Love in Unexpected Places - Essay Example

 In fact, Jenna only left the orphanage when she aged out. She was one of the unlucky few who never did find that special family to adopt her even when she paraded before them like an abandoned puppy at the animal shelter. Jenna and Irma were kindred spirits in away. Both felt that they did not have any family in the world. Irma because her nephew whom she told Jenna lived in the next town and had little or no time to visit her and Jenna because she simply had none. Little did Jenna know that meeting Irma would one change her humdrum life in more ways than one.

It was a dehydrating hot July Friday night where Jenna came home from work with a box of pizza and a bowl of Chicken Cesar Salad to share with her neighbor. It was customary for her to head directly for Irmas flat and use the key that had been previously given to her by the old lady to let herself in. Stucky, the dog greeted her at the door. But not with her usual happy whining and wagging tail. The dog seemed disturbed tonight. She barked incessantly and lightly scratched at Jenna the minute she appeared at the door.

“What is it Stucky?” she asked as if the dog could answer her. “Let me set these things down on the table first.” Jenna almost tripped over the dog who continued to block her path. “Irma, dinners ready.” she called out towards the open bedroom door. Five minutes later the table was ready but there was still no sign of Irma. “Irma, the foods getting cold.” she called out yet again. She finally noticed the dog once again who was now pulling on her skirt tails.

“Alright Stucky, alright, do you want to go out?” she asked. The dog ran towards the open bedroom door and barked impatiently. “Is something wrong with Irma?” Jenna asked with a sense of apprehension in her voice. Quickly entering the room she saw the old lady passed out on the floor, her medication bottle seemed to have rolled out of her hand. “Irma!” Jenna screamed as she reached into her skirt pocket for her cellphone and dialed 911.The doctors told Jenna that Irma had passed out from heat exhaustion.

Had Jenna not been there to check on her they doubted that the old lady would have survived. They had contacted her next of kin and Jed, the nephew she had been told about by Irma in the past, arrived at the hospital an hour after Irma was admitted. The first thing Jenna noticed about the Jed was that his deep blue eyes had an enthralling effect on her. She hoped that he did not notice how his presence affected her as they spoke about his aunt in the cafeteria. “I've been trying to get her to move in with me but she insists that she needs her own place and space.

I'm grateful to you for being there with her,” he told her as he paid for their coffee and sandwiches. “Irma can be strong-willed most of the time,” she confessed as she stirred creamer into her coffee. “But she is the nicest woman I've ever met. She tends to mother me you know.” Their eyes locked just for an instant but that was all it took for two to make that kind of lifetime connection that every man and woman longs to have for another. “I'm sure she would love to have to stay with us for a visit after she gets out of here.

I'm taking her home with me where she won't have to worry about paying for the A/C and other things.” Jed instinctively took her hand into his and she simply smiled at him. Content to have him holding her in that way that made her feel special and wanted for the first time in her whole life. “Aunt Irmas told me a lot about you over the phone. She always wanted me to meet you. I'm glad we finally did.” he smiled at her before releasing her hand. “Its almost as if I've known you all this time too.

All she ever does is tell me stories about you from your childhood and how proud she is of you now.” Irma replied as the walked back to Irma's room, hand in hand for some reason. She took the rest of the summer off from work and visited with Irma and Jed. It was a visit that led to a whirlwind romance and a sweet courtship that culminated in a spring wedding just last year.