Day 10: Today I am thankful for Mama and Daddy. I have often heard and said it myself that you don't appreciate your parents until you are an adult with children of your own. But I don't think you truly appreciate them until they are gone. Daddy has been gone for 13 years and Mama not quite 3 months. They both loved us and worked hard to provide for us. How I wish this morning that I could tell them how much they truly meant to me and how much I appreciated them. We all only have a short time here on earth so don't let too many of those opportunities go by without telling people what they mean to you.
Our parents were not saints as none of us are and the fact that both are dead does not mean that I am remembering them different from what reality was. But sadly I think that losing someone close to us helps us to prioritize. There are some things now that when I think about them are really very trivial. There is so much of life that we take for granted and don't appreciate until the opportunity is gone. Sometimes we just need to stop and re-evaluate what is most important to us.
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