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> You're A Keeper

>

>A 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 with 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

>those people that are " keepers " in your life.

>

>

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