Make Each Day Count

I love to write down the thoughts in my head because later on I wonder what was I thinking? LOL Actually, Life takes so many twists and turns sometimes it is hard to keep track of what is going on. I find as I journal my thoughts and feelings I get a clearer picture of reality. Through out the years I have written letters to loved ones that tell them how I feel about them. I get a real sense of pleasure when I take a thought and turn it into something on paper.

Recently my Mother passed away and I found some pieces of paper that I had written my love and appreciation to her. It caused me to reflect how I can show others my love and concern for them. In some little way I want to brighten up their day. It also reminded me that it doesn't have to be a card from Hallmark but it can be scribbled on a piece of paper laying around the house.

My Mom had kept journals for years, in fact on her birthday and special occasions I would give her one as a gift. As I was going through her belongings I read of few of her thoughts. It reminded me how friends and loved ones had been close to her. It also showed the selfishness of us as human beings. She had written during the difficult times of life when people said hurtful things to her and made her cry.

I walked way from her house that day considering my actions in a new light. How would my friends and loved ones write about me? Would they write about the funny things I said, the jokes I tried to tell but couldn't remember the ending? Or would they write about the foolish things that came out of my mouth during a heated discussion about politics or religion?

Hopefully, I have many years in this life to live a life that would cause those around me to remember me as a woman that loved God, stood for integrity, loved my family and my country! That is how I remember my Mom. She was the most gracious woman I have ever known. In all the years of good and bad times she always loved me unconditionally. In the last weeks of her life she showed so much grace to all those around her I can only hope to follow her example in the way I live out my life.

(This is a picture of the last time she came to our house. We had such a wonderful week of working in the yard, visiting with the kids and just enjoying being together! This picture shows her in one of her funny moments!)