I don’t know exactly why I do this, but whenever I have to say Goodbye to a beloved friend or family member, I buy a plant. Even for our four-legged family members. Sometimes for the outside, either a tree or a rosebush, often Orchids for the inside.
With friendly permission by Randy Vaincourt I am allowed to post his Father’s poem here on my blog and I am honored to do so as a reminder on Veteran’s Day. This is one of my favorites and I wish that EVERYBODY…EVERYWHERE would read this poem all the way through. Not just that, but spread the word…because it deserves it, although I concurs with my opinion about politician.
For the common Soldier and my Grandfather, who I never met…
“The clock of life is wound but once, and no man has the power, to tell just when the hands will stop, at late or early hour. Now is…
You all know I was a smoker and embraced that dreadful role,
until it hit me suddenly that I had no control.
My life was run by cigarettes, so firm was my conviction,
that something had to change -I had to cast out my addiction.
It is a little bit sad, but I don’t think children today and future generations will still know what an apron is. The principle use of Grandma’s apron was to protect her dress underneath, because she only had a few. It was also because it was easier to wash aprons than dresses and aprons used less material. But that’s not all…it was used for so many other things.
When an old man died in a nursing home the hospital staff believed that he had nothing left of any value.
Later, when the nurses were going through his meager possessions, they found this poem.
When you fill the house with smoke,
It makes me want to cough and choke.
Put down the matches and just think smart
Will you please stop breaking your little girl’s heart?
Thank You!
Unbelievable…………………I am an ex-smoker! It’s going to be 3 months tomorrow. I didn’t plan it and I wasn’t prepared at all…..it just happened; out of the blue I decided to quit smoking -after 35 years and I had no idea what I got myself into! I am 50 years young and I am a non-smoker for the first time in my adult life! So, tomorrow I will celebrate a little bit, maybe with a cake or a glass of wine, maybe I buy myself some flowers.