Keeper- Often re-cycled wisdom . Thanks Bob and Ron!

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> *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 his hand, and*
> *dish-towel in hers. 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.*
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> *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.*
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> *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.*
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> *This is true ...For marriage ... And old cars ...*
> *And children with bad report cards ... Dogs and cats with bad hips ... And
> aging parents .... And grandparents, aunts and uncles and friends.*
> *We keep them because they are worth it, because we are worth it.*
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> *Some things we keep. Like a best friend who 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 in heart and
> mind and spirit.*
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> *I received this from someone who thinks I am a 'keeper', so I've sent it
> to the people I think of in the same way.*
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> *Now it's your turn to send this to those people who are 'keepers' in your
> life. Send it back to the person that sent it to you if they too are a
> keeper.*
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> *Good friends are like stars ...*
> *You don't always see them, but you know they are always there.*