aawww!!! your a keeper

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I grew up in the fifties/sixties with practical parents a mother,
God love her, who washed aluminum foil after she cooked in it, then
reused it. She was the original recycle queen, before they had a name
for it...


A father who was happier getting old shoes fixed than buying new
ones.


Their marriage was good, their dreams focused. Their best friends
lived barely a wave away.


I can see them now, Dad in trousers, tee shirt and a hat and Mom in a
house dress, lawn mower in one hand, dish towel in the other.


It was the time for fixing things -- a curtain rod, the kitchen
radio, screen door, the oven door, the hem in a dress. Things we
keep.


It was away of life, and sometimes it made me crazy. All that
re-fixing, reheating, renewing,


I wanted just once to be wasteful. Waste meant affluence. Throwing
things away meant you knew there'd always be more.


But then my mother died, and on that clear summer's night, in the
warmth of the hospital room, I was struck with the pain of learning
that sometimes there isn't any 'more.' Sometimes, what we care about
most gets all used up and goes away...never to return.


So...while we have it...it's best we love it.....and care for
it.....and fix it when it's broken..... and heal it when it's sick.


This is true.....for marriage .....and old cars.....and children with
bad report cards.....and dogs with bad hips..... and aging
parents.....and grandparents.


We keep them because they are worth it, because we are worth it.


Some things we keep. Like a best friend that moved away -- or -- a
classmate we grew up with. There are just some things that make life
important, like people we know who are special..... and so, we keep
them close!


I received this from someone who thinks I am a 'keeper' so I've sent
it to the people I think of in the same way. Now it's your turn to
send this to those people that are keepers in your life.


Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here, we
might as well dance!!!

 

Well, I liked that.
And, coming from me, that should mean something, because I usually dismiss all of that kind of stuff.

Good read!

 

Good one jarcher.

 

Thanks for this jarcher, puts the focus of our lives where it should be.

 

thats really nice... its just now im sad

 

I can definatley see the value in that post :::::