Worth Reading

A Keeper


I grew up in the forties with a practical parent -- a mother, 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, lawn mower in one hand, and Mom in a house dress, dishtowel in the
other 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,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!

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

Enjoy
Chirag
:c )

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