Keepers...
09-27-2003, 11:38 PM
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Keepers...
This was forwarded by my older brother...the tough guy getting nostalgic in his declining years 
I consider a lot of my fellow S2000 owners in this community to be "keepers"...held together by the VTEC bond 
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> > I grew up in the fifties with practical parents -- a Mother, God love
> > her, who washed aluminum foil after she cooked in it, then reused it.
> > She was the original recycle queen, before they had a name for it...
> >
> > A Father who was happier getting old shoes fixed than buying new ones.
> > Their marriage was good, their dreams focused. Their best friends
> > lived barely a wave away. I can see them now, Dad in trousers, tee shirt
> > and a hat and Mom in a house dress, lawn mower in one hand, dishtowel in the other.
> >
> > It was the time for fixing things -- a curtain rod, the kitchen radio,
> > screen door, the oven door, the hem in a dress. Things we keep.
> > It was a way of life, and sometimes it made me crazy.
> > All that re-fixing, reheating, renewing, I wanted just once to be wasteful.
> > Waste meant affluence. Throwing things away meant you knew there'd
> > always be more.
> >
> > But then my Mother died, and on that clear summer's night, in the
> > warmth of the hospital room, I was struck with the pain of learning that
> > sometimes there isn't any 'more.'
> > Sometimes, what we care about most gets all used up and goes
> > away...never to return.
> >
> > So...while we have it...it's best we love it.....and care for
> > it.....and fix it when it's broken.....and heal it when it's sick.
> > This is true.....for marriage.....and old cars.....and children with
> > bad report cards.....and dogs with bad hips.....and aging parents.....and
> > grandparents.
> > We keep them because they are worth it, because we are worth it.
> > Some things we keep.
> > Like a best friend that moved away -- or -- a classmate we grew up
> > with.
> > There are just some things that make life important, like people we
> > know who are special.....and so, we keep them close!
> >
> > I received this from someone who thought I was a 'keeper'! Then I sent
> > it to the people I think of in the same way. Now it's your turn to send
> > this to those people that are "keepers" in your life
I consider a lot of my fellow S2000 owners in this community to be "keepers"...held together by the VTEC bond ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > I grew up in the fifties with practical parents -- a Mother, God love
> > her, who washed aluminum foil after she cooked in it, then reused it.
> > She was the original recycle queen, before they had a name for it...
> >
> > A Father who was happier getting old shoes fixed than buying new ones.
> > Their marriage was good, their dreams focused. Their best friends
> > lived barely a wave away. I can see them now, Dad in trousers, tee shirt
> > and a hat and Mom in a house dress, lawn mower in one hand, dishtowel in the other.
> >
> > It was the time for fixing things -- a curtain rod, the kitchen radio,
> > screen door, the oven door, the hem in a dress. Things we keep.
> > It was a way of life, and sometimes it made me crazy.
> > All that re-fixing, reheating, renewing, I wanted just once to be wasteful.
> > Waste meant affluence. Throwing things away meant you knew there'd
> > always be more.
> >
> > But then my Mother died, and on that clear summer's night, in the
> > warmth of the hospital room, I was struck with the pain of learning that
> > sometimes there isn't any 'more.'
> > Sometimes, what we care about most gets all used up and goes
> > away...never to return.
> >
> > So...while we have it...it's best we love it.....and care for
> > it.....and fix it when it's broken.....and heal it when it's sick.
> > This is true.....for marriage.....and old cars.....and children with
> > bad report cards.....and dogs with bad hips.....and aging parents.....and
> > grandparents.
> > We keep them because they are worth it, because we are worth it.
> > Some things we keep.
> > Like a best friend that moved away -- or -- a classmate we grew up
> > with.
> > There are just some things that make life important, like people we
> > know who are special.....and so, we keep them close!
> >
> > I received this from someone who thought I was a 'keeper'! Then I sent
> > it to the people I think of in the same way. Now it's your turn to send
> > this to those people that are "keepers" in your life
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