KEEPERS

I READ AN ARTICLE THIS PAST WK. AND HAD TO BLOG IT.

KEEPERS

Growing up in the old days you recycled things, meaning then you reused them. Old shoes were fixed didn't always get new ones. Marriage was worked at, was usually good , couples forcused on their dreams . Their best friends lived barely a wave away. Dad worked in trousers, tee shirt, and mom in house dress with dishtowel in hand. It was the time of fixing things, curtain rod, radio, screen door, oven door ,lawn mower, hemming a dress, repairing what needed repaired. Things you kept, it was a way of life. You didn't throw things away , you recycled them or passed them down.
When my mother died, it hit the family hard . The mother was the center of the home, she kept things moving. Mom was always there, that was the name you called out when you got home from school. And as life is , it is painful 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, its best "we love it... care for it...fix it when its broken..and heal it when its sick.

This is true for marriage.. old cars... and children with bad report cards..dogs with bad hips... aging parents...and grandparents. Keep them because they are worth it, because you are worth it.
Author Unknown