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my beautiful grand daughter made me smile today………pulling words out of sentences and repeating……..wonderful :D
Awwww tinks is she talking already! Seems we both had a lovely mothers day today with kids and grand kids….. being a grandma is so special :D
Seeing Tinks in the room today with her lovely little feet :D – and then being asked if i had a foot fetish :lol:
( Ok, i guess you had to be there ) :lol:
@annette-curtain wrote:
Seeing Tinks in the room today with her lovely little feet :D – and then being asked if i had a foot fetish :lol:
( Ok, i guess you had to be there ) :lol:
the beauty of chat ……..eh annette? :lol:
Wales :D/
reading this made me smile today
I WISH YOU ENOUGH
Recently, I overheard a mother and daughter in their last moments together at the airport as the daughter’s departure had been announced. Standing near the security gate, they hugged and the mother said:
“I love you and I wish you enough.”
The daughter replied, “Mom, our life together has been more than enough. Your love is all I ever needed. I wish you enough, too, Mom.” They kissed and the daughter left.
The mother walked over to the window where I sat. Standing there, I could see she wanted and needed to cry.
I tried not to intrude on her privacy but she welcomed me in by asking, “Did you ever say good-bye to someone knowing it would be forever?” “Yes, I have,” I replied. “Forgive me for asking but why is this a forever good-bye?”
“I am old and she lives so far away. I have challenges ahead and the reality is the next trip back will be for my funeral,” she said.
When you were saying good-bye, I heard you say, “I wish you enough.” May I ask what that means?”
She began to smile. “That’s a wish that has been handed down from other generations. My parents used to say it to everyone.” She paused a moment and looked up as if trying to remember it in detail and she smiled even more.
“When we said ‘I wish you enough’ we were wanting the other person to have a life filled with just enough good things to sustain them”. Then turning toward me, she shared the following, reciting it from memory,
“I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive.
I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life appear much bigger.
I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.
I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.
I wish you enough hellos to get you through the final good-bye.”
She then began to cry and walked away.
They say it takes a minute to find a special person. An hour to appreciate them. A day to love them. And an entire life to forget them.
@angelbabe wrote:
reading this made me smile today
I WISH YOU ENOUGH
Recently, I overheard a mother and daughter in their last moments together at the airport as the daughter’s departure had been announced. Standing near the security gate, they hugged and the mother said:
“I love you and I wish you enough.”
The daughter replied, “Mom, our life together has been more than enough. Your love is all I ever needed. I wish you enough, too, Mom.” They kissed and the daughter left.
The mother walked over to the window where I sat. Standing there, I could see she wanted and needed to cry.
I tried not to intrude on her privacy but she welcomed me in by asking, “Did you ever say good-bye to someone knowing it would be forever?” “Yes, I have,” I replied. “Forgive me for asking but why is this a forever good-bye?”
“I am old and she lives so far away. I have challenges ahead and the reality is the next trip back will be for my funeral,” she said.
When you were saying good-bye, I heard you say, “I wish you enough.” May I ask what that means?”
She began to smile. “That’s a wish that has been handed down from other generations. My parents used to say it to everyone.” She paused a moment and looked up as if trying to remember it in detail and she smiled even more.
“When we said ‘I wish you enough’ we were wanting the other person to have a life filled with just enough good things to sustain them”. Then turning toward me, she shared the following, reciting it from memory,
“I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive.
I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life appear much bigger.
I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.
I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.
I wish you enough hellos to get you through the final good-bye.”
She then began to cry and walked away.
They say it takes a minute to find a special person. An hour to appreciate them. A day to love them. And an entire life to forget them.
She must have been an American…
they talk like that.
@sceptical guy wrote:
@angelbabe wrote:
reading this made me smile today
I WISH YOU ENOUGH . . . . . . . . They say it takes a minute to find a special person. An hour to appreciate them. A day to love them. And an entire life to forget them.
She must have been an American…
they talk like that.
Yeah, but they talk so pretty, I could just sit and listen for hours . . . . . . . . .
@wordsworth60 wrote:
@sceptical guy wrote:
@angelbabe wrote:
reading this made me smile today
I WISH YOU ENOUGH . . . . . . . . They say it takes a minute to find a special person. An hour to appreciate them. A day to love them. And an entire life to forget them.
She must have been an American…
they talk like that.
Yeah, but they talk so pretty, I could just sit and listen for hours . . . . . . . . .
Not all Americans are so sentimentalist…
one of my favourite stories of Dorothy (‘Give me an issue and I’ll give you a tissue) Parker was of her returning home to find her long-time partner dead. As his body was taken out of their home, an interfering busybody came over and gave Ms Parker a big hug, saying in a pitying tone “is there anything I can do for you, dear?” Back came the speedy reply – “yeah, get me another feller”.
“Candy’s dandy, but liquor’s quicker”
It made me cry as well as smile…a big bunch of flowers from a customer who knows what I’m going through right now and wanted to do something special for me…she’s a florist, she’s pulled all the stops out and they are really beautiful :D and
at the same time.
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