Sneaky Love Story Spirits

“Aonadh Anam Cridhe” (20″ x 20″) – Acrylics, mica & Labradorite on canvas.

My Team of Divine Helpers have as much of a soft spot for love stories as I do.

What’s better in this life than love?!

Oh how I love a good romance!

I already had a role to play in this one, but unbeknownst to me, I was once again going to be asked to be a messenger.

This time, the request came straight from on High.

I’m so glad I said “yes!”, even if I wasn’t aware of it.

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Keep reading below.

For years, I’d been asked by Linda & Gordon to coordinate their exchange of surprise art gifts to each other as their love blossomed from across the ocean.

I’ll admit, it was sometimes awkward as I’d yet gotten to know each of them in person.

I can be quite shy, and so reading love poems while handing roses and a painting to Gordon at home or across the restaurant table, felt…. well…. like a total stretch of my comfort zones.

Linda & Gordon gathered quite a collection of my art with the years. And I was blessed through the process to get to know them better.

You might recognize the name Gordon as that of the manager of the Airbnbs I was so blessed to spend time at in 2020, making inspirational films for the good of us all.

Although their June 2020 wedding had been postponed due to COVID, Linda managed to make it from the island of Mallorca in Spain to the island of  Newfoundland in Canada this Christmas.

After their quarantine at the cottage, they busily and successfully planned a beautiful January 8th hand-fasting ceremony at the old Christ Church in Quidi Vidi. This is one of the Airbnbs I stayed at.

A small group of relatives and a few friends, including the house owners, were in attendance.

My plan had been that my wedding photography & videography would be my gift to them.

Here’s a few of my favourite pics.

“Two-gather in Anam Cara” (11″ x 14″), acrylics , mica & labradorite on canvas.

It seemed, however, that a few Sneaky Spirits had a much more elaborate plan.

Soon after New Year, I felt compelled to work on a canvas I had started back in 2020.

I was blissfully swept up in the flow of love as the final layers of the background came to life. 

Then, I received a vision with the tree & Celtic heart knot symbolism I knew related to “Anam Cara”, or Soul Friends as Gordon & Linda call their relationship.

It was quickly obvious that I was being asked by Spirit, to add this painting as a surprise gift, just as this couple had done for each other for years.

How amazing to feel the presence of the Divine in their plans & celebration.

I was so inspired by the energy flow, symbolism and creative process that once this one was finished (see left) , I immediately started working on a 20″ x 20″ version of the same painting (see top of post).

Part of me didn’t feel it was right to copy from a gift that had been so obviously channeled for Linda & Gordon onto another painting for sale.

But I felt so strongly moved, that many items on my schedule got pushed back so I could bring this second incarnation to life.

There was a sense of urgency, as well as loving playful fun!

That hesitant part of me had to tell Linda & Gordon that I was creating another painting inspired by theirs. Linda made me promise to show it to her first, before revealing it on social media.

I went for a walk soon after that conversation! That’s when it dawned on me!

It’s as if the veil had been lifted to reveal what my Sneaky Spirits’ had planned all along. 

“Oh!” I exclaimed out loud walking alone on the sidewalk.

The small one was meant to go back to Spain with Linda as she temporarily returned to take care of very important matters there. The bigger one was meant to stay in NL with Gordon to anchor the energy here, where they plan to settle.

I didn’t tell Linda this as I sent a photo of the finished painting, 2 days after their wedding. Her reply, however, confirmed it. ‘Sold!”

They named it ” Aonadh Anam Cridhe” – Heart Soul Union  in Gaelic.

Once again, I was reminded and share the reminder that

you don’t always have to know the big picture to take inspired action and trust the process. If you’re intuitively guided to do something that doesn’t necessarily make sense, do it anyway. It’s likely an important piece of the puzzle in that beautiful love story of your life or the life of others.

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