than I thought I did. He likes to bowl, I like to bowl; He likes art, I like art; He wants to go to Chicago to see museums, I had just talked to my mom about a weekend trip to Chicago.

My Uncle is collecting paintings by an Artist from Missouri named Jesse Barnes. He has several of the paintings, they are stunning! I just read from the website that Jesse Barnes will be near us on November 5th, I'm going to call my Uncle to see if he would want to got here and have Mr. Barnes sign his paintings. I think that would make his day!

I got this bronze angel candle holder from Partylite when I had my book show. I gave that and some french vanilla candles to go with the angel. I gave it to him as a way for him to remember April. I think I saw a small tear in his eye, though I can't confirm. I gave it to him before we dropped my care off at his house and went on our road trip. When we got there and he took the angel inside, he said to me, "I think I'm going to buy a shelf and put it under this picture (one of his Jesse Barnes pics that he had given to April) and put this angel on it."

Oh yes, update on Kahil ... seems Melinda, April's friend has friends in high places, she got advice from them. Since april didnt have anything legal written up about her boy, upon her death, he became a ward of the state. Since that was the case, April's mother (&brother) couldn't take him out of state as she had planned. Melinda has temporary custody of Kahil and April's mother and brother had to return all of April's belongings as they had no legal right to any of it. Poetic justice ...... Melinda has stayed in contact with my Uncle and will continue to do so.