My life is anything but normal. Then who's is. To get through this life I try to see the funny side of things. This is not a political commentary. My cardiologist says I need to avoid stress. Beside dealing with the government has taught me to curse like a sailor, and I'm trying to clean up my act. Oh if your trying to practice for the spelling bee, don't count on my help, I'm a horrible speller. THANK GOD for spell check. Now, if I would remember to use it.
Ms. Taylor was great at her craft, with the movies. She proved that over 70 times and awards to prove it. She was a beautiful lady and made a beautiful bride. She proved that one seven times.
This time of year I always seem to get melancholy. Maybe it is because the hustle and bustle of the Holidays are over. Maybe it is because a new year has started and we tend to stop and take stock of what we got out of the previous year and what we want out of the new year. What ever the reason, I think a lot more about friends and family that are no longer around and wish I could talk to them.
As we get older, we tend to realize how important our friends and family are to us. Unfortunately a lot of the time we remember them, when it is too late.
This year why not pull out your old address book and take the time to call an old friend to talk, or visit that Aunt or Cousin you haven't seen in a while. If you reconnect with one person every month, that's 12 people ... once a week ... that's 52. Why not spend a few minutes and connect with your pass .
I am notorious about thinking of people and never getting around to contacting them. My ESP just doesn't seem to work, or if it does it only works one way and I don't get a reply.
If you are one of my many friends or family, I haven't forgotten about you, I just seem to have forgotten how to pick up the phone and dial.
This song reminds me that you never know when it will be too late...
(Hankie alert ... this is a tear jerker, get out the tissue now...)
In many parts of the world a full 2 minute silence is observed at 11 o'clock on the 11th day of the 11th month. All of these observances are to honor and pay tribute to our fellow men and women, past and present, who had the courage to give themselves for us.
Some gave their time, and some gave their lives to the service of their countries. Their love and courage for family and country was given to provide us all with our continued freedoms and way of life.
So everyone please take a moment today to honor and say Thank You to all the veterans' in all the uniforms of all the wars. They sacrificed themselves to keep us safe.
Sometimes even though Thank You is just not enough... it is the only thing we have to give.
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