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WHAT IF THERE ISN'T ANY MORE

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JR Frye

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WHAT IF THERE ISN"T ANYMORE




One day a woman"s husband died, and on that clear, cold morning, in the warmth
of their bedroom, the wife was struck with the pain of learning that sometimes
there isn"t "anymore".
No more hugs, no more special moments to celebrate together, no more phone calls
just to chat, no more "just one minute."
Sometimes, what we care about the most gets all used up and goes away, never to
return before we can say good-bye, say "I love you."
So while we have it, it"s best we love it, care for it, 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 who moved away or a sister-in-law
after divorce. There are just some things that make us happy, no matter what.
Life is important, like people we know who are special.. And so, we keep them
close!Because today is today and tomarrow is not promised.
PLEASE PASS THIS ON: MANY THANKS
From: JR FRYE
 
Thanks for the reminder. Most of us need to be reminded occasionally that those things which we frequently take for granted may not always be with us.
 
That just struck one heck of a cord with me and my wife. She loves to garden and had always wanted a greenhouse,so for Mothers Day,I got her one of those little 5x8 jobs from Farm and Home. You'd have thought I'd bought her the Hope Diamond. Well,it was in the mid 80s today,and she had the door rolled up. We put the door to the north,figuring this time of year most wind would be from the south east,south west or west.
Right after supper tonight,a strong outforce wind came up from a storm to the north,blew in to it and started to rip the plastic,so now I suppose it's junk. If it had been mine I would have just been PO'd about the money,but I knew how proud she was of it and how big of a deal it was to her,so it isn't just anger,it's how much it hurt her that's getting to me.
 
After losing Grandpa who I was pretty close to last August the truth of that article hits home. However it is too easy to forget in the busy times of our life. Thanks for the reminder
 
Same thing happened to my parents last year, a storm took down the little plastic orchid house my dad put up for mom. This year he built her one out of cypress, anchored in with cement. This is in Florida.
 

Pic of the Orchid house.
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That looks very much like the greenhouse I built Mrs Fred a few years back. I didn't use cypress, just stained dimension lumber, but pretty much the same general design. Nice door there, I just bought a $30 aluminum storm door, and it's already beat to heck and in need of replacement. Mrs Fred tends to leave it standing open on hot days and the wind bangs it around.
 

My dad is pretty good at most anything he does. He was / is an outstanding toolmaker, but there isn't much of anything he won't try his hand at. He put a new roof on his house, at age 70. If I had known he was going to do it, I'd have gone down and helped. I told him that, and he asked " why? it's only a 3 day job!!" I'd need 3 days to think about it, and 3 weeks to recover. He went golfing. He did say that the 85 - 90 degree heat was tough.
 
After almost losing Susan last summer,we got a second chance.Those speacial times are no longer taken for granted.A near death really opens your eyes.
 
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