{Straight From the Heart} *Sentimental, Yes!* 2/17/00
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Sentimental, Yes!
By: Crystal M. Anderson
Sentimental, yes, I'm that and I have my moments as we all do about a
certain song, words that I read, a gentle touch, a special look and
lots of things that cross my path.
For some reason when I see any person being disrespectful to a good
parent, especially a mother, I want to pick them up by the ears and
shake them. It isn't very rational but it is what I want to do.
I want to tell them that they may not have their mother forever, life
doesn't promise them that. I want to tell them that it is too late to
appreciate her after she's gone. I want to tell them to be careful of
what they say in anger, that it may come back to haunt them.
I want them to know that if something happens and they don't get to
say good-bye, it will always be there in the back of their mind and
the regrets will crop up from time to time.
I get very sentimental when I look up and see the last picture of her
that was taken in the summer before she went home to be with the Lord.
She's standing in front of my ceramic shop and she looks so happy.
She loved being there, talking to people.
My mother never knew a stranger, she would talk to anyone about
anything and she talked and talked and talked. I was embarassed
by her at times, she was funny and exasperating and said exactly what
she thought.
I didn't tell her often enough that I loved her, I didn't tell her
that she was the best grandma to all the grandchildren, I didn't tell
her that her pride in her children was special. I guess I thought she
knew those things without being told so it took me off the hook.
Getting sentimental, thinking about and remembering the woman I called
"Mom" is the best kind of sentimental.
"Time, whose tooth gnaws away everything else, is powerless against truth."
Crystal M. Anderson (Chris)
Momcma@aol.com
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A little bit about Chris:
Born and raised in Iowa, married for 40 years this coming June.
We are the grandparents of 10 wonderful grandchildren. Worked in the
retail world most of my working life, spent several years as our
church secretary and finished out my working years with my own ceramic
shop. Came home to stay in 1993 due to severe health problems. I do
some volunteer work for our church at home, still send letters, jokes
and cards to those in a jail and I write for me, something I've wanted
to do for a long time.
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Thought For The Day:
"Life is not a problem to be solved, but a gift to be enjoyed."
(Joseph Dooley)
Verse for the Day:
"This is the day that the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad
in it."
Psalm118:24
Kid's Thought For The day:
"Just keep banging until someone opens the door."
Parent's Thought For The Day
"Hey, the way I figure it is this: if the kids are still alive by the
time my husband comes home, I've done my job."
-Roseanne Arnold
Coach's Thought For The Day
"It's easy to be a smart player. All you have to do is think of
something stupid, and do just the opposite."
Deep Thought For The Day:
"A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand."
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\_\/\ \ Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body I live for the Son
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