tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73053361452877290612012-02-16T19:44:12.402-08:00Poetry-Plus CafeMaramishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11607023028761834404noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7305336145287729061.post-23648973471189663922011-01-07T14:10:00.000-08:002011-01-15T20:47:15.861-08:00I received a "Forward" from one of my friends today, and although I thought the sentiments were from a place of caring and were worthy of sharing, I did not agree with them exactly as they were written. I do not like to pass on things I am not totally behind, as they stand, so I reworded "A.W.'s" sentiments to reflect my own sentiments along those same lines.<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"></span><br /><div><br /></div><div><b>My version of the Anonymous Writer's Sentiments</b></div><div><br /></div><div>To understand the value of a sister or brother,</div><div>Ask someone who has one</div><div>Who was there for them</div><div>When they needed them. </div><div><br /></div><div><div>To understand the value of ten years,</div><div>Ask a married couple </div><div>Who had struggled with infertility</div><div>And FINALLY had a baby. </div><div><br /></div><div><div>To understand the value of four years,</div><div>Ask a graduate who had to pay his or her own way,</div><div>Working two jobs and studying through the holidays</div><div>To make his or her dream come true. </div><div><br /></div><div><div>To understand the value of one year,</div><div>Ask a wife whose husband has just been called away </div><div>To serve his country in time of war,</div><div>And she wonders how she'll hold things together.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>To understand the value of nine months,</div><div>Ask a mother who rejoices in the birth of her healthy baby, </div><div><i>And</i> the mother who waited to rejoice, </div><div>Yet whose baby was stillborn.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>To understand the value of one month,</div><div>Ask a man who was just turned down</div><div>For an extension on his loan </div><div>That would've enabled him to save his home. </div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>To understand the value of one week,</div><div>Ask an editor what goes into the creating</div><div>Of a weekly newspaper, and what goes on</div><div>Behind the scenes that no one can possibly know. </div><div><br /></div><div><div>To understand the value of one minute,</div><div>You can probably remember how you felt when </div><div>You just missed that crucial bus, train, or plane,</div><div>Changing your whole day – or your whole life. </div><div><br /></div><div><div>To understand the value of one second,</div><div>Ask those who were spared from being in a disaster</div><div>Because they chose to move to a different spot</div><div>Or moved for heaven-only-knows what reason. </div><div><br /></div><div><div>Time waits for no one and plays no favorites.</div><div>Treasure every second, every minute, every hour,</div><div>For you will never have those moments again</div><div>In which to create the value that lives in the years.</div><div></div><div>Yet most importantly of all,</div><div>Treasure those who are important to you</div><div>And those who are attached to you</div><div>By family bonds or friendship:</div><div><br /></div><div>Once they are gone,</div><div>You will wish you had more time</div><div>In which to show them you cared</div><div>And to nurture the relationship.</div><div><br /></div><div>In the final analysis,</div><div>Our relationships with each other</div><div>Are the reason we want to stay around</div><div>And enjoy the blessings in this life!</div><div><br /></div><div>Appreciate Time! Appreciate each other!</div><div><br /></div><div>Maramis</div><div><br /></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7305336145287729061-2364897347118966392?l=poetry-plus-cafe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Maramishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11607023028761834404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7305336145287729061.post-54995044957308446672011-01-02T18:35:00.000-08:002011-01-02T18:35:54.959-08:00A New Year; A New Blog Site!Hello out there in BloggerLand! This is my very first post. Until I get the feel of things, I probably won't be posting much on here. I decided to create this Blog site (with some nudging from my son) to complement my Web site, which is in the making as I write this.<br /><br />Credit for creating this Blog site goes to my knowledgeable granddaughter, who has been blogging for years. And credit for creating my Web site goes to my son, who not only loves me enough to customize it with all those daisies (my favorite flower), but to spend his time setting it up for me because otherwise it would still be in Limbo, where it's been for many moons.<br /><br />That's it for now. I can't wait till I really know what I'm doing!<br /><br />Maramis<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7305336145287729061-5499504495730844667?l=poetry-plus-cafe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Maramishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11607023028761834404noreply@blogger.com0