Today, I stopped over by Suburban Turmoil's blog and was in awe of the beautiful remembrance of her daughter's Ballet teacher who recently passed away. What really hit home was the card she and Her daughter made apparently "just in time". You see, they had no idea Miss Linda was going to pass away and yet they took the time out of their day just to let someone special know how they felt about them. I wish we all would do a little something for a loved one in our lives. You never know when you just might have to say goodbye.
I remember the time my mother was after me to make an aunt a jewelry box for her birthday. All I wanted to do was play outside with my friends that day, but my mother put her foot down and said make your aunt the jewelry box! So I sat there all day long making this jewelry box. Stick by stick, gluing and gluing, painting and adding pretty pieces of fabric. It eventually all came together and was a beautifully made original jewelry box!
On my aunt's birthday, I presented her this jewelry box, and she just looked at it and started crying. I felt so bad. I thought to myself what did I do wrong to make her cry? Of course, I quickly left the scene to cry in a corner somewhere. Later on that night my aunt pulled me to the side and told me no one has ever made her something so special. She gave me a kiss and said thank you, you made my birthday. A few months later, after a long fight with an illness she passed away. Sometimes even when you know someone is fighting an illness you don't always expect them to go so soon. She was such a fighter, and her looks surely deceived me. I did not know she would go so soon...
