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(Message started by: TerryS on May 29^th, 2003, 1:59pm)

Title: Dear Keeper
Post by TerryS on May 29^th, 2003, 1:59pm

> Dear Keeper:
>
> 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...
>
> 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, dishtowel 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 a way 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 wth 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 thought I was a 'keeper'! then I
> sent it to the people I think of in the same way.
>
> Now it's your turn to send this to all those people that are
> "keepers"
>
> In your life...like you!!

Title: Re: Dear Keeper
Post by cathy on May 29^th, 2003, 2:04pm

Terry you write some of the nicest things......!

Cathy :)

Title: Re: Dear Keeper
Post by TerryS on May 29^th, 2003, 8:13pm

Thanks Cathy, but I didn't write this. A friend sent it to me. Just thought it might help someone.........

God bless,

TerryS

Title: Re: Dear Keeper
Post by ShariRae on May 30^th, 2003, 3:00pm

Terry..
What a great post..thank you for sharing it...and reminding us all...

Shari

Title: Re: Dear Keeper
Post by OneEyeBlind on May 30^th, 2003, 4:13pm

Once again Terry .... you have done it. You are a keeper !