Your welcome Beth 18's,
Marty On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 1:34 AM, <bkbar...@aol.com> wrote: > Dear Marty, > > I so appreciated your keeper story..just loved it.. Thanks so much for > sharing. Beth > -----Original Message----- > From: ICANDOALLTTC <icandoall...@aol.com> > To: cmlhope <cmlhope@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Wed, Jul 3, 2013 9:20 am > Subject: Re: [CMLHope] The Keeper > > Great story and so true. My hubby died from heart disease complicated > by diabetes. I was always there for him and wished he could be here for > me. Some things just aren't meant to be, and thank heavens if this CML > hasn't taught us anything else, it has taught us to treasure what we have > right now this minute of the day. > Thanks again, > Jeanie<3 > > In a message dated 4/21/2013 2:59:49 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > wa2...@gmail.com writes: > > This is actually the story of my life. You are all my friends and I > value your friendship and wanted to share this with you. Now, before you > read the rest let me explain what a keeper really is to me. Anyone can be a > keeper. I have seen it many times, a wife helping her husband, a husband > helping his wife. A friend helping his or her friend. People that really > care about each other trying to always be there for them to help. > > However, I have also seen the opposite. I have seen that sometimes when > people become ill then their partner or friend decides to leave. When I > was going through my bone marrow my wife Shelly never waivered, but some of > my so called friends decided to leave, and I never forgot. It is these > kinds of people that were never keepers to begin with. > > I read and see the love and compassion of the people on this site and I am > simply amaized in seeing one human being selflessly helping another human > being. When one has some problems and another can comfort that person then > they are what I would call a keeper. > > 18's > > Marty > > Dear Keeper, > > I grew up in the 50's 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, which we couldn't > afford anyway, but in spite of that we still made due. > > 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, broom in one hand and dish-towel 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, > 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 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 illness, 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! > > Good friends are like stars.... You don't always see them, but you know > they are always there. > > Keep them close > -- > -- > [CMLHope] > A support group of http://cmlhope.com > ------------------------------------------------- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To post to this group, send email to CMLHope@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > cmlhope-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to cmlhope+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > -- > [CMLHope] > A support group of http://cmlhope.com > ------------------------------------------------- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To post to this group, send email to CMLHope@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > cmlhope-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to cmlhope+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > -- > [CMLHope] > A support group of http://cmlhope.com > ------------------------------------------------- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To post to this group, send email to CMLHope@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > cmlhope-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to cmlhope+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- [CMLHope] A support group of http://cmlhope.com ------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. 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