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smilingtearz
04-17-2006, 09:16 AM
I felt tears in my eyes when i read this... it isn't sad.. it really touched.


F A M I L Y

I ran into a stranger as he passed by,
"Oh excuse me please" was my reply.


He said, "Please excuse me too;
I wasn't watching for you."


We were very polite, this stranger and I.
We went on our way and we said goodbye.


But at home a different story is told,
How we treat our loved ones, young and old.


Later that day, cooking the evening meal,
My son stood beside me very still.


When I turned, I nearly knocked him down.
"Move out of the way," I said with a frown.


He walked away, his little heart broken.
I didn't realize how harshly I'd spoken.


While I lay awake in bed,
God's still small voice came to me and said,


"While dealing with a stranger,
common courtesy you use,
but the family you love, you seem to abuse.


Go and look on the kitchen floor,
You'll find some flowers there by the door.


Those are the flowers he brought for you.
He picked them himself: pink, yellow and blue.


He stood very quietly not to spoil the surprise,
you never saw the tears that filled his little eyes."


By this time, I felt very small,
And now my tears began to fall.


I quietly went and knelt by his bed;
"Wake up, little one, wake up," I said.


"Are these the flowers you picked for me?"
He smiled, "I found 'em, out by the tree.


I picked 'em because they're pretty like you.
I knew you'd like 'em, especially the blue."


I said, "Son, I'm very sorry for the way I acted today;
I shouldn't have yelled at you that way."
He said, "Oh, Mom, that's okay.
I love you anyway."


I said, "Son, I love you too,
and I do like the flowers, especially the blue."


FAMILY
Are you aware that if we died tomorrow, the company
that we are working for could easily replace us in
a matter of days.
But the family we left behind will feel the loss
for the rest of their lives.


And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more
into work than into our own family,
an unwise investment indeed,
don't you think?

So what is behind the story?
and what does your family mean to you?

P.s. I didn't know which thread to put this in, so i decided to start a new thread!

IrishCanadian
04-17-2006, 12:02 PM
That is nice. This Easter I was able to reflect on how luckey I am to have my family.

Koa
04-17-2006, 03:12 PM
I really dislike this kind of things... and I find this one not to be especially good even. A bit pathetic in fact.

This is unrelated to what I feel for my family of course, just my stone-heart is not the least moved by this kind of writings.

Not meaning to offend or to be polemic, you can appreciate it as much as you want, just giving my opinion.

Stanislaw
04-18-2006, 10:47 AM
I really dislike this kind of things... and I find this one not to be especially good even. A bit pathetic in fact.

This is unrelated to what I feel for my family of course, just my stone-heart is not the least moved by this kind of writings.

Not meaning to offend or to be polemic, you can appreciate it as much as you want, just giving my opinion.

heh, reminds me o the spam emails I get from my coworkers.

guess I am just to cynical, but I suppose there is some truth in it.

smilingtearz
04-18-2006, 11:04 AM
hmm yeah stan :nod:, was one of those forwarded mails which usually bug me.. but i still like the story part. I mean at least somone thought of writing something good about "family".. i just ignored the "pass-it-on-to-so-many-people" part of the mail!

Stanislaw
04-18-2006, 11:14 AM
hmm yeah stan :nod:, was one of those forwarded mails which usually bug me.. but i still like the story part. I mean at least somone thought of writing something good about "family".. i just ignored the "pass-it-on-to-so-many-people" part of the mail!

oh yeah, I love those..."pass this on to all of ur friends or u have no hart, I swear!"...heh, tell me somethings I don't know...dubleted! :D

Morad
04-18-2006, 08:25 PM
Splendid poem, I posted it in another forum I'm in :)

Thanks alot!

adilyoussef
04-18-2006, 08:33 PM
Wonderful and very touching indeed. In fact, my family means everything for me. The only one who really cares.

miss tenderness
04-21-2006, 07:57 AM
wow smiling, very very touching.I read it for like 3 times and really loved it.

thats for the son's sake what about mothers?

i guess they are the most member of the family who recieve hurts,rite?

so lets give our mams a big kiss and a great deal of love and respect.

Pensive
04-21-2006, 08:06 AM
Eva, this is really nice.