This Is BEAUTIFULL !

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Keepers

 

I

grew up in the 40's/50's/60's 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, and 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 a way of life, and sometimes it made me crazy. All that re-fixing,

eating, 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...... Dogs and cats 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. Good friends are

like stars.... You don't always see them, but you know they are always

there.

Keep them close

Author unknown

Music: 'May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You' - Jim Reeves