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Response to YAMGTGood morning, Mommies...
I just rec'd an email from a "dear old" friend of mine. Deb and I have known each other for about 30 years now. We have not kept in touch thru all the years, but did manage to "find each other" about two years ago. I know Deb's Dad, and did know her mother, well. I spent MANY Sunday afternoons at their home; in the summer, swimming in the lake -- in fact, Deb's Dad taught me how to dive!!
Deb sent me this response to the YAMGT article...I think its truly beautiful and a firm confirmation about why its important to make that list...I hope you'll take it heart as much as I have...
When my Mom died in 2000 from lymphoma, it was a very difficult time for our family, especially my Dad. They had just had their 48th wedding anniversary in February of that year. By March she had been diagnosed, and was very ill and in intense pain. Nothing could be done for her either, which as you can imagine made it even more difficult for my Dad. By June 1, she passed and her last words to my Dad were "I'm not in pain anymore honey, I'm okay now." She closed her eyes and went to be with the Lord.
My Dad is quite the "handy man". He repairs, remodels and fixes anything and everything made of wood! He has an awesome tool shop and the finest equipment. He has built churches, schools, homes, garages and handicap ramps for many of his neighbors. You never find my Dad without a pen and a little notepad in his pocket and/or van. When someone stops him at church, and says....."Richard, can you fix......", he whips out that notepad and makes a note of the request and off he goes.
A few months after my Mother passed away, he picked up one of his notepads and it flipped open to a page near the back. In Mom's handwriting she had made a list of "10 Things I Love About My Husband". They were sweet things, funny things and things only a wife knows. I don't know what all of them were, I only know it made him happy and sad, and it never leaves his pocket now.
So, its quite important from time to time, to let your beloved know those little things they do that make you smile when you say their name in your head, the things that makes a tiny smile cross your face and eyes, and make others wonder "what are they thinking?".
Never take your beloved for granted.......the spoken word, the little note, the lipstick on a mirror........and these days, the occasional "text message" can make the day shine in the midst of clouds.
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