Lessons of Love LearnedBy Elba A. Freites Lessons of Love Learned is a small collection of Elba A. Freites' pleas to God for His mercy and to send to her His angels, His messengers of light. These petitions were expressed as poems during a time in her life when the culmination of her infirmities made it clear that she will be leaving. However, Freites is not, and has never been, alone. She must do her best "in this time" to "consciously life" in this awareness. Freites has had several health conditions and many blessings. She would not be the person she is, think the way she does, or see things the way she does, if it were not for her trials and tribulations.