A Reflection on Our Keepers
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, working on the lawn mower, and Mom in a housedress, dish-towel in her hand. 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, cold winter's night, in the emptiness of her hospital room, I was struck with the pain of learning that sometimes there isn't any more. Only to have that lesson repeated a short time later when my stepfather passed away.....
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...
So maybe during this weekend's (Northern Hemisphere's) Summer/(Southern Hemisphere's)Winter Solstice - we should take a moment to reflect on our 'Keepers' - take a moment to reach and fix that which we care about and want to keep close, and mend old lost relationships as well.
So, to all my friends - I think you are Keepers. Each one of you possesses a quality or qualities that enriches my life. And for that, I sincerely thank you. I hope that I in turn have enriched your lives in equal measure.
Good friends and family are like stars.... You don't always see them, but you know they are always there.
(Recycling at it's best.....)
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, working on the lawn mower, and Mom in a housedress, dish-towel in her hand. 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, cold winter's night, in the emptiness of her hospital room, I was struck with the pain of learning that sometimes there isn't any more. Only to have that lesson repeated a short time later when my stepfather passed away.....
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...
So maybe during this weekend's (Northern Hemisphere's) Summer/(Southern Hemisphere's)Winter Solstice - we should take a moment to reflect on our 'Keepers' - take a moment to reach and fix that which we care about and want to keep close, and mend old lost relationships as well.
So, to all my friends - I think you are Keepers. Each one of you possesses a quality or qualities that enriches my life. And for that, I sincerely thank you. I hope that I in turn have enriched your lives in equal measure.
Good friends and family are like stars.... You don't always see them, but you know they are always there.
(Recycling at it's best.....)
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cassy:
good stuff as always. i hope all is well.......would love to catch up with u.
quella:
Very nice - thanks for that.