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TerryS
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Dear Keeper
« on: May 29th, 2003, 1:59pm » |
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> Dear Keeper:
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> I grew up in the fifties 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...
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> A Father who was happier getting old shoes fixed than buying new
> ones.
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> Their marriage was good, their dreams focused. Their best friends
> lived barely a wave away. I can see them now,
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> Dad in trousers, tee shirt and a hat and Mom in a house dress, lawn
> mower in one hand, dishtowel in the other.
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> It was the time for fixing things -- a curtain rod, the kitchen
> radio, screen door, the oven door, the hem in a dress.
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> Things we keep.
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> It was a way of life, and sometimes it made me crazy.
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> All that re-fixing, reheating, renewing, I wanted just once to be
> wasteful.
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> Waste meant affluence. Throwing things away meant you knew there'd
> always be more.
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> 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.'
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> Sometimes, what we care about most gets all used up and goes
> away...never to return.
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> 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.
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> This is true ..... for marriage ..... and old cars ..... and
> children wth bad report cards ..... and dogs with bad hips
> ..... and aging parents ..... and grandparents.
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> We keep them because they are worth it, because we are worth it.
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> Some things we keep.
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> Like a best friend that moved away -- or -- a classmate we grew up
> with.
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> There are just some things that make life important, like people we
> know who are special ..... and so, we keep them close!
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> I received this from someone who thought I was a 'keeper'! then I
> sent it to the people I think of in the same way.
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> Now it's your turn to send this to all those people that are
> "keepers"
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> In your life...like you!!
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> It is only a tiny rosebud,
> A flower of God's design;
> But I cannot unfold the petals
> With these clumsy hands of mine.
> The secret of unfolding flowers
> Is not known to such as I.
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cathy
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Re: Dear Keeper
« Reply #1 on: May 29th, 2003, 2:04pm » |
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Terry you write some of the nicest things......!
Cathy 
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TerryS
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Re: Dear Keeper
« Reply #2 on: May 29th, 2003, 8:13pm » |
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Thanks Cathy, but I didn't write this. A friend sent it to me. Just thought it might help someone.........
God bless,
TerryS
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> It is only a tiny rosebud,
> A flower of God's design;
> But I cannot unfold the petals
> With these clumsy hands of mine.
> The secret of unfolding flowers
> Is not known to such as I.
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ShariRae
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Re: Dear Keeper
« Reply #3 on: May 30th, 2003, 3:00pm » |
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Terry..
What a great post..thank you for sharing it...and reminding us all...
Shari
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Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you,
Jesus Christ and the American Soldier.
One died for your soul, the other for your freedom.
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OneEyeBlind
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Re: Dear Keeper
« Reply #4 on: May 30th, 2003, 4:13pm » |
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Once again Terry .... you have done it. You are a keeper !
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One cannot step twice in the same river, for fresh waters are forever flowing around us.
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